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2 - ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES AND PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

Within those constraints, as well as the additional limitations of time and budget, it is up to the project manager
and the project team to determine the most appropriate method of carrying out the project. While project governance
is the framework in which the project team performs, the team is still responsible for planning, executing, controlling,
and closing the project. The project governance approach should be described in the project management plan. 2
Decisions are made regarding who will be involved, the escalation procedures, what resources are necessary, and
the general approach to completing the work. Another important consideration is whether more than one phase will
be involved and, if so, the specific life cycle for the individual project.

2.2.3 Project Success

Since projects are temporary in nature, the success of the project should be measured in terms of completing
the project within the constraints of scope, time, cost, quality, resources, and risk as approved between the project
managers and senior management. To ensure realization of benefits for the undertaken project, a test period (such
as soft launch in services) can be part of the total project time before handing it over to the permanent operations.
Project success should be referred to the last baselines approved by the authorized stakeholders.

The project manager is responsible and accountable for setting realistic and achievable boundaries for the
project and to accomplish the project within the approved baselines.

2.3 Project team

The project team includes the project manager and the group of individuals who act together in performing the
work of the project to achieve its objectives. The project team includes the project manager, project management
staff, and other team members who carry out the work but who are not necessarily involved with management of
the project. This team is comprised of individuals from different groups with specific subject matter knowledge or
with a specific skill set to carry out the work of the project. The structure and characteristics of a project team can
vary widely, but one constant is the project manager’s role as the leader of the team, regardless of what authority
the project manager may have over its members.

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