Module 5: Focus on Applying and Tailoring the PRINCE2 Organizing Practice

Lesson 1:  5.1 Organizing Practice Introduction

Understand the foundation and practitioner syllabus learning outcomes for the organizing practice, how to apply them, including the seven PRINCE2 practices, who gets involved and which roles and responsibilities will they be given? "Organizing Practice Introduction" will teach you who what when and how. These practices are designed to help the project management team apply and tailor the method, principally through a suite of management approaches (such as the benefits management approach)

Members Only 5.2 Organizing Essentials

Learn the essentials of the organizing practice, what makes for a successful project management team and its structure, who gets involved and which roles and responsibilities will they be given? You will learn that roles and responsibilities must be defined for the project management team, and that no amount of scheduling or control will help without the right people, and everyone involved in the project must know the expectations of them and others, so that effective communication between roles should be planned and agreed upon Projects must have an explicit project management team structure, and roles can be shared or combined if necessary

Members Only 5.3 Organizing Project Interests

Understand how the three project interests are applied as well as the project board interests, roles and responsibilities, who gets involved and which roles and responsibilities will they be given? "Organizing Project Interests" will teach you who what when and how.

Members Only 5.4 Organizing Roles and Responsibilities - Part ONE

Learn about the four PRINCE2 organizational layers, the project board roles and responsibilities including project assurance, who gets involved and which roles and responsibilities will they be given? "Organizing Roles and Responsibilities - Part ONE" will teach you who what when and how. You will learn about the commissioning layer, the directing layer, the managing layer, and delivering layer. You will also grasp the responsibilities of the project board executive, senior user and senior supplier, and project assurance roles.

Members Only 5.5 Organizing Roles and Responsibilities - Part TWO

You will learn about the project manager, team manager, and project support roles and responsibilities, you will also understand how the work breakdown structure supports the project manager in structuring teams and setting boundaries. Part TWO" will teach you who what when and how.

Members Only 5.6 Organizational Design and Development - Part ONE

Learn how to apply organizational design and development and the first part of design the project ecosystem You will learn about the several areas such as culture, collaboration, relationships, and ultimately, effective project teams, can be addressed by proactive organizational design and development, and learn the PRINCE2 five-step organizational design and development technique

Members Only 5.7 Organizational Design and Development - Part TWO

You will learn steps three to five of the PRINCE2 five-step organizational design and development technique including developing, manage changes, and transitioning the project from the project ecosystem into the organization ecosystem.

Members Only 5.8 Delivery Modules and RACI

You will learn the delivery model definition of the organizational and commercial arrangements to be deployed to meet the project objectives given the project constraints and capabilities of the user, business, and supplier organizations, and how it is described in the commercial management approach and reflected in the project management team structure. You will also learn that a RACI chart is a matrix of all the activities or decision-making authorities in the project that shows the people or roles involved

Members Only 5.9 Organizational and Commercial Context

You will learn how to apply the organizational context Projects exist within a broader organizational context such as a portfolio of project teamwork delivered through multiple organizations. You will grasp how programme and project management team structures and roles may to be integrated, and how in commercial context considerations, and where projects work together in multiple organizations, consider how to bridge different working and governance practices There may be political business aspects to consider when defining the project organizational structure, and these will impact the commercial management approach and issues such as how risk and reward are allocated

Members Only 5.10 Delivery Method, Sustainability and Scale

Understand how to apply different delivery methods to the organizational change, while applying sustainability and project scale You will learn that when a project is deploying a specific delivery method, the project manager will need to understand aspects such as How will delivery method roles align with PRINCE2 roles You will grasp how will the project manager liaise with teams using different delivery methods from each other, and if self-organizing delivery teams are used, how do they relate to the team manager role? You will understand that the project executive ensures the project remains aligned with the business objectives, typically including targets for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives, the UN’s sustainable development goals

Members Only 5.11 Management Products

You will learn how the commercial management approach (part of the PID) purpose and application is to describe the procedures, techniques, and standards to be applied and the responsibilities for effective commercial management, covering the approach to secure, service, and maintain all commercial agreements required for the project to be a success. You will be able to apply the commercial management approach, the project team structure and role descriptions

Members Only 5.12 Key Relationships with Principles

You will learn how to apply each of the seven PRINCE2 principles to the organizing practice including how each is achieved and the positive outcome of doing so.

Members Only 5.13 Organizing Practice key role focus areas

You will learn the key organizing practice key roles responsibilities including the business/commissioning layer, the project executive, senior supplier, senior user, project manager, team manager, project assurance, and project support layers.