Team structure

PRINCE2^® recognizes three levels of management inside the project, connected to another level above them in the organization. There are various roles defined in each layer, including but not limited to the following:

• Directing layer
  • Project Board
    • Executive: They are business-oriented people responsible for the outcomes of projects and for achieving the goals. They are high-level managers in the organization and make the high-level decisions in the project.
    • Senior User(s): They are one or more people who understand the needs of users and bring that knowledge to the Project Board.
    • Senior Supplier(s): They are one or more people who understand the suppliers and teams and bring that technical knowledge to the Project Board.
• Managing layer
  • Project Manager: They are responsible for the day-to-day management of the projects and creating their outputs within the set targets of time, cost, quality, overall risk, and benefits.
  • Project Support: They help the project managers in their activities.
• Delivering layer
  • Team Manager(s): They lead the internal and external production teams and are in touch with the project manager for coordination.

You can introduce new roles by splitting the default roles. On the other hand, you can also merge some of the roles to create a simpler setup. There are a few constraints, though; for example, you may not merge the Project Manager and Executive roles, because it would create a conflict of interest, and also, it’s difficult for one person to properly do things that are so different in nature.

Various activities in the PRINCE2 manual have tables where they explain the responsibility of each role for that activity.