Project Management Roles and Responsibilities

Flashcards about Project Management roles and responsibilities

Project Management

The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet project requirements and achieve the desired outcome.

Project Manager's Process

Involves planning and organizing, managing tasks, budgeting, and controlling costs to complete a project within budget and time frame.

Planning and Organizing Responsibilities

Using tools and creating processes to improve information sharing, developing plans, timelines, schedules, and maintaining project documentation.

Budgeting and Controlling Costs

Monitoring and managing the budget, tracking issues and risks, and managing quality by mitigating those issues.

Barriers

Things that can impede project progress, such as lack of resources.

Project Task

An activity that needs to be accomplished within a set period of time.

Example from Google (Student Development)

Creating pathways for students from underrepresented communities in tech, using project trackers to manage curriculum development by engineering teams.

Role of Project Manager within Project Team

The project manager is responsible for guiding the team and ensuring project success, but does not need to be an expert in every area.

Additional PM Responsibilities

Holding team members accountable, ensuring issues and risks are tracked with clear escalation paths, and helping the team adopt the right workflows.

Escalation Paths

Knowing how to communicate risks to the right people at the right time.

Coordination with Other Teams

Collaborating with other teams to meet requirements based on project scope, schedule, and budget.

Project Manager

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Organization

Staying organized to improve team actions.