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1.5: Program Team

Assign a Dedicated, Integrated, Cross-Functional Program Team.

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While the capability of the program manager is essential to program success, it is also important that he or she is surrounded by a team of dedicated experienced professionals in their respective functional areas. Each functional team member, whether financial management, procurement, IT or the mission area, must have the level of experience and knowledge required to work within the processes of his or her discipline to align with mission/business needs, engage with stakeholders, anticipate and overcome program hurdles, define and implement risk mitigation strategies and effectively communicate needs to meet the program mission. As with the program manager, team members must be dedicated throughout the acquisition to address knowledge transfer and to facilitate continuity and consistency of Government personnel.

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