Four Management Levels

The Process Model shows four Management Levels.

Level 1: Corporate or Programme Management

The top level is the Corporate or “Programme Management” Level. You can see from the diagram that the only thing created in this level is the project mandate.

Level 2: Direction

The Direction or “Directing” Level is where the Project Board works. They interface often with the Management Level and provide the above level with a number of notifications. There are three notifications shown in the process model diagram.

Level 3: Management

The next level is “Management” and it is where the Project Manager works. It contains most of the activities and processes, such as Initiating a Project and Controlling a Stage. So you can see from this diagram that most of the management activities for a project are done by the Project Manager.

Level 4: Delivery

The bottom level, “Delivery,” is where the project’s products are created. Remember. all the products created above the Delivery level are created just to manage the project. e.g.: Project Plan, Project Brief. These are also known as management products.

All the products created in the Delivery level by the teams are the products users want from the project. These products are the reason why the project was started. These are known as specialist products.