Project teams at PMPeople

Projects need people collaborating as a team from different perspectives. Let’s see some interactions between project team members, as they are implemented in PMPeople:

  • Project Manager (PM): Project managers can create projects inside the business units they work for. They can assign project collaborators and invite stakeholders. They can include the project inside a program or portfolios. They can move projects from one business unit to another. They can connect projects to other integrated tools. They can initiate, plan, control, close and archive the project. They can bind work packages to third party projects, via procurement. They can assign team members. They can read comments, manage changes, etc.
  • Team Members (TM): Team Members can read their assignation details, submit time sheets and expenses, complete tasks, send comments, meet their teammates, etc.
  • Resource Managers (RM): Resource Managers can control what projects and tasks their Team Members—those inside their Resource Pools—are assigned to. They can control baseline work, planned work and actual work. They can also release Team Members from projects, if needed.
  • Portfolio Managers (PfM), Program Manager (PgM): If the project is included in one program, and one or many portfolios, then managers can enter the project and help management with the same capabilities than the project manager.
  • Stakeholders (SH): Project stakeholders can read some project data and control project performance reviews. They can be invited by the project manager, but also join a project proactively if they know the project private key.
  • Requester (RQ): Requesters can create project requests inside the business units they work for. They can assign the project manager and the project sponsor. They can initiate, monitor, and close projects. They follow project performance from their demand management perspective. A request can be in different states: proposed, in progress, closed, on hold or rejected.
  • Sponsor (SP): Sponsors can create projects inside the business units they work for. They can assign the project manager and the project requester. They can initiate and monitor projects.
  • Functional Manager (FM): Functional Managers can create projects inside their business units. They can assign the project manager, the project requester, and the project sponsor. They can initiate and monitor projects.
  • PMO: The project management office roles can enter any project and help management with the same capabilities than the project manager, from the organizational perspective.
  • Project Manager Assistant (PMA): PM Assistant roles can enter the project they have been assigned to, and assist project managers with the same capabilities.

PMPeople does not prevent direct communication needed at all projects. However, it can optimize management through some use cases explained below.

Frequently Asked Questions
Who can create a project in PMPeople?

Project creation can be done by Project Managers, Sponsors, Requesters, or Functional Managers within their business units.

Can stakeholders join a project without an invitation?

Yes, stakeholders can join a project proactively if they know the private project key, even without an invitation.

What is the role of Resource Managers in PMPeople?

Resource Managers oversee assignments, monitor baseline and actual work of their resource pool, and can release team members from projects.