On the PRINCE2 Project Organisation Chart Template

The PRINCE2 Project Organisation Chart isn’t a rigid project bureaucracy as the critics would have you believe. It actually makes a lot of sense and shares many characteristics with the more loosely defined Project Steering Committeebut rather than just have a round table of stakeholders, PRINCE2 has focused the group into a meeting of the three (3) key decision makers:
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  • Project Executive (Project Sponsor / Project Owner)
  • Senior User (Principal beneficiary of the project deliverable)
  • Senior Supplier (Principal implementer of the project deliverable)

PRINCE2 Organisation Chart Template in MS Visio

Figure 1: PRINCE2 Project Organisation Chart Template in MS Visio

Another nifty addition to the PRINCE2 Project Organisation is the documented responsibility for Project Assurance.  All the Project Board members are responsible for the Project Assurance and in larger projects this can be partially or fully delegated to members within the User organisation, Supplier organisation or the business.

Depending on the size of your project, you can merge or expand on the roles as you see fit.  For example in a small IT project, the Project Manager may also be a Team Manager or Team Specialist.   The PRINCE2 structure is a good checklist of project management functions that you need to cover off on in your project organisation.

To help you develop your PRINCE2 Organisation Chart quickly, we’ve cut to the car chase and added some templates (above) to get you started.

Related PRINCE2 Articles & Templates

Online Project Management Software Players – 2007

The Online Project Management Software/Team Collaboration segment of the hosted application market is starting to look a little crowded. From open source to new web 2.0 entrants to old school movers like Intuit, the fast growing field is the manifestation of wide-spread acceptance of increasingly reliable hosting applications. Check ‘em out:

If we’ve forgotten any major players in the Online Project Management Software/Team Collaboration segment, please drop me a comment. It would be great to hear from anyone who currently uses or has used these products in the past. (btw we don’t receive any payments for this, it’s a freebie to keep PMs abreast of new technology.)

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