Project Human Resource Management includes the processes that organize, manage, and lead the project team. The project team is comprised of the people with assigned roles and responsibilities for completing the project. The type and number of project team members can change frequently as the project progresses.
Project team members may also be referred to as the project’s staff. While the specific roles and responsibilities for the project team members are assigned, the involvement of all team members in project planning and decision making can be beneficial. Early involvement and participation of team members adds their expertise during the planning process and strengthens their commitment to the project.
The below diagram provides an overview of the Project Human Resource Management processes.
Develop Human Resource Plan: The process of identifying and documenting project roles, responsibilities, and required skills, reporting relationships, and creating a staffi ng management plan.
Acquire Project Team: The process of confi rming human resource availability and obtaining the team necessary to complete project assignments.
Develop Project Team: The process of improving the competencies, team interaction, and the overall team environment to enhance project performance.
Manage Project Team: The process of tracking team member performance, providing feedback, resolving issues, and managing changes to optimize project performance.
The project management team is a subset of the project team and is responsible for the project management and leadership activities such as initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing the various project phases. This group can also be referred to as the core, executive, or leadership team. For smaller projects, the project management responsibilities can be shared by the entire team or administered solely by the project manager. The project sponsor works with the project management team, typically assisting with matters such as project funding, clarifying scope, monitoring progress, and infl uencing others in order to benefit the project.
Managing and leading the project team also includes, but is not limited to:
Influencing the project team: Being aware of, and infl uencing when possible, those human resource factors that may impact the project. This includes team environment, geographical locations of team members, communications among stakeholders, internal and external politics, cultural issues, organizational uniqueness, and other such people factors that may alter the project performance..
Professional and ethical behavior: The project management team should be aware of, subscribe to, and ensure that all team members follow ethical behavior..
The project management processes are usually presented as discrete processes with defi ned interfaces while, in practice, they overlap and interact in ways that cannot be completely detailed in the PMBOK® Guide. Examples of interactions that require additional planning include the following situations:.
After initial team members create a work breakdown structure, additional team members may need to be acquired. 
