Chapter 5

Project Disciplines and Roles

This chapter examines the essential roles and skills needed for enterprise IT project delivery across various methodologies, including Waterfall, Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework, and Hybrid. It highlights the importance of collaborative specialist roles, which consistently demand the same core competencies despite variations in titles and team structures across different delivery models.

The chapter also introduces the Project Skills Matrix, a tool used to identify the skills required for a project and match them with individuals who closely align with these needs. While participants may be recruited based on their perceived qualifications, this tool also evaluates their performance, ensuring that the knowledge and skills demonstrated on paper and in interviews effectively translate into meaningful contributions to the project.