Chapter 7

Project Participants

This chapter outlines the roles and responsibilities of project participants in enterprise IT projects, emphasising how clearly defined roles promote accountability and lead to smoother collaboration within teams. It presents tools for assessing participant traits by engagement type based on general observation to help project leaders effectively plan for sourcing participants.

Additionally, the chapter calls for raising standards by defining entry criteria for participation in enterprise IT projects, including the need for relevant professional certifications and extensive experience in smaller-scale IT projects as foundational prerequisites.