The Manager Roles

Project Manager The Project Manager allocates resources, shapes priorities, coordinates interactions with the customers and users, and generally tries to keep the project team focused on the right goal. The Project Manager establishes a set of practices to ensure the integrity and quality of project artifacts.

Change Control Manager The Change Control Manager oversees the change control process. This role is usually played by a Change Control Board (CCB), which should consist of representatives from all interested parties, including customers, developers, and users. In a small project, a single person, such as the project manager or software architect, may play this role.

Configuration Manager A Configuration Manager is responsible for providing the overall CM infrastructure and environment for the product development team. The CM function supports the product development activity so that developers and integrators have appropriate workspaces to build and test their work and that all artifacts are available as required. The Configuration Manager ensures that the CM environment facilitates product review, change, and defect tracking activities. The Configuration Manager is also responsible for writing the CM plan and reporting change- request-based progress statistics.

Test Manager The Test Manager has the overall responsibility for the test effort's success. The role involves quality and test advocacy , resource planning and management, and resolution of issues that impede the test effort.

Deployment Manager The Deployment Manager is responsible for planning the product's transition to the user community, ensuring those plans are enacted appropriately, managing issues and monitoring progress.

Process Engineer The Process Engineer is responsible for the software development process itself. This includes configuring the process before project start-up and continuously improving the process during the development effort.

Management Reviewer The Management Reviewer is responsible for evaluating project planning and project assessment artifacts at major review points in the project's lifecycle.