What to do if the PM of the project you are working on is not competent?

I saw two responses related to the fact that it might not be your place as a "junior" team member to question the competency of those above or more senior than you. Personally, I strongly disagree with this mentality. It is definitely not a specific team members job to judge others competency, it is ALL team members responsibility. I'm not talking about doing performance assessments but to speak up when we see something is being done wrong.

The 'speaking up' part is obviously an art as the intent is not to be destructive but constructive with our criticisms or feedback. A mature team leader will be glad to learn from their mistakes. I for one have learned more from my mistakes that I have from my successes. If you work in an environment where constructive feedback from even the most junior team member is not appreciated you should run. But I will reiterate what others have said, it needs to be done in a way that does not degrade or belittle the other.

I saw two responses related to the fact that it might not be your place as a "junior" team member to question the competency of those above or more senior than you. Personally, I strongly disagree with this mentality. It is definitely not a specific team members job to judge others competency, it is ALL team members responsibility. I'm not talking about doing performance assessments but to speak up when we see something is being done wrong.

The 'speaking up' part is obviously an art as the intent is not to be destructive but constructive with our criticisms or feedback. A mature team leader will be glad to learn from their mistakes. I for one have learned more from my mistakes that I have from my successes. If you work in an environment where constructive feedback from even the most junior team member is not appreciated you should run. But I will reiterate what others have said, it needs to be done in a way that does not degrade or belittle the other.