Project Management For Dummies, 6th Edition

Chapter 12

Defining Team Members’ Roles and Responsibilities

IN THIS CHAPTER

Identifying the three roles team members can play on a given project

Delegating assignments and sharing responsibility

Displaying team roles with a responsibility assignment matrix

Handling micromanagement effectively

Your project team typically includes people with different skill sets and operating styles who work in different parts of the organization. Thus, you may not have worked extensively with each of your team members before. In addition, your project usually has a tight time schedule, a limited budget, and team members are most likely working on several other assignments at the same time.

Success in this kind of environment requires that you and your team members agree on how to work with each other to maximize contributions and minimize wasted time and mistakes. The team needs an approach that gives everyone confidence that all members will live up to their commitments. The project manager and every team member must understand and be comfortable with their planned roles.

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