Most best-practice studies agree: senior management involvement and support is a predictor of success. For example, the CIO Council document,
"Implementing Best Practices: Strategies at Work,"
cited "strong leadership at the top" as a "success factor" in the selection, evaluation and control processes associated with acquisition investment review. By its very nature, an integrated project team has members whose affiliations cut across organizational boundaries.
"Turf" can become an issue unless there is strong, effective senior management support and a shared vision. Program decision makers should be on the team and, in fact, are now required by the FAR to "describe the need to be filled using performance-based acquisition methods." Creating "buy in" from leadership and establishing the realms of authority are essential to performance-based project success.
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