Role and Responsibility of Project Manager

 

ž Role and Responsibility of Project Manager

ž Project Management

ž  By Dr. Shashi Aggarwal

ž The Project Manager

 

ž A project manager is a professional in the field of project mgmt. He has the responsibility of planning. Procurement and execution of a project.

ž Project managers are the first point of contact for any issues or discrepancies arising from with in the heads of various departments in an organization before the problem escalates to higher authorities. As the single point of responsibility he integrates and coordinates all the contributions and guide them to successfully complete the project.

ž TYPES OF PROJECT MANAGER

1.    Construction project manager

2.    Architectural project manger

3.    Insurance Claims Project Manager

4.    Engineering project manager

5.    IT Project manager

 

ž RESPONSIBILITIES

1.    Developing the project plans

2.    Managing the project stakeholders

3.    Managing the communication

4.    Managing the project team

5.    Managing the project schedule

6.    Managing the project budget

7.    Managing the project conflicts

8.    Managing the project delivery

ž PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

ž With the help of their teams is charged with multiple responsibilities t during the different phases of project life

ž He intersect ten knowledge area :

1.    INTEGRATION

2.    SCOPE

3.    TIME COST

4.    QUALITY

5.    HUMAN RESOURCES

6.    COMMUNICATION

7.    RISK PROCUREMENT

8.    STAKEHOLDER’S MANAGEMENT

ž PROJECT MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

ž Initiating Phase :

1.    Integration management : developing a project charter

2.    Stakeholder Management : identifying stakeholders

Planning Phase :

1.  integration management : developing a project management plan
2. Scope management : defining and managing scope, creating a work breakdown structure and requirements gathering.

 

3. Time management : planning ,defining and developing schedules activities, estimating resources and activity duration
4. Cost management : planning and estimating costs and determining budgets
5. Quality management : planning and identifying quality requirements
6. Human Resource Management : planning and organizing human being
7. Quality Management
8. Procurement Management
9. Risk Management :identification of potential risk, risk analysis
10. Stakeholder Management : Identification of stakeholder expectation

§  Executing :

1.    Directing and managing all work

2.    Quality Management

3.    Communication management

4.    Stakeholder expectation

 

§  Monitoring and Controlling :

1.    Monitoring and controlling the project work

2.    Validating and controlling the scope of the project

3.    Time management

4.    Cost management

5.    Controlling the quality of deliverable

6.    Communication management

7.    Controlling stakeholder’ engagements

 

§  Closing phase :

 

ž ATTRIBUTES OF A GOOD PROJECT MANAGER

1.    Planning and organizational skills

2.    Personnel mgmt. skills

3.    Communication skills

4.    Integration skill

5.    Effective time mgmt

6.    Team building skills

7.    Resource allocation skills

8.    Ability to solve problems in their totality

9.    Ability to take suggestion

10.  Ability to develop alternative actions quickly

11.  Knowledge of technology

12.  Knowledge of project mgmt ,methods and tools

13.  Good skill of negotiation

14.  Patience ability

15.  Effective time management skill

16.  Entrepreneurial skill

17.  Conflict resolving capacity

18.  Flair sense of humor

19.  PROBLEM

20.  No Clarity of Scope of project