ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at some of the political situations that can arise based specifically around the staffing and interaction of the project team. A project is normally first conceived on the basis of some business need having emerged. There may have been a clearly defined option evaluation and selection phase prior to project conception, during which various options were assessed and a business case produced. Creating some form of a project definition document is a standard methodology for starting a project. This document is also often called the project charter or terms of reference document. The project may consist of a number of different phases with different staffing requirements or it may be that as the project progresses different groups of people and stakeholders naturally become involved. The responsibilities of the project team include project planning and scheduling; communication; monitoring and control; budgeting; problem and conflict identification and resolution and quality control.
