Data Center Management Team

Definition

A data center management team is a team that performs the overall (administrative) management and risk management tasks for one or more related data centers.

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Data Center Management Team is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Center Management Team
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical team-specific responsibilities of a Data Center Management Team are to:

• Manage the data center’s:
  • Costs and budget.
  • Communications, both internally and externally.
  • Delivery of work products and services.
  • Planning efforts.
  • Personnel.
  • Relationships with other organizations.
  • Resources.
  • Scope in terms of mission, objectives, and requirements.
  • Schedule in terms of dates and milestones.
• Monitor and manage the data center’s risks.

A data center management team typically inherits the general team responsibilities from the team process component.

Roles

A data center management team typically consists of persons playing the following roles:

• Data Center Manager, who manages the team.
• Configuration Manager
• Metrics Analyst
• Process Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• Scheduler

Tasks

A data center management team typically performs the following team-specific management tasks an incremental, iterative, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Management Tasks:
  • Cost Management
  • Communications Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Management Planning
  • Personnel Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Resource Management
  • Scope Management
  • Schedule Management
• Risk Management Tasks:
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Control
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Management Planning
  • Risk Monitoring

A data center management team typically inherits the common team tasks from the team process component.

Work Products

A data center management team typically produces all or part of the following work products:

• Management Work Products:
  • Data Center Mission Statement
  • Data Center Management Plan
  • Data Center Documentation Plan
  • Data Center Work Breakdown Structure
  • Data Center Organization Chart
  • Data Center Job Descriptions
  • Data Center Master Schedule
  • Data Center Management Team Schedule
  • Data Center Budget
  • Data Center Status Report
• Risk Management Work Products:
  • Data Center Risk Management Plan

Guidelines

• Every data center needs a contact center management team to manage it.
• Depending on the size of the data center, some team members (e.g., process engineer, scheduler) may be part time.