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

Other Relationships:  Extends: Reviewer

Topics

Project Approval Review Project Planning Review Iteration Plan Review Project Review Authority (PRA) Project Review Iteration Evaluation Criteria Review Iteration Acceptance Review Lifecycle Milestone Review Project Acceptance Review Review Record


Description To top of page

The Management Reviewer role participates in significant review events because these management reviews mark points at which the project may be canceled if planning is inadequate or if progress is unacceptably poor.

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Skills To top of page

The Management Reviewer role requires many years of business (including contract formulation and negotiation), technical, and software project management experience, and the individual who fills this role is chosen because of demonstrated decision-making ability at the operational management level. The Management Reviewer must have an excellent understanding of risk management principles and must be skilled at estimation in an environment with incomplete or fuzzy information.

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This role is assigned to one or more individuals on a case-by-case basis, according to the artifact(s) being reviewed, the teams involved and the availability of staff members to take part in the review.

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See: [ROY98] Chapters 9 & 13, and [MCO97].



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