Role	Responsibility
OIT Project Review Team	The OIT Project Review Team is a group of senior IT staff that reviews each project request submitted to OIT. Normally the Project Review Team is made up of members of the /wiki/spaces/OIT/pages/13763164 but the actual composition of the team may change depending on the number and complexity of incoming projects. The Project Review Team also provides high-level oversight of all OIT projects; determines and regularly reviews the priority of all projects managed by OIT; assigns Project Managers to projects; and prepares regular high-level project summaries for executives and others outside OIT.
Executive Sponsor	The Executive Sponsor is a senior business manager who is responsible for providing the overall business direction for the project. The Executive Sponsor defines and validates functional requirements, makes resources available to support information technology program initiatives, and reviews the progress of IT projects to assure that the functional requirements are being satisfied in a timely and cost-effective manner. The Executive Sponsor must be someone with budget authority over expenditures related to the project. The Executive Sponsor is typically a high-level manager in the department for which the project is being managed.
Project Manager	The Project Manager is responsible for project oversight and guidance and ensures that the project is managed in accordance with sound project life cycle management principles and practices, appropriate PM documents are in place, and appropriate resources to support the project have been allocated. The Project Manager ensures that periodic project assessments are performed at major milestones. The Project Manager meets with the other project team members to discuss project status and leads project meetings. The Project Manager is someone who has experience running projects and managing resources and any qualified person may fill the role.
OIT Sponsor	The OIT Sponsor is the primary contact person within OIT representing the project. The OIT Sponsor is not necessarily the technical adviser on the project, but that is a common role. The OIT Sponsor assists the business unit in preparation of a project proposal and plan, oversees communications within OIT relating to the project, and represents the project team in discussions within OIT relating to the project. The OIT Sponsor is typically someone on the OIT team that has primary responsibility for implementing the project.
Functional Manager	The Functional Manager is responsible for coordination of activities within the business unit for which the project is being managed. The Functional Manager meets with the business unit project team regularly and ensures that project timelines and assignments are being completed. The Functional Manager also meets frequently with the Project Manager to discuss project status and also participates in project meetings.
Technical Manager	The Technical Manager is the principal advisor on the effective application of information technology to business needs and will ensure that all information technology projects are developed using adequate staff while applying appropriate methods. It is the Technical Manager’s responsibility to make sure that all technology used in the implementation of the project is approved by OIT and that the resulting systems are secure, sustainable, and maintainable.
Security Manager	The Security Manager is responsible for reviewing all designs and specifications for a project to ensure that the resulting systems meet OIT, UCI, and UC security guidelines. The Security Manager will also contribute to the development of appropriate test and disposition plans.
Quality Assurance Manager	The Quality Assurance (QA) Manager oversees the development of a test plan and for the use of that plan to certify that systems produced over the course of the project meet the design criteria. The QA Manager supervises all component, system, and user acceptance testing and makes sure that the finished product conforms to OIT standards for equipment, development methods, and user interface. The QA Manager also reviews any user documentation to ensure that it is appropriate for the audience and matches the finished product.
Support & Training Manager	The Training Manager is responsible for user guides and other technical and operations documentation developed in support of the project. (The Support & Training Manager is not responsible for documentation relating to the management of the project itself. That is the job of the Project Manager.) The Support & Training Manager develops both a Documentation Plan and a Training Plan and oversees the implementation of those plans. The Support & Training Manager also arranges for any necessary training for users of the systems developed under the project. This can include everything from orientation on new modules for developers to end user training on new features. A final responsibility of the Support & Training Manager is to notify the OIT Help Desk of any changes to documentation, SOPs, etc. and to make sure Help Desk staff are notified of user training as it is scheduled.
Production Control Manager	The Production Control Manager makes sure all aspects of the project that impact operations are considered. This may include overseeing changes in SOP’s, user documentation, etc. It also includes reviewing all implementation plans to ensure that disruption of normal production schedules is kept to a minimum. Where the impact of a project spans departments, it is the Production Control Manager’s responsibility to contact his or her counterpart in the impacted departments to make sure the production schedules in those departments are considered as well.
Business Analyst	The Business Analyst (BA) works closely with the Project Manager and identifies a bridge between the business problems and the technology solutions offered by the project. The BA will analyze an organization or business domain, document its processes and systems, and assess the business model and its integration with technology. The BA also acts as a liaison among stakeholders in order to help everyone understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
Subject Matter Expert	A Subject Matter Expert (SME) is anyone who has specialized knowledge that is specific to the project and critical to the successful completion of the project. (An SME is sometimes referred to as a "domain expert.") Depending on the complexity of a project, several SMEs may be active on, or advising the project team.
DR Manager	DR Manager is responsible for reviewing technical design and specification resulting in systems meeting OIT, UCI, and UC IT (Disaster) Recovery guidelines. The DR Manager will also contribute to the development and execution of the IT Recovery Plan, Test Plan, and Backup Testing.