STRATEGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PROJECT TEAM FORMATION

The article substantiates the relevance of research in the field of project management, in general, and project team management, in particular. The main directions of scientific research in the field of project team management are investigated. The existence of a limited range of research in the field of project team management at the strategic level has been proven, which causes significant basic risks of project implementation. The main strategic characteristics of project team formation are identified: creating a cult of quality, creating intermediate finishes to enjoy the work, building a sense of elitism, allowing and encouraging heterogeneity, maintaining and protecting successful teams, ensuring strategic direction. The compliance of the strategic characteristic «creating a cult of quality» with a separate principle of the Agile project method is proved, and the high level of influence of such strategic characteristic of project team management on achieving a high level of project product quality in limited time and resources is substantiated. It is also proved that other researched strategic characteristics of project team formation fully correlate with the values and principles of the Agile project method, which actualizes their importance for project management in general, and project team formation in particular. That is why the important competencies of a project manager are the ability to implement strategic management and the ability to manage project teams. Instead, the inadequate level of compliance with the parameters of certain strategic characteristics of the formation of project teams was identified as the main reason for failure to achieve project objectives or lower quality of project products. The priority approach to the formation of project teams is singled out, under which the project manager, being the undisputed leader, builds the project team on a role basis, provided that an effective communication system and a clear division of responsibilities.