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.

About Project and Project Management

A Project Is....

• A group of tasks, performed in a definable time period, in order to meet a specific set of objectives.
• It is likely to be a one-time program.
• It has a life cycle, with a specific start and end.
• It has a work scope that can be categorized into definable tasks.
• It has a budget.
• It is likely to require the use of multiple resources. Many of these resources may be scarce and may have to be shared with others.
• It may require the establishment of a special organization, or the crossing of traditional organizational boundaries

Major components of project consists of

• Work of scope.
• Time.
• Resources.
• Costs.
• Quality.
• Communication.
• Risk.
• Contracts and Procurement.