I believe a big misconception is that project managers are just "glorified taskmasters" or administrators who only care about deadlines and budgets. In my opinion, the reality is that we are leaders and problem-solvers who need strong people skills to guide our teams and manage stakeholders. Saving Changes...
Frequently, people think Project Managers are individuals that are sitted watching the project dashboard and taking care of the budget chart, previewing the overflow of costs. But a Project Manager is much more than that. He has been part of the project initiation, ensuring the business case is viable and according to the enterprise interests; he also knows every stakeholder, intern, or extern, and develops actions according to their interests.
The Project Manager should establish good plans for schedule, cost, scope, risk, resource, quality, acquisitions, communications, and stakeholder management; and integrate all adequately.
The Project Manager combines his hard skills of knowledge of PM processes, tools, and techniques, with the soft skills of active-listening, problem-solving, team-empowerment, etc.
At the end of the project, he ensures it has reached the objectives, evaluates the client's satisfaction, and gathers the lessons learned, which will serve as a guide to improve future projects. Saving Changes...
Omar JabbarProject Management and Digital Transformation Consultant| OGreen IT Service Inc.Ontario, Canada
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