PRINCE2 Risk Roles Responsibilities 

Risk Roles Responsibilities

So what exactly are the risk roles and responsibilities within a PRINCE2 project?

What are the Corporate and Program Management responsible for with regard to risk?

Provide the Corporate Risk Management policy and information.

What is the Executive risk roles and responsibility for?

• Accountable for all aspects of the Risk Management.
• Ensure that a Risk Management Strategy exits.
• Ensure that Risks associated with the Business Case are identified, assessed and controlled.
• Escalate Risk to the Corporate or Project Management if necessary.

What is Senior User responsible for with regard to risk?

• Ensure that Risks to the Users are identified, assessed and controlled
• This encourages Users to identify risks and provide information to the Project Manager and also to read the reports provided by the Project Manager.

What is the Senior Supplier responsible for with regard to risk?

• Ensure that risks to the supplier are identified, assessed and controlled.

What is the Project Manager responsible for with regard to risk?

• Create the Risk Management Strategy document. They can get a good template from Program Management, which will reduce the amount of work
• Create and maintain the Risk Register. They can get assistance from Project Support
• Ensure that risks are continually identified, assessed and controlled throughout the project lifecycle
• Keep the Summary Risk Diagram up to date and communicate to the project stakeholders.

What is the Team Manager responsible for with regard to risk?

• Help with the identifying, assessing and controlling risk. For example, they would be asked to participate in the workshops used to identify risks.

What is the Project Assurance responsible for with regard to risk?

• Review the Risk Management practices to make sure they are performed in line with the projects Risk Management Strategy.

What is the Project Support responsible for with regard to risk?

• Assist the Project Manager in maintaining the projects Risk Register

We have just discussed the main responsibilities and it is good to be aware of these.

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