Program Management Team

Definition

Program Management Team

the team that performs the overall (administrative) management and risk management for a program of related projects

Classification

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

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

Responsibilities

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

• Manage the program’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 program’s risks.

A program management team typically inherits the general team responsibilities from the team process component.

Roles

A program management team typically consists of persons playing the following roles:

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

Tasks

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

• Program Management Tasks:
  • Cost Management
  • Communications Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Management Planning
  • Personnel Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Resource Management
  • Scope Management
  • Schedule Management
• Risk Management Tasks:
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Control
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Management Planning
  • Risk Monitoring

A program management team typically inherits the common team tasks from the team process component.

Work Products

A program management team typically produces all or part of the following work products:

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

Guidelines

• Do not construct a program management team unless you are managing a program of related projects.
• The program management team typically inherits the common team guidelines from the team process component.