Roles and Responsibilities Flashcards

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3 Categories

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Project Level Category
The Solution Development Team Category
The Supporting Roles Category

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4 Interests

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Business interests
Solution or technical interests
Management interests
Process interests

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Project Level Roles

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Business Sponsor
Business Visionary
Technical Coordinator
Project Manager
Business Analyst (also part of SD team)
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Solution Delivery Team Roles

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Business Ambassador
Solution Developer
Solution Tester
Team Leader
Business Analyst (also part of Project roles)
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Supporting Roles

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Business Advisor
Technical Advisor
Workshop Facilitator
DSDM Coach

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Business Interests

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Business Sponsor
Business Visionary
Business Ambassador
Business Advisor

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Technical Interests

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Technical Coordinator
Solution Developer
Solution Tester
Technical Advisor

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Management Interests

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Project Manager

Team Leader

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Process Interests

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Workshop Facilitator

DSDM Coach

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Interest:
Workshop Facilitator
DSDM Coach

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Process Interests

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Interest:
Project Manager
Team Leader

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Management Interests

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Interest: 
Technical Coordinator
Solution Developer
Solution Tester
Technical Advisor
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Technical Interests

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Interest:
Business Sponsor
Business Visionary
Business Ambassador
Business Advisor
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Business Interests

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(I/L) Business Sponsor

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Project Level

Business Interest

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(I/L) Business Visionary

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Project Level

Business Interest

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(I/L)Technical Coordinator

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Project Level

Technical Interest

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(I/L) Project Manager

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Project Level

Management Interest

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(I/L) Business Analyst

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Project Level

Business and Technical Interest

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(I/L) Team Leader

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Solution Development Level

Management Interest

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(I/L) Business Ambassador

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Solution Development Level

Business Interest

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(I/L) Solution Developer

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Solution Development Level

Technical Interest

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(I/L) Solution Tester

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Solution Development Level

Technical Interest

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(I/L) Business Advisor

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Supporting Level

Business Interest

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(I/L) Technical Advisor

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Supporting Level

Technical Interest

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(I/L) Workshop Facilitator

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Supporting Level

Process Interest

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(I/L) DSDM Coach

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Supporting Level

Process Interest

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Most senior person involved in the project
Support both the project and the chosen solution
Support the approach to deliver the solution
Responsible for the financial aspects of the project (in particular, business case, budget, and funding)
Sufficient authority to resolve business issues and make financial decisions

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Business Sponsor

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More actively involved in the project (on day-to-day basis)
Responsible for interpreting the needs of the business sponsor, ensure they are represented in the business case (communicating to team and properly represented in business case)
Ensure the project is moving toward delivering a solution that will enable the benefits (as described in the business case)

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Business Visionary

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Senior level technical authority
Understanding of the technical aspects of the solution
Ensure the project is technically coherent and that the solution meets required technical standards
Advise on technical decisions and innovations

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Technical Coordinator

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Provides high-level Agile-style leadership to the solution delivery team
Focuses on managing the working environment in which the solution is evolving
Responsible for coordinating all aspects of the management of the project (although must of detailed planning left to solution development team. Requires facilitative style).
Responsible from Foundation phase through to final deployment

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Project Manager

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Overlap between Project and Solution Development categories
Actively support both the project level roles and the solution development team
Facilitates the relationship between the business and technical roles
Involve the business users in the process of evolving the solution
Prominent participant in the evolutionary development of the solution

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Business Analyst

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Elected member of the Solution Development Team, best placed to lead team through particular stage (likely also represents another role)
Responsible for ensuring that the Solution Delivery Team functions effectively and meets its stated objectives
Responsible for the detailed planning and coordination of all aspects of delivery at a detailed level

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Team Leader

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Key business representative within the Solution Delivery Team
Provides key input in the specification and prioritisation of the requirements
Responsible for providing increasing levels of detail as the solution evolves
Have sufficient knowledge and experience (to provide refinement) - in some circumstances, may need to liaise with advisor. Primary decision-maker during evolutionary development phase. Should be somebody respected by peers with sufficient seniority.

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Business Ambassador

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Responsible for the creation of the evolving solution (on incremental basis)
Collaborate with the other solution development team roles to interpret business requirements (and translate them into solution that meets requirements)
Empowered by the technical coordinator to make decisions within their level of expertise (should be working on project on full-time basis as far as possible; PM should actively manage involvement, represents risk with respect to timeboxing).

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Solution Developer

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Performs testing throughout the project on all of the deliverables produced by the solution developers
Testing is performed throughout the project in accordance with an agreed strategy
may need to liaise with Ambassador and Analyst, reports result to Technical Coordinator

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Solution Tester

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A peer of the Business Ambassador
Provides specialist business insight to solution development or to solution testing
Insight may relate to legal or regulatory requirements that the solution has to comply with. Likely an intended user of deployed solution.

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Business Advisor

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Provides specific technical input into the project
Perspective of those who will be responsible for the future ongoing operation and maintenance of the deployed solution. Will include those responsible for change management and operational support.

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Technical Advisor

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Ensures the workshop delivers the required result

Independent of the outcome to be achieved. Their focus on participants collaborating to meet objective.

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Workshop Facilitator

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Assist team members to get the most out of using the DSDM approach
Have detailed knowledge and experience in using DSDM. Be able to tailor approach to suit individual needs of project and environment.

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DSDM Coach