Knowledge Sharing Pattern Language

Problem	A project manager does not know how well the competences of the project team match the competence requirements of the project.
Initial Context	A new project is starting and the organization has named a project team to implement it.
Roles	A project Manager with the project team.
Forces	To make a project efficiently the required competences should be available either in the project team or externally. Partially, the competences can be trained/learned during the project. In some projects, it is not possible to have all required competences available and known when starting. For example, projects dealing with new technologies with which no one are yet familiar.
Solution	Compare Competences. Compare available competences to the required ones. See Assured Resources (KSP19) for defining required competences. Define Competence Needs. What competence needs are not covered by the assigned project team? What additional competences are required? Define those together with the project team if possible. Plan Training. If some competences can be gained through training during the project, plan training. Define Required Other Competences. Define what competences are not covered in the project team and those that can not be acquired through training by the project team and need to be available some other way. Ask for other Competences. Ask from the organization, see Assigned Experts, KSP03. Examples of other resources could be internal experts or external resources. If required competences can not be made available, follow and manage this as a risk item. Implement required training.
Resulting Context	A project either with a good access to required competences or a good understanding of missing competences (e.g. new technology) and follow-up of those as an risk item.
Instances	Use this pattern always when establishing a new project. One potential pitfall is that the identification of the competence requirements is not correct and then the competence need definition and actions might also fail.
Process Connection	Project Management Process - Project Establishment