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The method is structured into organisation, products, plans, controls, and activities, and describes typical roles and responsibilities across sponsors, the information systems planning secretariat, the project board, and the project manager. 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PRINCE consists of several components  \n∙ Organisation  \n∙ Products  \n∙ Plans  \n∙ Controls  \n∙ Activities  \nTypical project organisation  \nProject Sponsors  \nIndividuals who have responsibility for paying for the development. They will usually have ultimate responsibility for the parts of the organisation that will be affected by the system. By their nature these tend to be very senior people and must be kept informed of progress.  \nInformation Systems and planning secretariat  \nMonitors the links between the individual project and the overall information systems plan or strategy. They also have responsibility for coordinating the links between projects in the strategic plan.  \nProject board  \nThe project board will be appointed by the project sponsors to have overall control of the project. Members will be managers themselves and are not usually involved in the running of the project on a day-to-day basis. It comprises three senior management roles – an executive, a senior user, and a senior technician.  \nThe executive provides overall guidance for the project. S/he normally acts as the chairperson of the project board. The senior user represents the users of the system (current and future) and/or the major products of the system. This will most often bethe manager of the user most likely to be affected by the system under development. The senior technician represents the technical side of the development of the system and of its future operations. S/he will be an IT manager from the IS department. For large projects this role will be taken by the IS director or most senior person.  \nThe project board has overall authority to commit resources to and take resources from the project. They review all major plans and exceptions, authorising each stage of the project. It is their responsibility to provide overall guidance and direction for the project ensuring it meets agreed standards of quality, time and cost and that it meets the business objectives set for the project. Quite often they will oversee several projects.  \nProject manager  \nThis person has overall responsibility for the day to day running of the project. They report to the project board and have responsibility for planning the project, defining controls, liasing with other projects and defining configuration of management. If the project is large the day-to-day management role will sometimes be split between an overall project manager and several stage managers. More typically project and stage management roles are combined. If the roles are distinguished then the project manager takes a more strategic view and the stage managers will take a more staff management view managing the project teams.  \nProject assurance team  \nThis group of roles is involved in quality assurance of all products and all plans. They are divides into business, technical and project management issues. The team splits into three roles  \n∙ Business assurance co-ordinator.  \n∙ Technical assurance co-ordinator  \n∙ User assurance co-ordinator  \nA further role is the configuration librarian who has overall responsibility for configuration management of the project. They act as the custodian for all master copies of products produced by the project and are the focus for change control.  \nBusiness assurance co-ordinator is usually someone with financial and administrative knowledge including experience of cost/benefit analysis. They are primarily responsible for assessing the business aspects of the project.  \nTechnical assurance co-ordinator is usually someone with considerable technical experience who is not directly associated with the project. Their primary responsibility is to monitor and report on all technical assurance aspects of the project and to ensure that the technical standards defined by the project are met.  \nUser assurance co-ordinator is someone","cbCainPVKKgcqhzb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainPVKKgcqhzb","pdf",63751,24,"English","# Typical project organisation\n## Project Sponsors\n## Information Systems and planning secretariat\n## Project board\n## Project manager\n## Project assurance team\n# Products\n## Product description components\n# Planning\n## Product breakdown structures and activity networks\n## Types of plans\n# Project control","[{\"question\":\"What components does PRINCE define for managing and controlling IT projects?\",\"answer\":\"PRINCE consists of organisation, products, plans, controls, and activities, providing a structured approach to project management and delivery.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the role of the project board in PRINCE?\",\"answer\":\"The project board provides overall guidance, commits and reallocates resources, reviews major plans and exceptions, and ensures the project meets agreed quality, time, cost, and business objectives.\"},{\"question\":\"How are products and plans used in project planning under PRINCE?\",\"answer\":\"Products are organised in a hierarchy via product breakdown structures with product descriptions; product flow and activity networks derive how activities produce products. Multiple plan types—technical, resource, quality, configuration management, and exception plans—support scheduling, standards, and change handling.\"}]","Project planning and control - PRINCE Projects in a Controlled Environment - Organisation - Products - Plans - Controls - Activities | PDF"]