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PRINCE2 roles - Project assurance

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This role is not mandatory in PRINCE2. It is support of Project steering commitee. We will need this role if Project steering commitee wants "project police" who will review quality of decision documents, follow-up decision actions, perform other Project steering commitee expected extra control duties on project. Project assurance asks the same questions as Project steering commitee & reports to Project steering commitee

This role can be helpfull investigating why project do not follow agreed/decided project management practices or when additional control on Quality management is needed. This role can be appointed from bussiness or user or supplier side. It is mandatory according to PRINCE2 to set this role responsability regarding Quality management if such role is established.

Essential responsabilities in the project:

No.Responsabilities
1Support to Project manager when preparing / updating Business case & Benefit plan
2Financial project control / assurance
3Control / assurance of project Quality management practices applied in project
4Control / assurance of Risk management🔺 practices applied in project
5Extra review of critical risks🔺
6Execution of actions delegated from Project steering commitee
7Temporal substitution of Project steering commitee members
8Project audit execution (if needed)
9Consultations for Project manager & Project steering commitee members upon request

Majority of PRINCE2 roles :

  • Project steering commitee
  • Project owner/executive, internal employee accountable for project benefit who’ takes overall responsability for project business case and project benefit.
  • Project user(s), who represent project users’ responsible for requirements and post-project benefit reporting
  • Project supplier(s), who represent supplier interest’ responsible for project result/output and its quality
  • Top management, who provides mandate to project owner/executive
  • Project manager, coordinate project stage implementation according to authority recieved from project steering committee or/and project owner
  • Project assurance, supports project steering committee (usually as audit function, optional)
  • Change authority, empowered by project steering commitee with limited authority to approve project changes
  • Project support, helps project manager with any day to day items where needed. High focus to quality activities. Optional role, if not existant duties are performed by project manager.
  • Team manager(s), responsible for project product implementation ( deliver project output) with focus to quality
  • Risk Owner, responsible for assigned particular risk management
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