To what extent should a Project Manager delegate responsibilities?

Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)

Ebenezer Daramola Manager| Ebensoft Consulting Ltd London, United Kingdom

I have heard about several conflicts in project environments that stemmed out from team members thinking that the Project Manager is doing too much and not letting the team members perform in some activities and in another instance where team members think that the Project Manager has delegated too much to them leaving him with little or nothing to do other than supervision.

So what should be the extent of delegation a Project Manager should adopt?

Posted: Jul 22, 2015 5:55 AM

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Rao Vasudeva G Program Manager| Aeronautical Development Agency Bangalore, Karnataka, India

I support Elizabeth's opinion. In any case if skill/competency of a team member is not matched with an activity, train the team is best option.

Posted: Jul 23, 2015 5:00 PM

Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany

Here is a link to a recent post about delegation

" A good leader gives his team authority to control their destiny. "

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hands-vs-de...tle-channel-add

Posted: Jul 24, 2015 3:21 AM

John Herman . Us, Aa, United States

I agree with most of the comments that state that you should delegate as much as practical. A few added thoughts:

Remember to account for the delegated tasks in the plan: WBS, or Sprint/Backlog. Also, remember that you delegate authority, but you can't delegate responsibility. The PM is ultimately responsible for the project.

Posted: Jul 24, 2015 10:27 AM

Ebenezer Daramola Manager| Ebensoft Consulting Ltd London, United Kingdom

Thanks everyone for your contributions.

Posted: Jul 30, 2015 9:39 AM

Ebenezer Daramola Manager| Ebensoft Consulting Ltd London, United Kingdom

Thanks everyone for your contributions.

Posted: Jul 30, 2015 9:40 AM

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