X Company, a private security firm, has signed a contract to fund the design, construction and running of a local police station. This arrangement is a public private partnership agreement whereby the local police authority will pay X Company revenue to run the support services of the local police station.
Explain, with a view to successfully completing X Company's project, the relationship required between the project manager and
(i) the project owner;
(ii) the project sponsor;
Project manager and project owner
The local police authority has set out its needed objectives but is not responsible for giving the funds. The project manager will need to work with the authority to make sure there is no conflict between its expectations and the funds being given.
The project manager will have little direct reporting/communication with the local police authority as responsibility for project progress is mostly to the project board. However, the ultimate objectives of the local police authority need to be monitored as it will be concerned with ensuring that the entire project is not seen to waste public resources.
Project manager and project sponsor
The project board is effectively the project sponsor. The project manager is responsible for achieving the objectives set by the project board. The board is responsible for the overall running of the project and it requirements to achieve the local police authority objectives without disrupting the achievement of its own business objectives.