Roles and Responsibility and tasks of a Project manager

Project managers are special people who will ensure project success.

The project manager’s responsibility is to ensure the client/customer is satisfied that the work scope is completed in a quality manner, within budget, and on time. Responsibilities of the Project Manager Provides leadership in planning, organising, and controlling the work effort Coordinates the activities of various team members Does not try to do it alone Involves the project team to gain their commitment

• Responsible for implementing and completing the project
• Prepare preliminary budget and schedule
• Select people to serve the project team
• Manage stakeholders, particularly the client Ensure that proper facilities are available
• Ensure that supplies are available when needed
• Take care of routine details

What is the difference between a Project manager and a functional manager.

A project manager is someone that overseas that project and doesn't need specific knowledge in the operations of the project for example they run the accounting section of a company or head of the Human Resource Department. Where as functional manager general needs to have technical knowledge of the project. A company could have many Project Managers and Many functional managers depending on the size of the organisations. Another main difference between the two is that Project managers generally only deal with their staff for a single project where as a functional managers would normally work with their staff on a daily basis.

The table provides an overview of the difference between the general Manage/leader also referred to as a functional manager and a Project Manager.This class will teach you about Project managment and give you all the skills you will need to be a Project Manager

Functional Manager	Project Manager
In charge of 1 functional activity such as marketing, finance, etc	Oversee many functional areas
Specialist in the area they manage	Generalist - wide background of experience and knowledge
Analytically oriented	More skills at synthesis
Know some details of each operation	Rarely has in depth knowledge in all areas
Direct technical supervisor	Facilitator
Repeated function	Temporary Project

• Typically, the functional manager focuses on providing management oversight for a functional or business unit.
• Operations managers are responsible for ensuring that business operations are efficient.
• The project manager is the person assigned by the performing organisation to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objective

At what stage of the Project does the Project Manager get involved Project?

• From initiation to closing
• At some stage between initiation and closing
• Prior to project initiation
• After closing  
• The role of a project manager may vary from organisation to organisation

Responsibilities to the Project Ensure project

• Ensure project success Leads the project team to meet the project’s objectives and stakeholders’ expectations
• Preserve integrity of the project:manages people,communicates among people,gives them a vision of success
• Balances competing demands made by the stakeholders with limited resources

Responsibilities to parent company or organization

• Proper conservation of resources (interacting with other Project managers and managers) sharing resources among projects
• Timely and accurate project communication
• Keep management and other project managers informed: project’s status, cost, timing and prospects
• Running on budget and time based on the priorities dictated by the organisation Protect firm from risk
• Alignment of project goals and objectives with those of the organisation

Contributions of  Project manager

• Contribution of knowledge and expertise to others within the profession at the local, national, and global levels
• Participation in communities of practice, international organisations, etc.
• Applying knowledge and expertise in developing standards, technical tools, process improvements
• Applying knowledge and expertise in enhancing sustainability
• In the project management profession (e.g. universities, PMI);
• In a related profession (e.g., systems engineering, configuration management); and In other professions (e.g., information technology,aerospace)

Roles and responsibilities of project managers apply to anybody who:

• Deals with complex problems requiring solutions by activities that will run partly in parallel Accomplishes the tasks with limited resources
• Collaborates in performing tasks with other people
• Takes into account the competing needs of bosses, colleagues, customers, etc.

• Identify requirements
• Addressing the various needs,concerns,and expectations of the stakeholders
• Settingandmaintainingactivecommunicationwithstakeholders
• Balancing the competing projects constraints