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Human Resource Plan Template

within acceptable variances. The PM will be responsible for reporting project status in

accordance with the communications management plan. The PM will evaluate the performance

of all project team members and communicate their performance to functional managers. The

PM is also responsible for acquiring human resources for the project through coordination with

functional managers. The PM must possess the following skills: leadership/management,

budgeting, scheduling, and effective communication.

Design Engineer (DE), (2 positions): responsible for gathering coding requirements for the

Software Upgrade Project. The DEs are responsible for all upgrade design, coding, and testing

of the upgraded software. The DEs will assist the implementation lead in the distribution and

monitoring of the software upgrades throughout the network infrastructure. The DEs will be

responsible for timely status reporting to the PM as required by the communications

management plan. The DEs may not authorize any project expenditures nor allocate any

resources without PM approval. DE’s performance will be managed by the PM and

communicated to the Design Technology Group Manager (DE’s Functional Manager). DEs must

be proficient in programming html, C++, and Java programming languages.

Implementation Manager (IM), (1 position): The IM is responsible for the distribution,

implementation, and monitoring of the new software upgrade. The IM is responsible for

working with the DEs to ensure all coding on new software conforms with organizational

security regulations. The IM is responsible for coordination outage windows with each

department to facilitate the rollout of the software upgrades with minimal/no disturbance to

operations. The IM will report status to the PM in accordance with the project’s communications

management plan. The IM’s performance will be evaluated by the PM and communicated to the

IM’s functional manager (Network Manager). The IM must be proficient in managing network

architecture.

Training Lead (TL), (1 position): The TL is responsible for training all network users on the

features provided by the upgrades to the existing software. The TL will coordinate training

times/locations with each department’s training advocate. The TL will provide training status to

the PM in accordance with the project communications management plan.

Functional Managers (FM), (2 positions): While not part of the project team, functional

managers are responsible for providing resources for the project in accordance with the project

staffing plan. Functional managers are responsible for working with the PM to determine skill

sets required and approving resource assignments. Functional managers are also responsible for

conducting performance appraisals of assigned resources based, in part, on the PM’s feedback

regarding project performance.

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This section provides a graphic display of the project tasks and team members. The purpose of

this is to illustrate the responsibilities of team members as they relate to the project tasks. Tools

such as responsible, accountable, consult, inform (RACI) or responsibility assignment matrix

(RAM) may be used to aid in communicating roles and responsibilities for the project team.

Additionally, organizational or resource breakdown structures may be used to show how

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