The object of research is the process of forming an IT project team, in which the development technology is based on the technology of creating a minimum viable product (MVP) and design thinking (DT) technology. Such IT projects usually have a high content of innovation and require a special management technique, as well as a special approach to the properties of the project team. The application of design thinking technology will require project team members to master the property of empathy for the customer's problems. Empathy is a property of the human representational system and cannot be acquired through education or training. If it exists, then this property can be developed thanks to special training. Therefore, there is a problem regarding the formation of the IT project team. The manager who is responsible for forming the team needs to make a decision to choose between the availability of technical competencies of the applicants, the ability to work in a team, and the presence of empathy. In addition to the outlined requirements for applicants, such a team must be self-managed and self-organized. This also adds a whole series of requirements to applicants for the IT project team. Usually, applicants possessing all the necessary properties in full do not exist. Therefore, the manager (expert) will need to make decisions about compromises in meeting all the project's requirements. In addition, the need for labor resources will change during the project life cycle (PLC). It is for this purpose that it is proposed to use a genetic algorithm (GA), which will allow finding a local extremum that will be optimal under the current conditions of the project to solve a multi-criteria problem. This will reduce the subjective component in the process of making project decisions, which in turn will increase the probability of successful completion of IT projects in conditions of uncertainty and dynamic changes. The proposed method of forming an IT project team can be applied in practice in the form of information technology, to which in the form of a template it will be necessary to enter information about project requirements and the competency map of applicants. As a result, the GA will propose a decision regarding the quantitative and competent composition of the project team.

The analysis of formation and management of the team of IT projects is carried out. The dependence of the criteria of team formation and structure on the type of software product creation technology is shown. A comparison between the definitions "project team (executives team)" and "project management team" is presented. The paper shows the need to create an additional IT project management team to improve the efficiency of its management and ensure successful completion. The proposals are based on the results of the analysis of the real project on the basis of the responsibility matrix. It is possible to identify the shortcomings of the formed team of the IT project, in terms of implementation of project team members of different types of work, for different competencies, which reduced productivity. Based on this, another team was proposed, which included a team of managers, which gave better results in terms of cost and duration of the project. The newly formed team had greater productivity, as the channels of interaction with project managers are set up correctly. The project management team, which was added to the existing project, helped to improve all indicators of the project implementation. The use of an IT project management team will be important and necessary for teams that use Design Thinking technology. The decision on the advisability of creating an IT project management team should be based on the criteria: "advantages and disadvantages of project management efficiency". The disadvantage of using a project management team will be an increase in the number of people if the criterion was to minimize them, or an increase in the budget if it is calculated on a monthly salary of contractors. As the evaluation criteria are optimization of team management processes, application of competency approach, reduction of multitasking and professional development, the project management team, as an additional organizational structure of the project, certainly has advantages and is recommended for use.