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The Role of The Project Manager

The document outlines the role and responsibilities of a project manager, emphasizing their accountability for the successful initiation, planning, execution, and closure of projects across various industries. Key skills include risk management, decision-making, and effective communication, with the use of project management software to enhance efficiency. Support from senior management is crucial for a project manager's success.

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The Role of The Project Manager

The document outlines the role and responsibilities of a project manager, emphasizing their accountability for the successful initiation, planning, execution, and closure of projects across various industries. Key skills include risk management, decision-making, and effective communication, with the use of project management software to enhance efficiency. Support from senior management is crucial for a project manager's success.

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The Role of the Project Manager


~ By Duncan Haughey

A project manager is a person who has the overall


responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design,
execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
Construction, petrochemical, architecture, information
technology and many different industries that produce
products and services use this job title.

The project manager must have a combination of skills


including an ability to ask penetrating questions, detect
unstated assumptions and resolve conflicts, as well as more
general management skills.

Key among a project manager's duties is the recognition


that risk directly impacts the likelihood of success and that
this risk must be both formally and informally measured
throughout the lifetime of a project.

Risks arise from uncertainty, and the successful project


manager is the one who focuses on this as their primary concern. Most of the issues that impact a project result
in one way or another from risk. A good project manager can lessen risk significantly, often by adhering to a
policy of open communication, ensuring every significant participant has an opportunity to express opinions
and concerns.

A project manager is a person who is responsible for making decisions, both large and small. The project
manager should make sure they control risk and minimise uncertainty. Every decision the project manager
makes must directly benefit their project.

Project managers use project management software, such as Microsoft Project, to organise their tasks and
workforce. These software packages allow project managers to produce reports and charts in a few minutes,
compared with the several hours it can take if they do it by hand.

Roles and Responsibilities


The role of the project manager encompasses many activities including:

Planning and Defining Scope


Activity Planning and Sequencing
Resource Planning
Developing Schedules
Time Estimating
Cost Estimating
Developing a Budget
Documentation

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Creating Charts and Schedules
Risk Analysis
Managing Risks and Issues
Monitoring and Reporting Progress
Team Leadership
Strategic Influencing
Business Partnering
Working with Vendors
Scalability, Interoperability and Portability Analysis
Controlling Quality
Benefits Realisation

Finally, senior management must give a project manager support and authority if he or she is going to be
successful.

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