Organisation

Below you find a short description of the most important project roles:

Project owner

The project owner is the manager responsible and accountable for the business case and for securing good and consistent investment project decisions.
The project owner shall ensure alignment of all activities, projects, operations and commercial aspects regarding the asset, including stakeholder management.
Project owner involvement and clearly defined roles and responsibilities are essential for the success of any investment project.
The project owner is responsible for the establishment of the steering committee and will chair this committee.
The project owner assigns the responsibility for the project to the project manager.

Steering committee

The Steering committee mandate is to secure alignment between stakeholders regarding definition of the business case.
The steering committee will act as a board for the business case, manage assumptions and frame agreed in stakeholder start-up meeting. Main issues are risk- and stakeholder management, and strategic change management for relevant project assignments.
The steering committee consists of key stakeholders who are appointed to follow up the investment project on key issues previously agreed in the stakeholder start-up meeting.
The project owner is responsible for the establishment of the steering committee and will chair this committee.
The steering committee decides the key directions, follow up the project’s critical areas and key risks.
The steering committee members represent a link between the project and the business areas they represent and ensure its ownership to the projects work.
The steering committee can be established for one, or a portfolio of investment projects.

Project manager

The project manager is responsible for delivering the project results.
The project owner assigns the responsibility for the project to the project manager.
The agreement between project owner and project manager is written in the Project assignment.
The project manager will be responsible for delivering a defined scope.
For one business case or investment project there might be several project managers responsible for defined sub-projects.
The project manager reports normally to the steering committee, but for small projects it can be enough to report to the project owner.

Project team members

The project team members are responsible for carrying out work according to project plans.
The project team members must be updated on project methodology and best practice.
The project team members must report periodically to the project manager.

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