1. Project Management Methodology
Planning for Human Resources

2. People Management - Team
Build the right team
Be prepared to changes
Assign roles and responsibilities
Monitor the team performance
Support high spirit of the development team

3. Project Organizational Chart
The chart shows a project assembled team structure
Normally created first in roles, and then, has people assigned to the roles
Mandatory roles:
Product manager
Technical leader
These 2 roles must not be assigned to the same person

4. Organizational Chart Sample

5. RACI matrix
Each team member must be assigned to specific task(s) shown in WBS
In addition to that, for management and communication activities, RACI matrix is recommended
Each team member should be assigned with one or more RACI features

6. RACI matrix RACI stand for R- responsibility, in other words, a doer
A – accountability, one who is ultimately accountable
C – Consultation, one who provides vision and advises
I – Informed, one who is to be informed about the project performance

7. Resource loading
Watch for correct resource loading when you assign people to the WBS tasks
Apply resource levelling technique when someone is overloaded
The technique suggests review of slack allowances in order to create a smoother distribution of resource usage
Levelled resources require less management, lower costs, produce fewer personnel and accounting problems, improve morale

8. Build the right team Acquire required skills
Have everyone understanding of the role and responsibilities
Setup organizational model
Motivate the team on the go
Provide required training
Project manager must be a leader by nature

9. Team models Business team Most often in use for regular IT projects
Peer group headed by technical leader
Team members are differentiated by the area of expertise
All the members are equal
Technical leader is supposed to make technical decision
Most often in use for regular IT projects

10. Team models Chief-Performer Team
Chief-performer is one with very high productivity and skills, much higher than the others’
He/she is supposed to do major part of work, including design and implementation
The others are involved for help only
Used for special kind of projects, where a special skill is required

11. Team models Feature team
Team members represent different areas of the project development
They all are responsible for the decisions made
Often is created to resolve the issues, for example of bad performance

12. Security Projects Teams
Access to sensitive data and technology dictates the need of
Thorough background check
Reliable references
Particular level of security clearance

13. Planning for cost
Work cost - the cost of work force engaged into the project. Calculated on the basis of rates
Fixed cost – cost that does not depend on a task duration
Material cost – the cost of consumable materials

14. Resource levelling Assign resources to the tasks
Generate the resource usage report
Request for resource levelling
Resource levelling will eliminate overloading by splitting the tasks