Project Manager

Professional figures 

Project Management

Programme Governance   

 

 

 

 

S/he manages the Project teams and is managed by the  Country Programme Manager

 

In this manual we unify the figure of Project Manager and the Programme Sector Management.  In fact roles and responsibilities are similar and the difference is just of a cast and pay scale order.  As we said in the section of Program management  the relationship between programmes and projects is the same that the project and the activities: it is only a way of zooming out or zooming in at the scale of operations. (See also Introduction to Project Management).  So the relationship between programme managers and project manages is analogous of the relationship between project manager and tasks managers.

Sometimes in order to avoid these kind of classifications sectoral programmes and projects are both called "actions".

 

 

Deliverables for which she is directly responsible:

 

Prepares

project performance reports

Projects Lessons learned

 

 

Gives comments and inputs for

 

 

It is the responsibility of the project manager to:

  1. Ensure the project team is well-organised, adequately staffed, and working well together, i.e. that team members understand and accept their responsibilities.
  2. Keeps team resources focused on developing and executing the plan.
  3. Is responsible for the control over the project and makes timely adjustments to the plan.
  4. Report meaningful metrics for cost, schedule, quality, and risk;
  5. Conduct regular status and design reviews;
  6. Ensure the adequacy of project documentation and testing;
  7. Maintain meaningful communications among project stakeholders;
  8. Manage the project to attain the project goals and achieve stakeholder satisfaction.
  9. Arbitrates and resolves conflicts in the team.

See

Reporting project performance  Guideline: how to report project performance

 

 

Required characteristics of the project manager

 

A basic degree of competence is required in all the the 9 topic areas  of project management knowledge.

Specific competence is required in  Integration, Scope, Quality , Communication and Risk mamagememt

 

 

The best project managers are:

In particular, the project manager is responsible for seeing that the project management process, is effectively executed.

The project manager should be officially announced in writing, with a complete description of the particular role and responsibilities involved. For instance, the announcement from senior management should indicate whether or not the project manager has the authority to make decisions if there is a dispute between team members, or to declare a “breakdown” that invokes assistance from others with authority.

See the section on leadership for more information on Project Manager competencies.

A fundamental of project management is that :

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Templates:

 

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