Just as the software process is influenced by the project's characteristics, so is the project organization. The default structure presented here (see the figure below), has to be adapted to reflect the effects of factors such as the ones listed:

• The Business Context
• The Size of the Software Development Effort
• The Degree of Novelty
• Type of Application
• The Current Development Process
• Organizational Factors
• Technical and Managerial Complexity

The figure below presents a default project organization, showing how responsibilities are assigned to the team structure.