Joy IyerBusiness Leader in the Hydrocarbons Sector, Engineering Manager, Project Manager| Paton Engineers and ConstructorsMississauga, Ontario, Canada
Recently I encountered a situation where a Customer strongly suggested not assigning a PM to our project (in order to drive down costs), and instead assigning PM related tasks to the Technical Lead.
While I have a great deal of respect for the capabilities of our technical resources, I've generally observed that Technical Specialists are very good at focusing on technical specifications and tend to overlook budget and schedule variance.
In the present instance we managed to go down the path suggested by maintaining that the team composition is not solely decided by Customers and our company business controls have certain minimum requirements, one of which requires a PM to be assigned.
I am wondering if there are others in the community who have faced a similar situation? What are the arguments made in favor of not having a dedicated PM? How have you managed to avoid going down this rabbit hole?
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