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PRINCE2 roles - Project support

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Project support role is not mandatory in PRINCE2. It is support of Project manager. PRINCE2 recommends to establish this role if project needs to strenthen significantly Quality management & details play vital role. Project support (if established) focus to 1) Quality management & 2) Documentation management duties. This role duties are performed by Project manager if role is not present in the project.

Essential responsabilities in the project:

No.Responsabilities
1Manage project documentation
2Support in preparing/updating project or stage plans
3Administer project Quality management tasks
4Maintain Quality register entries
5Administer & participate in Quality management procedures
6Administer other registers or logs entries delegated by Project manager
7Collect project data & provide forecast
8Prepare project reports
9Participate in project audits, provide information, make reports ( if needed)
10Perform other Project manager delegated tasks

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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