Roles And Responsibilities Flashcards
What is PM?
the application of skills, tools, knowledge, and techniques to meet requirements and achieve the desired outcomes.
PM is a process that involves
involves planning and organizing, managing tasks, budgeting, controlling costs and other factors so the project can be completed within the approved budget and timeframe
Planning and organizing is
making use of productivity tools and creating processes. Improving information sharing,across the team, Create plans, timelines, schedules to keep the project on track.
Manage the budget to
Identify and mitigate issues and risks.
Unblock barriers by
Escalating the barrier to a stakeholder to keep the project moving forward.
Track tasks
To inform team members and stakeholders of progress relative to the timeline.
Teaching and mentoring
Fully explain expectations support each individual to meet expectations and exceed their own sense of potential.
Building relationships
Check in, learn their working styles, their life beyond the job, be interested and show it.
Communicating status and concerns
Open door, build trust with team and stakeholders, stay positive, work with others to find solutions.
Control change
Document the initial expectations, clearly identify the the changes requested, inform stakeholders of the budget and other impacts.
Empower the team
Direct communication with stakeholders, delegating responsibilities, sbdm.
Project manager guides
The team and makes sure they have the support they need.
Hold team members
Accountable for assigned tasks so that they feel they own a piece of the project.
Ensure risks and issues
Are tracked and visible, and escalation paths are established.
Help teammates adopt the
Right work flow.
Collaborate with other teams
To meet requirements based on scope, schedule, and budget.
A project manager is not often
The direct manager of the people on a project team.
Cross functional teams are made of
T-shaped professionals with different skill sets roles, maybe depts, who collaborate and innovate and each contribute expertise
Four aspects of managing cross-functional teams.
Clarify goals, get team members with the right skills, measure progress, recognize efforts.
Core skills of a PM
Enabling decision making, communicating and escalating, flexibility, strong organizational skills.
Influencing without authority
Guiding teammates to complete assigned tasks without acting as their manager.
Key interpersonal skills
Communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, understanding motivations.
