OUM-The Project Manager's Responsibilities

The Project Manager's Responsibilities

The fundamental responsibility of the project manager is to manage delivery of an agreed upon level of solution quality while planning for and controlling the "triple constraints" (scope, cost and schedule). If a project is represented as a triangle, then the project manager's responsibility is to ensure that the target level of quality is achieved while keeping the three sides of the triangle in balance.

Managing project scope, cost, schedule and quality is the primary objectives of a project manager. If any one of these components change, then the imbalance will result in the change of one or more of the other components.

• Directs the project as if it is his or her own business
  Is fully accountable for the project
  Apply lessons learned from past projects
  Ensures that project roles and responsibilities are well defined
  Lead the project planning (Project Start Up) activities
  Leads the project tracking and problem management activities
  Promotes project management best practices
  Manages the project to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality
  Manages daily to the project's top three priorities
  Empowers others: drives decision making to lowest level reasonable
  Ensures the proper level of client involvement
  Is a catalyst to resolve project problems and conflicts
  Ensures project status is timely communicated to project stakeholders
  Enforces effective change control
  Promotes good working relationships
  Makes things happen