Sample: Interface Roles and Responsibilities of Key Players

CEO

• Role: Final arbitrator
• Responsibilities
• Maintain integrity of system
• Resolve deadlocks
• Veto of priority team decisions

Project Originator

• Role: Identify project idea
• Responsibilities:
• Develop project proposal
• Define proof of need
• Present proposal to functional manager

Vice President

• Role: Establish priority criteria
• Responsibilities:
• Delegate responsibility to priority team to set priorities, allocate resources, and
• approve plans for all major projects
• Select priority team
• Sponsor priority system
• Communicate strategic plan

Functional Managers

• Role: Manage available resources
• Responsibilities:
• Identify project resource conflicts
• Plan and communicate allocated resources for projects
• Refuse major project work based on available resources
• Forward project proposals from functional areas to priority team

Project Priority Team

• Role: Manage the project priority system
• Responsibilities—priority related:
• Recommend resources for major projects
• Represent functional areas on team
• Track available resources
• Gain top-management approval of priority lists
• Responsibilities—project related:
• Approve/reject/hold major projects
• Approve major project plans
• Publish a priority and project status report
• Approve project managers
• Approve cost, schedule, and performance changes
• Act as sponsors for major project managers
• Plan and communicate allocated resources for projects
• Refuse major project work based on resources available.