PRINCE2 roles - project executive / owner

Project owner/executive is one of most important & mandatory roles in PRINCE2 as this role takes personal responsability for project benefit & success. We should not start any project without appointed Project owner/executive.

Essential responsabilities in the project:

No.	Responsabilities
1	Establish project management team, where day to day management will be delegated to Project manager
2	Ensure project goals & benefit KPI are set
3	Ensure realistic & up-to-date Business case & Benefit plan during project lifecycle
4	Secure project funding
5	Sign supplier contracts
6	Demand from Project supplier(s) project result with relevant quality
7	Demand from Project user(s) prepare project result to be used post-project & benefits reported
8	Handover project benefit monitoring post-project to Top management
9	Control overall project execution on strategic level
10	Escalate critical project issue & deviations to Top management
11	Ensure project risks regular review & decision making on mitigation
12	Take project decisions by focusing to project benefit maximization
13	Build, coordinate & chair Project steering commitee
14	Take-over & execute all duties of Project steering commitee in case Project steering commitee not present in project
15	Show leadership, to ensure maximum project benefit by managing business, user & supplier stakeholder interests.

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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