Who is the Project Manager?

Who is the Project Manager?

Project Manager is a Person assigned by the performing organization to lead the team that is responsible for achieving the project objectives. He has the responsibility to satisfy 3 needs: task needs, team needs and individual needs. For this he/she should have competencies like Project Management Knowledge, Performance and Personal Effectiveness Important Skills Required are: Leadership, Communication, Team Building Motivation ,Influencing ,Decision Making Political and Cultural Awareness Negotiation, Trust Building Conflict Management, Coaching.

A project Manager should be a Good Communicator. The ability to communicate with people at all levels is almost always named as the second most important skill by project managers and team members. Project leadership calls for clear communication about goals, responsibility, performance, expectations and feedback.

A good project manager spends 90% of his time on effective communication. Project Manager is the key person and leader of the project. He has to lead the team to ensure the success of the project. Selection of Project Manager must be done with lot of thoughts. Wrong person at right place will have very disastrous impact on success of the project. Project Manager must be alert all the time?