Organization

• Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Organization defined
• Levels of organization
• The project management team
  • Project management team structure
  • Project Board
  • Project Assurance
  • Change Authority
  • Size of the Project Board
  • Project Manager
  • Team Manager
  • Project Support
  • Dealing with changes to the project management team
• Working with the project team
  • Balancing the project team and individual
  • Training needs for project teams
  • Part time teams
• Working with the corporate organization
  • Line management functional management
  • Centre of excellence
• Working with stakeholders
  • Types of stakeholder
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • The Communication Management Strategy
• Responsibilities

Key sections

• Introduction
• Business case
• Organization
• Quality
• Plans
• Risk
• Change
• Progress
• Introduction to processes
• Starting up a projectDirecting a project
• Initiating a project
• Controlling a stage
• Managing Product Delivery
• Managing a Stage Boundary
• Closing a Project
• Tailoring PRINCE2 to the project environment
• Directing Projects with PRINCE2

Responsibilities

Below outlines the responsibilities relevant to the Organization theme under PRINCE2®.

Corporate or programme management

Appoint the Executive and (possibly) the Project Manager.
Provide information to the project as defined in the Communication Management Strategy.

Executive

Appoint the Project Manager (if not done by corporate or programme management).
Confirm the appointments to the project management team and the structure of the project management team.
Approve the Communication Management Strategy.

Senior User

Provide user resources.
Define and verify user requirements and expectations.

Senior Supplier

Provide supplier resources.

Project Manager

Prepare the Communication Management Strategy.
Review and update the Communication Management Strategy.
Design, review and update the project management team structure.
Prepare role descriptions.

Team Manager

Manage project team members.
Advise on project team members and stakeholder engagement.

Project Assurance

Advise on selection of project team members.
Advise on stakeholder engagement.
Ensure that the Communication Management Strategy is appropriate and that planned communication activities actually take place.

Project Support

Provide administrative support for the project management team.

Further details of project management team roles and their associated responsibilities are provided in the folder ‘roles and responsibilities’ as part of the product package. These include role description outlines, which should be tailored to the needs of the specific project and each specific appointment.

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