Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Key individual roles

Technical Innovator: Experts in one or two fields. Generates new ideas and finds new and different ways of doing things.
Technical/commercial scanner: Acquires vast amounts of external knowledge (e.g. technical or market information) through networking.
Gatekeeper: Stays informed of related developments that occur outside the organisation through journals, conferences, colleagues and other companies. Conveys the information to others in the organization and thus serves as an information resource. They may also serve as bridge to link one technical group to another within the same organization
Product Champion: Product champion advocates and pushes for change and innovation. They sell new ideas to others in the organisation, acquire resources and takes risk. They take ideas (whether their own or others) and attempt to get them supported and implemented. They are aggressive in championing their cause.
Project Leader: Provides the team with leadership and motivation. Ensures effective project execution, team coordination and balance of project goals with organizational needs.

Sponsor: Intermediary between organisation and project team. Provides the team with what they need from the organisation and shields them from unnecessary organisational constraints. Provides legitimacy and organisational confidence to projects.

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