Organizing Practice
Establish the project management team, represent the three interests, define roles and manage commercial relationships.
How to prepare for PRINCE2 Version 7
Build the project and principle foundations first, integrate people throughout the method, then connect each practice with the seven-process lifecycle and scenario tailoring.
Core concepts
Concept 1
The practice defines and establishes accountability and responsibility for the project.
Exam cue: Match direction, daily management and product delivery to project board, project manager and team manager.
Concept 2
The project board represents business, user and supplier interests through the executive, senior user and senior supplier.
Exam cue: Check independence when assigning assurance and support responsibilities.
Concept 3
The project management team structure, role descriptions and commercial management approach are held in the PID.
Concept 4
Work breakdown and organization design clarify who performs and controls work across project and delivery teams.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Delegating project-board accountability to the project manager.
Guardrail: Do not choose a process or role by keyword alone; confirm context, authority, product and decision purpose.
Ignoring commercial relationships when suppliers are external.
Guardrail: Do not choose a process or role by keyword alone; confirm context, authority, product and decision purpose.
Memory anchors
Organizing purpose
Define and establish the project's structure of accountability and responsibility.
Project board interests
Business through the executive, user through the senior user and supplier through the senior supplier.
Organization products
Team structure, role descriptions and commercial management approach in the PID.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
What is the purpose of the organizing practice?
Which three interests must be represented in project governance?
Which project-board role represents the business interest?
Answer all questions to submit.
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