Tasks and Responsibilities for Project Managers

• Get all key players on the project team.
• Manage task interfaces.
• Assure clear identification of task completion.
• Assure communication of task completion.
• Manage responsibility interfaces.
• Question blurry responsibilities.
• Clarify delegation levels.
• Balance the needs of project, client, organization.
• Identify stakeholders and their definition of project success.
• Balance project objectives with other objectives.
• Act as a catalyst, and when necessary, a devil’s advocate.
• Promote effective communication and wide participation in decision making.
• Manage conflicts. Conflict and aggressiveness are necessary elements in an adhocracy.
• Management’s job is to channel them toward productive ends.
• Bring conflicts to an early resolution. Do not sweep them under the rug. They won’t go away.