Project Manager Duties and Responsibilities A manager is
Project Manager Duties and Responsibilities
A manager is someone who manages the five M's • • • Men, Material, Machine, Money and Motivating factors.
Difference Between Duty and Responsibility • Duty is a task performed by a person out of his job profile • Responsibilities are obligations for which he is accountable All duties may not be responsibilities, but all responsibilities are duties
Project Manager Duties • It is the manger's duty to supervise and coordinate all the activities. • A manager has to see to it, that the task is performed to the fullest of the efficiency. • A manager has to plan out an organizational structure to bring out ease and flow in the task.
• He must suggest new policies and modifications in order to reform the nature of work. • It is his prime most duty to participate in meetings, discussions, Research labs, workshops and hearings. • A manager has to prepare tenders and demands to make the required purchasing. • A manager should provide full information to the accounts departments and auditors and assist them in case of difficulty.
• He must determine the resources required for the purpose of production. • He must has keep preparing status reports and presenting them to higher managing authorities for scrutinizing.
What are the Responsibilities of A Project Manager? • A project manager has to deliver the performance with better success rates. • He should be able to lead his team and bring out the best in them. • It is his responsibility to perform and give with truth and honesty. • By the virtue of being a manager, he has to maintain confidentiality.
• He is responsible for establishing easy communication between the employees and the higher authority. • In case of emergency, he should be able to solve problems for his team members. • He is responsible for good team building, which is defined by success.
• The Project Manager is the person responsible for accomplishing the project objectives within the constraints of the project. He is responsible for the outcome (success or failure) of the project. • The Project Manager is involved with the planning, controlling and monitoring, and also managing and directing the assigned project resources to best meet project objectives.
• The Project Manager controls and monitors “triple constraints”—project scope, time and cost (quality also)—in managing competing project requirements • The Project Manager examines the organizational culture and determine whether project management is recognized as a valid role with accountability and authority for managing the project. • The Project Manager collects metrics data (such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) & reports on project progress and other project specific information to stakeholders.
• The Project Manager is responsible for identifying, monitoring, and responding to risk. • The Project Manager is responsible to the project stakeholders for delivering a project’s objectives within scope, schedule, cost, and quality. • The reporting structure of a Project Manager changes depends on organizational structure. He may reports to a Functional Manager or to a Program Manager.
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