The human resource management plan, a component of the overall project management plan, is the central document that establishes the framework for managing the project team. It explicitly defines the project roles and responsibilities, creates project organization charts to visualize reporting relationships, and includes the staffing management plan. The staffing management plan outlines the timeline and methods for team member acquisition, development, management, and eventual release from the project. Therefore, this plan comprehensively addresses how team structure and staffing will be managed.

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PA: Project Management Institute. Section 9.1.3.1

Human Resource Management Plan

pp. 318–319.

2. Meredith

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Shafer

S. M.

Mantel

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S. J.

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M. M. (2017). Project Management: A Managerial Approach (10th ed.). Wiley. Chapter 5

"Project Organization

" discusses the structuring of project teams

roles

and reporting relationships as a key planning function.

3. MIT OpenCourseWare. (2012). 16.852J / ESD.342J System Architecture

Lecture 10: Organizations and System Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This lecture discusses how organizational structure

including roles and reporting lines

is a critical component of project and system planning. Available at https://ocw.mit.edu.