Project Management Team

Definition

Project Management Team

the team that performs the overall (administrative) management and risk management for a single project

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Project Management Team is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Management Team
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical team-specific responsibilities of a Project Management Team are to:

• Manage the project’s:
  • Costs and budget.
  • Communications, both internally and externally.
  • Delivery of work products and services.
  • Planning efforts.
  • Personnel.
  • Relationships with other organizations.
  • Resources.
  • Scope in terms of mission, objectives, and requirements.
  • Schedule in terms of dates and milestones.
• Monitor and manage the project’s risks.

A project management team typically inherits the general team responsibilities from the team method component.

Roles

A Project Management Team typically consists of persons playing the following roles:

• Project Manager, who leads the team.
• Configuration Manager
• Metrics Analyst
• Process Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• Scheduler
• Technical Leader

Tasks

A Project Management Team typically performs the following team-specific management tasks an incremental, iterative, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Project Management Tasks:
  • Cost Management
  • Communications Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Management Planning
  • Personnel Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Resource Management
  • Scope Management
  • Schedule Management
• Risk Management Tasks:
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Documentation
  • Risk Monitoring
  • Risk Avoidance
  • Risk Mitigation

A project management team typically inherits the common team tasks from the team method component.

Work Products

A Project Management Team typically produces all or part of the following work products:

• Management Work Products:
  • Project Mission Statement
  • Project Management Plan
  • Project Documentation Plan
  • Project Work Breakdown Structure
  • Project Organization Chart
  • Project Job Descriptions
  • Project Master Schedule
  • Project Management Team Schedule
  • Project Budget
  • Project Status Report
• Risk Management Work Products:
  • Project Risk Management Plan

Guidelines

• Every project needs a project management team.
• If the project is one of a program of related projects, then there is typically considerable overlap between the program management team and the individual project management teams.
• The project management team typically inherits the common team guidelines from the team method component.