SU2 Designing a Project Management Team

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Designing a Project Management Team is the second sub-process of the PRINCE2 process Starting Up a Project.

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Trigger 3 Product 4 Critical success factors (CSF) 5 Key performance indicators (KPI) 6 Roles 7 Activities 8 Definitions 9 Putting into use 9.1 Best practice 9.2 Challenges and solutions 10 References and resources

Purpose

The purpose of this sub-process is to ensure that the project team consists of the right people, especially when concidering competence, availability, authority and responsibility. The team should also reflect the business, user and supplier interests.

Trigger

This sub-process is follows triggered by the SU1 sub-process.

Inputs to the process are:

• Agreed job descriptions for Project Manager and Project Executive
• Project Mandate

Product

Completing SU2 will generate the following outputs:

• Project management team structure
• Draft job descriptions for the entire Team

Critical success factors (CSF)

• Commitment from Top Management
• Availability of the appointed resources

Key performance indicators (KPI)

• Time spent on the process compared to the size of the Team. Bigger teams needs a lot more time than smaller ones.

Roles

• Owner: Project Manager/Programme management
• Manager: Project Manager/Programme management

Best practice shows that the Owner and the Manager roles should be merged

Activities

Definitions

Putting into use

Best practice

• The team should not be too big

Challenges and solutions

This section is intended for caching experiences on challenges related to the implementation of this process and how to overcome them.

References and resources

Create a list with relevant references and resources to this process