Power Snippets

Project Manager Roles & Responsibilities

	Accepts full responsibility and accountability for the project
	Directs the project as if it were his or her own business
	Does not have direct reports (unless support staff)
	Is focused “full-time” on the success of the project
	Ensures key project-wide roles and responsibilities are defined
	Is responsible for the overall creation, approval, updating and tracking of the project plan
	Manages the project to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality
	Manages to project priorities
	Ensures the timely communication of status both within and outside the project
	Empowers others: drives decision making to lowest level reasonable
	Is a catalyst to resolve project problems and conflicts; escalates when necessary
	Ensures acceptable project management practices are defined and followed
	Ensures the client(s) appropriately participates in the product development process
	Performs project-related mentoring to project members as needed
	Encourages good working relationships across project
	Ensures key project documentation is preserved for audit, review and legal purposes
	Assesses strengths and weaknesses at project completion and applies lessons learned to next project