Human Resources Management Plan for Software Upgrade Project

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CPU BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE MASTER OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PM)
HR Groupassignment
GroupMembers ID
1. TibebuAmide.........................EMPM133/14
2. TsedeyAssefa........................EMPM673/14
3. TewodrosHailu........................EMPM561/14
4. YonasBezu.............................EMPM126/14
5. WorkuDemsis.........................EMPM278/14
6. MamaruYihune.......................EMPM331/14
Submittedto:
December 2022
AddisAbaba,Ethiopia

Introduction
Human resources management is an important part of the Software Upgrade Project. The human
resources management plan is a tool which will aid in the management of this project’s human resource
activities throughout the project until closure. The human resources management plan includes:
 Roles and responsibilities of team members throughout the project
 Project organization charts
 Staffing management plan to include:
a. How resources will be acquired
b. Timeline for resources/skill sets
c. Training required to develop skills
d. How performance reviews will be conducted
e. Recognition and rewards system
The purpose of the human resources management plan is to achieve project success by ensuring the
appropriate human resources are acquired with the necessary skills, resources are trained if any gaps in
skills are identified, team building strategies are clearly defines, and team activities are effectively
managed.
Roles and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities for the Software Upgrade Project are essential to project success. All team
members must clearly understand their roles and responsibilities in order to successfully perform their
portion of the project. For the Software Upgrade Project the following project team roles and
responsibilities have been established:
Project Manager (PM), (1 position): responsible for the overall success of the Software Upgrade
Project. The PM must authorize and approve all project expenditures. The PM is also responsible for
approving that work activities meet established acceptability criteria and fall 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
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