Project Manager

Definition

Project Manager

the role that is played when a person performs administrative management tasks on a single project

Classification

As illustrated in the preceding figure, Project Manager is part of the following inheritance hierarchy:

• Type: Concrete
• Superclass: Manager
• Subclasses:
  • None

Responsibilities

The typical role-specific responsibilities of a Project Manager are to:

• Manage the project’s:
  • Costs and budget.
  • Communications, both internally and externally.
  • Delivery of work products and services.
  • Planning efforts.
  • Personnel.
  • Relationships with other organizations.
  • Resources.
  • Scope in terms of mission, objectives, and requirements.
  • Schedule in terms of dates and milestones.
• Monitor and manage the project’s risks.
• Take part in project debrief walkthrough.

Project Manager typically inherits the general role responsibilities from the Role method component.

Expertise

To fulfill these responsibilities, project managers typically should have the following expertise, training, and experience:

• Deep knowledge of and expertise in using management tasks, techniques, and patterns.
• Solid knowledge of and expertise in using management tools.
• Solid knowledge of and expertise in risk management, configuration management, and disaster recovery.
• Basic knowledge and expertise of quality engineering and metrics engineering.
• Solid Understanding of the customerr’s business enterprise, strategic goals, and competition.
• Proven ability to manage large teams and delegate authority.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills including the ability to negotiate adequate resources (e.g., schedule, budget, staffing, tools, e.g., facilities).
• Basic familiarity with the technology to be used on the project.
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information technology, or the equivalent.

Tasks

Project managers perform the following role-specific tasks in an iterative, incremental, parallel, and time-boxed manner:

• Project Management:
  • Cost Management
  • Communications Management
  • Delivery Management
  • Management Planning
  • Personnel Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Resource Management
  • Scope Management
  • Schedule Management
• Process Engineering:
  • Process Framework Mandating
  • Process Mandating
• Quality Engineering:
  • Quality Assurance – Endeavor Debrief Walkthrough

Project Manager typically inherits common role tasks from the role method component.

Teams

Project managers typically perform these tasks as members of the following teams:

• Project Management Team
• Project Team
• Endeavor Debrief Team

Work Products

As members of these teams, project managers typically produce all or part of the following work products:

• Management Work Products:
  • Project Contract
  • Project Statement Of Work
  • Project Management Plan
  • Project Documentation Plan
  • Project Work Breakdown Structure
  • Project Organization Chart
  • Project Job Descriptions
  • Project Master Schedule
  • Team Schedule for the Project Management Team
  • Project Budget
  • Project Status Report
• Risk Management Work Products:
  • Project Risk Management Plan
• Quality Work Products:
  • Program and Project Endeavor Debrief Reports

Guidelines

• Project managers are almost always needed as part of the endeavor-specific process, although the same person may also play the technical leader role on small projects.
• This role typically inherits the common team guidelines from the roles method component.