PRINCE2 Organisation & Team

The Organisation Component
The organisation and effective use of people assigned to manage a project need to be considered from the view point both of their specialist skills and their individual personalities. Responsibilities need to be defined within a team structure to ensure that management is both efficient and responsive.

Within PRINCE2, responsibilities are defined in terms of roles, rather than individuals. Assignment of roles to individuals is a decision for each project to take, and the same individual may be assigned to more than one role, or to different roles at different stages of the project.

The Project Board
The Project Board is the ultimate authority for the project and is normally appointed by senior management (often at Director-level) to take overall responsibility and control of a PRINCE2 project. The Project Board consists of three senior management roles, each representing major project interests.

• Executive – appointed by corporate/programme management to provide overall project guidance and assessment throughout. The Executive represents the interests of the business in the project.
• Senior User/Customer – representing users or customers of the outcome or the major products from the project.
• Senior Supplier – representing areas which have responsibility for providing the specialist “know-how” and/or committing Supplier resources for the solution.

Related posts:

1. PRINCE2 Products/Deliverables and Activities
2. PRINCE2 Processes, Components and Techniques
3. PRINCE2 Structure
4. PRINCE2 Key Features