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name: "roles" description: "Complete reference for all 16 roles in the Unified Enterprise Lifecycle. Each role has clear responsibilities, tasks, deliverables, and phase coverage." type: "shared" used_by: ["all_phases"]

ALL ROLES - COMPLETE REFERENCE

This shared skill provides complete definitions for all 16 roles in the Unified Enterprise Lifecycle framework.

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EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP ROLES

1. EXECUTIVE SPONSOR

Position: Senior Executive (C-Level, VP)

Responsibility: Executive authority, budget approval, escalation resolution

Key Tasks:

• Approve business case and funding
• Approve go/no-go decisions
• Resolve escalations beyond project level
• Champion project at executive level
• Provide executive visibility and support

Deliverables:

• Executive sponsorship approval
• Budget authorization
• Escalation decisions
• Executive communications

Phase Coverage: All phases (oversight)

Approvals: Go/no-go decisions, budget, escalations

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2. PRODUCT OWNER / BUSINESS SPONSOR

Position: Business Leader, Product Manager

Responsibility: Product vision, requirements, ROI

Key Tasks:

• Define product vision and strategy
• Own and prioritize requirements
• Accept/reject deliverables
• Manage stakeholder expectations
• Measure business value and ROI

Deliverables:

• Product Requirements Document (PRD)
• Business case
• Prioritized requirements backlog
• User acceptance criteria
• Business value metrics

Phase Coverage: All phases (product authority)

Approvals: Requirements, deliverables, acceptance

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3. PROJECT MANAGER / PROGRAM MANAGER

Position: PMI-certified Project Manager

Responsibility: Project execution, timeline, budget

Key Tasks:

• Create and maintain project plan
• Manage project schedule and milestones
• Track budget and financials
• Coordinate resources across teams
• Manage risks and issues
• Report status to stakeholders
• Ensure adherence to governance

Deliverables:

• Project plan
• Schedule and milestones
• Budget tracking reports
• Risk register
• Status reports
• Governance compliance reports

Phase Coverage: All phases (execution management)

Approvals: Project plans, status, changes

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TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

4. CHIEF TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECT (CTA) / SOLUTION ARCHITECT

Position: Senior Technical Leader

Responsibility: Technical vision, architecture decisions

Key Tasks:

• Define overall technical architecture
• Make technology stack decisions
• Approve technical designs
• Ensure security in architecture
• Design for scalability and performance
• Evaluate technical trade-offs
• Govern technical standards

Deliverables:

• System architecture document
• Security architecture document
• Technology stack decisions
• Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• Technical standards and guidelines
• Architecture review approvals

Phase Coverage: Phases 1-4 (design), all phases (oversight)

Approvals: Architecture, technology stack, technical standards

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5. TECHNICAL LEAD / ENGINEERING MANAGER

Position: Technical Team Lead

Responsibility: Delivery execution, team leadership

Key Tasks:

• Lead development team(s)
• Assign tasks to developers
• Review and approve code
• Ensure coding standards
• Manage technical debt
• Mentor and coach developers
• Report technical progress to PM

Deliverables:

• Technical specifications
• Code review approvals
• Sprint plans and reports
• Technical debt register
• Team performance metrics
• Delivery status reports

Phase Coverage: Phases 4-6 (execution), all phases (team)

Approvals: Code, technical decisions, sprint completion

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SECURITY & COMPLIANCE ROLES

6. CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER (CISO)

Position: Senior Security Executive

Responsibility: Overall security strategy and posture

Key Tasks:

• Define security strategy and policies
• Approve security architecture and controls
• Manage security risk and compliance
• Oversee incident response
• Ensure security awareness training
• Report security status to board
• Govern security investments

Deliverables:

• Security policy and standards
• Security strategy document
• Risk assessment reports
• Compliance status reports
• Incident response reports
• Security metrics dashboard

Phase Coverage: All phases (security governance)

Approvals: Security strategy, policies, risk tolerance

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7. SECURITY ARCHITECT / LEAD

Position: Security Technical Lead

Responsibility: Security design, implementation, testing

Key Tasks:

• Design security controls
• Conduct threat modeling
• Review architecture for security
• Define security requirements
• Conduct security code reviews
• Perform penetration testing
• Validate security controls
• Manage security vulnerabilities

Deliverables:

• Security requirements
• Threat models
• Security architecture
• Security test plans and results
• Vulnerability assessments
• Security review reports
• Security exception requests

Phase Coverage: All phases (security technical)

Approvals: Security design, security test results, exceptions

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8. COMPLIANCE OFFICER / AUDIT MANAGER

Position: Compliance and Audit Lead

Responsibility: Regulatory compliance, audit readiness

Key Tasks:

• Identify applicable regulations
• Define compliance requirements
• Maintain compliance documentation
• Conduct internal audits
• Coordinate external audits
• Track compliance exceptions
• Report compliance status

Deliverables:

• Compliance matrix
• Compliance requirements documentation
• Internal audit reports
• External audit coordination
• Remediation plans
• Compliance status reports

Phase Coverage: All phases (compliance governance)

Approvals: Compliance approach, audit findings, remediation

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QUALITY & TESTING ROLES

9. QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD

Position: QA Manager / Lead

Responsibility: Quality strategy, testing governance

Key Tasks:

• Define quality strategy and standards
• Create test plans and strategies
• Review test coverage
• Manage defect lifecycle
• Report quality metrics
• Ensure quality gates are met
• Govern quality processes

Deliverables:

• Quality strategy document
• Test plans and strategies
• Test coverage reports
• Defect reports and metrics
• Quality gate status
• Quality dashboards

Phase Coverage: Phases 2 (requirements), 6 (validation), all phases (quality governance)

Approvals: Test plans, quality gates, release readiness

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10. QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERS / TESTERS

Position: QA Engineers

Responsibility: Test design, execution, reporting

Key Tasks:

• Design test cases
• Execute manual and automated tests
• Report and track defects
• Verify defect fixes
• Maintain test automation
• Report test results

Deliverables:

• Test case specifications
• Test execution results
• Defect reports
• Test automation scripts
• Test summary reports

Phase Coverage: Phase 6 (testing), Phase 7 (release QA)

Approvals: Test execution, defect verification

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11. PERFORMANCE TEST ENGINEER

Position: Performance Testing Specialist

Responsibility: Performance and scalability testing

Key Tasks:

• Design performance tests
• Execute load and stress tests
• Analyze performance results
• Identify performance bottlenecks
• Recommend performance improvements
• Validate SLA compliance

Deliverables:

• Performance test plans
• Performance test results
• Performance analysis reports
• Optimization recommendations
• SLA compliance reports

Phase Coverage: Phase 2 (NFRs), Phase 6 (performance testing), Phase 8 (monitoring)

Approvals: Performance test results, SLA compliance

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DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE ROLES

12. DEVELOPERS

Position: Software Engineers (various levels)

Responsibility: Code development, testing, documentation

Key Tasks:

• Implement features per specifications
• Write unit tests
• Conduct code reviews
• Participate in agile ceremonies
• Document code
• Follow coding standards
• Collaborate with team

Deliverables:

• Source code (version controlled)
• Unit tests (passing)
• Code documentation
• Code review participation
• Sprint deliverables

Phase Coverage: Phase 5 (development), all phases (implementation)

Approvals: N/A (individual contributors)

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13. DEVOPS ENGINEER

Position: DevOps Specialist

Responsibility: CI/CD, infrastructure automation

Key Tasks:

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines
• Manage build and deployment automation
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Manage environments (dev, staging, prod)
• Automate operational tasks
• Support development teams

Deliverables:

• CI/CD pipeline implementations
• IaC templates
• Environment configurations
• Automation scripts
• Deployment procedures

Phase Coverage: Phase 4 (planning), Phase 5 (CI/CD), Phase 7 (deployment), Phase 8 (operations)

Approvals: CI/CD designs, deployments

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14. SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER (SRE)

Position: SRE Specialist

Responsibility: Production reliability, monitoring, incident response

Key Tasks:

• Design monitoring and observability
• Configure alerting and on-call
• Manage incidents and outages
• Conduct post-incident reviews
• Optimize system reliability
• Manage capacity and scaling
• Conduct disaster recovery testing

Deliverables:

• Monitoring dashboards
• Alerting configurations
• Incident response procedures
• Post-incident reviews
• Reliability metrics
• On-call schedules

Phase Coverage: Phase 6 (operational readiness), Phase 7 (deployment validation), Phase 8 (operations)

Approvals: Production changes, incident handling

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DATA & INFRASTRUCTURE ROLES

15. DATA ARCHITECT

Position: Data Architecture Specialist

Responsibility: Data modeling, integration, strategy

Key Tasks:

• Design data models and schemas
• Design data integration patterns
• Define data lifecycle requirements
• Design data security controls
• Plan data migration
• Optimize data performance

Deliverables:

• Data models (logical, physical)
• Data integration design
• Data dictionary
• Data migration strategy
• Data security controls

Phase Coverage: Phase 2 (data requirements), Phase 3 (data architecture), all phases (data)

Approvals: Data architecture, data models, data security

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16. CLOUD ARCHITECT

Position: Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Responsibility: Cloud infrastructure design and implementation

Key Tasks:

• Design cloud infrastructure architecture
• Select cloud providers and services
• Design network architecture
• Design high availability and DR
• Optimize cloud costs
• Implement IaC
• Design security architecture

Deliverables:

• Cloud architecture diagrams
• Network architecture designs
• Infrastructure designs
• IaC templates
• Cost optimization plans
• Security implementations

Phase Coverage: Phase 3 (infrastructure design), Phase 4 (DevOps planning), Phase 8 (operations)

Approvals: Cloud architecture, infrastructure changes, cost models

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ROLE MATRIX BY PHASE

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For phase-specific role activities, reference the phase SKILL.md files.

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