Managing Project Organization

Project organizational structure (roles and responsibilities) will certainly depends on the characteristics of the project itself (e.g. size, complexity, etc.).

The following is a list of possible project roles and how to fit/manage them in itmSUITE®.

Project role	How to manage
Project Manager	This is a built-in role. Assign the application level role "Project Manager" to the user who shall act as a project manager. This shall be done by an administrator. Then, specifically assign the resource as project manager for one or more projects. This is done by setting Project Manager in project General section. This can be done either by a manager with privileges on the project or by the project manager at project creation time or customized role with privileges (see later).The project manager has the privileges manage any aspect of its project(s).
Team Resource	This is a built-in role. Assign a resource to the project first and, optionally, to project activities later. This can be done by the project manager but also by a manager or any customized role with privileges (see later). This will make it possible to budget/forecast or add balance working time and expenses for the team resource. Balance data can be input directly by the team resource if associated to a user.
Customized role (e.g. Project Board member, Executive, Senior Use, Senior Supplier, Change Authority, Project Support, Team Manager, Team Member, etc.)	Any user associated with an application level role "Manager", "Project Manager" or "Resource" can be granted privileges to view and or manage project data and information.