...Case Study 2: Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth Yuvonne Edwards Professor Brett Gordon Human Resource Project Management – HRM517 November 4, 2012 Identify the common roles in a human resource project. Then, analyze these roles to typical human resource functions. There are projects of different sizes that have different ways and requirements on how the people are organized. In small project, little organization structure is needed. There might be a primary sponsor, project manager and a project team. But, for large projects, there are more people involved, and it is important that people understand what they are expected to do, and what role people are expected to fill. Common project roles that may be required for any project would be, Analyst, stakeholder, project managers, facilitator and the customer. The Analyst is responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the business clients are captured and documented correctly before a solution is developed and implemented. In some companies, the person might be called Business System Analyst. (Mochal, T.) The stakeholders are the direct beneficiaries of a project or service, and these people play positive roles in a project. One of the first steps in project management planning is the identification of stakeholders. A stakeholder is a person or group of people who can affect or be affected by a given project. Stakeholders can be individuals...
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...Case Study 2: Project Leadership Roles at TriHealth Prinsetta Myers Professor Lawsey Thomas HRM 517: Managing Human Resource Projects May 7, 2013 1. Identify the common roles in a human resource project. Then, analyze these roles to typical human resource functions. Projects are the primary method that organizations use to reach their strategic goals, which involves many people functioning in a variety of roles. These roles can be categorized in three levels: executive, managerial, and associate. At the executive level, the roles are steering team, sponsor, and chief projects officer. The steering team collectively represents all of the major functions of the organization and sets the overall organizational priorities. The sponsor provides the financial resources and has a major stake in the project outcome. Lastly, at the executive level is the chief projects officer, who is responsible for all the people who work on the project. The second level is the managerial level compromised of the functional manger, project manager, facilitator, and customer. The functional manager typically decided who will work on the project. The project manager leads the planning, executing, and closing of the project often investing the most time on the project. A facilitator often has no particular interest in the project but is there to provide focus during project meetings. The customer has three tasks which include prioritizing the project need...
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