Prince 2 Responsibilites List

Corporate or Programme management

-provide project mandate
-define any standards
-realize post-project benefits
-provide, refine, change and improve corporate QMS
-Provide quality assuranc
-provide corporate level planning standards
-set project tolerances in the project mandate
-approve project-level exception plans
-provide the corporate risk management policy and process guide
-provide the corporate or programme strategy for change control, issue resolution
and configuration management
-provide project tolerances and document them in the project mandate
-make decision on exception plans when project-level tolerance are forecast to be
exceeded

Executive
-Secure project funding
-Realize the benefits during the project
-Ensure Business Case is viable during the project
-Appoint project manager (if not done by corporate or programme management)
-confirm the project management team appointment
-approve the communication management strategy
-approve the project product description, QMS
-Confirm acceptance of the project products
-approve the project plan, stage plan, stage-level exception plan
-define stage tolerance
-commit business resources to approved stage plans
-be accountable for all aspects of risk maangement
-ensure a project risk management strategy exists
-raise issues
-determine the change authority and change budget
-set the scale for priority ratings for issues
-set the scale for priority ratings for requests for change and off-specifications
-response to requests for advice from the project manager
-ensure a project risk management strategy exists
-provide stage tolerances
-ensure the progress towards the outcome remains consistent from the business
perspective
-make decisions on exception plans when stage-level tolerances are forecast to be
exceeded
-recommend future action on the project to corporate or programme maangement if the
project tolerances is forecast to be exceeded

Senior User
-Specify and ensure project specified benefits
-Ensure the desired outcome (Project's products)
-Provide actual vs.forecast benefits at benefits review
-provide user resources
-define and verify user requirements and expectations
-provide the cusomter's quality expectations
-approve the project product description, QMS, product provide acceptance of the
project products description
-provide resources to undertake user quality activities and product approval
-provide acceptance of the project product
-ensure project and stage plans are consistent from the user perspective
-Commit user resources to stage plans
-ensure risks to the user are identified, assessed and controlled
-raise issues
-respond to requests for advice from the project manager
-make decisions on escalated issues with particular focus on safeguarding the
expected benefits
-ensure that progress towards the outcome remains consistent from the user
perspective

Senior Supplier
-ensure supplier business case
-confirm required products are delivered
-provide supplier resources
-provide the customer's quality expectations
-approve the project product description, QMS, Product provide acceptance of the
project products description
-respond to requests for advice from the project manager
-make decisions on escalated issues with particular focus on safeguarding the
integrity of the complete solution
-ensure that progress towards the outcome remains consistent from the user
perspective

Project Manager
-Prepare, assess and update the Business Case
-Assess project performance
-Conduct impact analysis
-prepare, review and update the communication management strategy
-design, review and update the project management team structure
-prepare role descriptions
-document customer's quality expectation and acceptance criteria
-prepare the project product description, QMS
-prepare and maintain the product descriptions
-ensure team managers implement the quality control measures agreed upon the
product in product descriptions and work packages
-design and prepare the project, stage and exception plans
-decide how many management and technical stages required
-instruct corrective action for work package variance
-prepare exception report for stage tolerances will be exceeded
-create the risk maangement strategy
-create and maintain the risk register
-ensure project risks are being identified, assessed and controlled throughout the
project life cycle
-create an exception report to project board is project's risk tolerance is
forecast to be exceed
-raise issues
-manage the configuration management and issue and change control procudures,
assisted by project support, where possible
-create and maintain the issue register, assisted by project support, where
possible
-implement corrective actions
-authorize work packages
-monitor progress against stage plans
-responsible day-to-day control for a management stage within the limit laid down
by the project board
-produce highlight reports, end stage reports, lessons reports and end project
reports
-produce exception reports for the project board when stage-level tolerance are
forecast to be exceeded
-maintain the project's registers and logs
Team Manager
-Report to and take direction from Project Manager
-Manage project team members
-advice on project team members and stakeholder engagement
-peoduct products consistent with product descriptions
-manage quality controls for the products concerned
-assemble quality records
-advice the project manager of product quality status
-prepare team plans-prepare schedules for each work package
-participate in the identification, assessment and control of risks
-raise issue
-implement corrective action
-agree work package with the project manager
-inform project support of completed quality activities
-produce checkpoint reports follow the time defined in work package
-notify the project manager of any forecast deviation from work package tolerance

Project Assurance
-Assist developing, verifying and monitor Business Case
-Ensure value-for-money solution
-Monitor changes
-advice on selection of project team members
-advice on stakeholder engagement
-ensure the communication management strategy is appropriate and the planned
communication activities actually take place
-advice the PM on QMS and the suitable quality reviewer / approvers
-assist the project board and PM by reviewing the product descriptions
-assure project board members on the implementation of the quality management
strategy
-monitor impacts of changes of project plan to business case
-monitor stage and project progress against agreed tolerances

Project Support
-Advise the PM of any proposed or actual changes
-provide administractive support for the project management team
-provide administractive support for quality controls
-maintain the quality register and the quality recorders
-assist team managers and members with the application of the project's quality
processes
-assist with the compilation of project, stage and team plans
-baseline, store and distribute project, stage and team team plans
-contribute specialist expertise (eg. using planning tools)
-assist the project manager in maintaining the project's risk register
-administrater the configuration management and issue and change control procudures
-maintain configuration item records
-produce product status accountable
-assist the project manager to maintain the issue register
-assist with the compilation or reports
-contribute specialist tool expertise
-number, record,store and distributing issue reports and exception reports
-assist the project manager in maintaining the issue register and risk register
-maintain the quality register on behalf of the project manager

Stakeholders
-Raise issues any time during a project