Key project manager roles and responsibilities
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Introduction:
- Reflecting on others' career paths can be inspiring and informative for your own journey in project management.
- So far, the course has covered types of project management roles and how to search for them, as well as the value project managers bring to organizations.
Roles and Responsibilities of a Project Manager:
- Planning and Organizing:
- Use productivity tools and create processes.
- Develop plans, timelines, schedules, and documentation to track project completion.
- Maintain these documents throughout the project.
- Budgeting and Controlling Costs:
- Monitor and manage the budget.
- Track issues and risks, and mitigate them.
- Remove unforeseen barriers to project progress.
- Managing Tasks:
- Keep track of tasks to manage team workload and demonstrate progress to stakeholders.
- Example: As a program manager at Google, managing tasks involved creating project trackers for engineering teams and updating stakeholders regularly.
Conclusion:
- Understanding the roles and responsibilities of a project manager is crucial.
- The next section will discuss a project manager's role within the extended team.