What are the overall responsibilities and tasks carried out by an IT project manager on a daily basis? Saving Changes...
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saurabh mahajanPMP, ITIL, PRINCE2| vodafonePune, Maharashtra, India
Well the tasks will defer from project-to-project. I will list few of the task that I carry out
1) Holding stakeholder meetings on daily basis.
2) Taking stock of ongoing activities
3) Communicating status of these activities to all stakeholders
4) resolving team issues
5) working along with dev team to check for feature implementation progress
6) produce status reports
7) plan for next weeks activities
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arlene trimbleAssistant IT Director| Local GovernmentAlamo, Ca, United States
The responsibilities vary depending on the project management approach of the organization. Sample responsibilities:
1. Project Team Facilitation
2. Project Artifacts Preparation/ Maintenance (Performance Reports), etc.
3. Project Communication and Collaboration
4. Project Impediments/Barriers Removal
5. Contracts Negotiation and Management Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The same than any other project manager that is managed any other type or project. Perhaps I did not understand your question. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
A good starting point is PMIs Exam Content Outline ECO which defines tasks for project managers based on a survey called role delineation study with thousands of practioners globally.
it is downloadable for free. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Project Manager Tasks (Responsibilities) are described in PMI's ECO 2015 for each performance domain, which are covering following topics
Hello! I think the main responsabilities are the same that any PM has but in the case of IT projects I could count a couple responsabilities that are specific to this type of project:
1. Knowledge about who is the expert that could resolve the issue that you identify or that stakeholders have reported, remember you are the Project management expert, not the printer, wireless, ethernet, developing, etc. expert. But you have the capacity to solve the problem if you know who to call and whats is about the problem.
2. Reading everything about the technical or non-technical specifications of the project, you always have to know about what is the aim of the project all the time to prevent scope creep and some crazy stakeholders's ideas.
3. Negotiating is not an easy task but a indispensable one.
4. Have to know how to say NO. You know about your resources, team members and activities, say no if you know that is a bad choice to say yes.
5.Never Forget about the lessons learned and the improving as soon as you detect an opportunity or a risk. Be careful with risk, there are always some of this that you hadn't considered at first. (in my case... the risk to have an old bathroom just above the Datacenter's roof... forget about that risk was really a nightmare).
I hope those points could be useful for you :) , Good luck! Saving Changes...
Ganesh SrinivasanGanesh PMO (PMP, PMI-SP, ITIL-F)| MNC BankChennai, India
Hi Nancy,
Thansk for brining the lively points, thats the reality !
From My end :
1. Planning, Planning, Planning - Keep track your schedule and replan, every detail of project should properly planned to avoid last minute shocks.
2. Risk - Engagage Team and Plan to log all your risks, Mitigation Plan is must !
3. Keep Track of Risks , Some of them may turn as Issues be prepared !
4. Budget - to be tracked ! and Always in communicate Managment team, when you need extra budget , rather in last minute .
5. Team Engagement - Brainstrom, Motivate , Monitor.
6. Stack Holder Managment - Have a clear Plan and engage.
