Programme/Project Team

Purpose

The Programme/Project Team (‘the Team’) is a group of individuals with appropriate and complementary professional, technical or specialist skills who, under the direction of the Programme/Project Manager are responsible for carrying out the work detailed in the Programme/Project plan. The size and makeup of the team will depend on the nature of the work being undertaken and on occasion may be supplemented by specialists at key points in the Programme/Project. It may also include staff from different organisations working together as part of the Team.

Teams working in a Programme environment will tend to need less technical but more business and management based skills and experience than those working in a Project environment.

Specific responsibilities

The Team is collectively responsible for:

• Assisting the Programme/Project Manager to deliver the Programme/Project’s outcomes/objectives;
• Within their technical expertise carrying out the elements (work packages) of the Programme/Project they are tasked with;
• Providing administrative support to the Programme/Project Manager & SRO (this may be through the setting up and resourcing of a Programme/Project Management Office);
• Advising the Programme/Project Manager if any risks arise that are likely to affect delivery of the Programme/Projects objectives and to be part of the risk reduction process;
• Providing information for Programme/Project documentation as required; and
• Producing the project’s products as planned to the required level of quality and to timescales.

Skills and attributes

The Team should be able to:

• Provide technical expertise in support of delivery objectives;
• Understand the overall business aim of the Programme/Project and how their expertise contributes to that aim;
• Understand and apply recommended Programme/Project management standards such as Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), PRojects IN Controlled Environments2 (PRINCE2), Management of Risk (MoR); and
• Maintain the Programme/Project documentation in line with the Programme/Project quality and configuration plans.