The Project Workout

5 Who does what?

1. The players
2. The originator
3. The project sponsor
4. The project board
5. The project manager
6. The team managers and members
7. Project assurance
8. Project coach/facilitator
9. Project support
10. Specialist roles

In simple a project needs people who come up with the idea (the originator), wants the benefits (project sponsor), who manages the project (project manager) and who undertake the work (the project team).

“Even emperors can’t do it all by themselves”

BERTOLT BRECHT

The players

Chapter 2 showed that a process or method is nothing without the culture, systems and organization supporting it (see Figure 2.2). Those related to projects are no exception. Hence, to understand “projects”, you need to have a firm grasp of who the players are and what is ...