Team Specializations

Individual projects need specialization as much as organizations do. My company has created a technical project organization, based on the SWEBOK knowledge areas described in Chapter 5, that includes the following specialists on even our smallest projects:

• Construction lead

• Design lead

• Planning and tracking lead

• Project business manager

• Quality assurance lead

• Requirements lead

On most projects, these lead roles are part-time responsibilities, but we've found it useful to have a specific person assigned to look out for a project's interests in each of these areas. Each area requires specialized knowledge on even a five to ten person project. More information on these lead areas, including recommended study programs for each one, is available from my company's Web site at www.construx.com/profession.