Role of Project Manager

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Role of Project Manager in an IT project. What skill sets are required?

Role of Project Manager:-

• Must play managerial role that focuses on planning, organizing and controlling.
• Responsible for developing project plan, organizing project resources and then overseeing execution of plan
• perform administrative functions:- performance reviews, project tracking and reporting, and other general day to day responsibilities.
• must know when to stay the course, when to adapt, change the project plan.
• Nurture relationships among various stakeholders.
• must have leadership quality:- while managerial role focuses on planning, organizing and controlling, leadership centers on getting people motivated.

Some attributes/skill sets are:-

• The ability to communicate with people.
• The ability to deal with people:- 

         Soft skills

         good listener

         sense of humour

         helpful

• The ability to create and sustain relationships:-

        Act as peacemaker and negotiator 

        Good salesperson

• The ability to organize:-

        develop project plan

        acquire resources

        create an effective project environment