Project Manager

A project manager (PM) needs to wear many different hats and therefore the PM needs to be generalist rather than a specialist. The PM needs to be multi-skilled in order to manage the complexities and to meet the heavy demands in a project.

Young identified the following responsibilities of a PM:

• Selecting the core team with the project sponsor.
• Identifying and managing the project stakeholders.
• Defining the project and securing stakeholder approval.
• Planning the project and securing stakeholder approval.
• Identifying and managing the risks.
• Securing resource commitments and allocating resources to the work.
• Monitoring and tracking project progress.
• Solving the problems that interfere with progress.
• Controlling costs.
• Leading the project team.
• Informing stakeholders of progress status.
• Delivering the project deliverables and benefits.
• Managing performance of everyone involved with the project.