Phased delivery — roles (prescriptive)
Deeper guide: Business analysis (BA) — BABOK knowledge areas, techniques catalog, perspectives (agile, BI, business architecture, BPM), and the BA-SDLC-PDLC bridge for how BA spans both lifecycles.
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1. Sponsor / senior responsible owner (SRO)
| Aspect | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Accountable for | Outcomes, funding, escalation resolution; accepts stage gate decisions at steering level |
| Archetypes | Sponsor proxy, Steer |
| Key outputs | Charter approval, stage go, exception approvals for major change |
2. Project / program manager (PM)
| Aspect | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Accountable for | Integrated schedule, budget, RAID, stakeholder comms; does not own technical truth |
| Archetypes | Orchestrator |
| Key outputs | Status reports, gate packs, dependency management |
3. Business analyst (BA)
| Aspect | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Accountable for | Requirements traceability, stakeholder elicitation, UAT coordination (often) |
| Archetypes | Orchestrator, Implementer (documentation) |
| Key outputs | SRS, use cases, acceptance criteria packs |
Deeper guide: Business analysis (BA) — BABOK knowledge areas, techniques catalog, perspectives (agile, BI, business architecture, BPM), and the BA-SDLC-PDLC bridge for how BA spans both lifecycles.
4. Tech lead / architect
| Aspect | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Accountable for | Technical integrity, NFRs, build approach; signs technical gate criteria where used |
| Archetypes | Quality advocate, Implementer |
| Key outputs | Design baselines, ADRs, non-functional test strategy |
5. Delivery team (build/test/ops)
| Aspect | Guidance |
|---|---|
| Accountable for | Work package execution per baseline; raise variances early |
| Archetypes | Implementer (primary), Quality advocate (testing) |
6. Ceremony participation matrix
| Ceremony | Sponsor | PM | BA | Tech lead | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate review | R (decision) | R (facilitate pack) | R | R | O |
| Weekly status | O | R | O | O | O |
| Design review | O | R | R | R | R |
| Test readiness | O | R | O | R | R |
| UAT | O | R | R | O | O |
| PIR / lessons | O | R | R | R | R |