Anticipating Team Roles and Interactions When Planning a Software Development Project

Jeffrey H. Schweriner

Proceedings of the 30th Annual Project Management Institute 1999 Seminars & Symposium

Most projects, no matter what the industry, require a team. Every team member has specified tasks designed to carry out the development and implementation of the project. But for successful projects, every team member not only performs his specified tasks, but plays a specific role as well. By definition, a role is defined as a part or character to be played by an actor (Random House 1979). Indeed, project roles are defined not by what a person does, but rather by what part he plays.

Project roles become extremely important in highly technical projects ...

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