Role: Subject Matter Expert

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) may be part of te project team or referred by the project team to provide expert information, advice and consulting on the business or technology subject in question.

Extends and Replaces: Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Role Sets: Project Management Role Set

Relationships


Additionally Performs	Analyze Current State Define Current Process Define Future State Process Develop Project Charter Develop the Test Management Plan Elicit Requirements Hand-Off to Business and Users Obtain Business Requirements Sign-Off Review Artifacts Scope an End to End Process

Main Description

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) may be part of te project team or referred by the project team to provide expert information, advice and consulting on the business or technology subject in question. At First Niagara, SMEs partner with project teams to provide expert consulting and information on business and technology topics.

Staffing

Assignment Approaches

SMEs should be assigned based on their familiarity with the subject matter. As they are received as the expert in a particular area, the manager should consider the best resource factoring in all business-related, operational, administrative, and project-related issues. It may be compelling to assign the best expert; however, management should be careful in prioritizing business needs and project needs to ensure all aspects of that resource's assignment have been considered and business and proejct risks are weighed accordingly.

Version and Release

Unified Life Cycle (ULC): 5.1, November 3, 2014
Phase Gates: 1.1, May 27, 2014
Process Engineering Process (PEP): 1.1, May 27, 2014