Each stage of the project lifecycle will involve a different combination of participants. The FFCoVE Portfolio Office in particular is resource constrained and Portfolio Managers perform a constant balancing exercise to oversee and effectively support as many as eight or nine projects, each at a different stage of its lifecycle.
| ROLE | RESPONSIBILITY | |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio Manager | – Oversees and guides the project from concept to completion of delivery | |
| Project Lead (the lead representative within the entity hosting the project) | – Develops the project concept and draft project definition – Facilitates the collaboration to finalise the project definition and the subsequent business case – Leads the delivery of the project | |
| Business Owner (Usually a manager within the entity which is hosting the project) | – Recommends the approval of the business case – Provides resource(s) to the project and/or funding and/or contributions in kind to deliver the project – Provides management oversight for the project delivery – Recommends acceptance of the project outputs | |
| Collaborators (Representatives from those entities which have agreed to collaborate on the project) | – Contributes to the final project definition and the subsequent business case (to ensure the needs of their organisation are represented) – May contribute to the delivery of the solution as project team members | |
| Technical Reference Group (Subject matter experts from across the Food and Fibre sector) | – Provides quality assurance and technical support as and when required – Acts as a sounding board for ideas |