What else PM role beside Plan, Execute, Monitor & Close Project that can make PM Shining

Leadership Organizational Project Management

Hooi Nee Sau IT Project Manager| , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Recently, I have discussion with some other PMs. We found that if a project run smoothly(within budget,meet target), the PM role are unable to shine like other roles such as architect, consultant & etc where they make more solid contribution to a project delivery. Senior management unlikely to see the PM contribution and the important of PM role.

We do agree that PM shining in their role & provides contribution to project, if a project has a lot of hiccups & issue escalated to senior management.

I think this is unfair to the PM who put a lot of efforts earlier to do all kind of risk mitigation before it become a project issue.

1. Have you experience the same above?
2. What is your solution and suggestion?
3. In a smooth project, what do you think the PM contribution is?
4. How to make a PM role shining and contributed in company?

Posted: Feb 21, 2016 11:50 PM

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Adrian Carlogea Australia

Feb 26, 2016 8:46 AM

Replying to Rami Kaibni

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Then the project manager is basically acting as a project coordinator or expeditor so it should be some kind of weak matrix organization.

I've learn that project coordinator and expediter are part time roles reporting to the functional manager; this is not the case here. At this organization the project manager is a full-time role and all project managers are professionals in the field of project management reporting to one of portfolio department's managers (manager of the project managers).

The functional managers act more like project sponsors but once the project is running I am not sure if they get directly involved in running it. Probably the Portfolio Delivery departments through project and program managers manage the project's budged assigned by the functional manager. I haven't got to know this details yet as for team members that are just doing the work this is not very relevant.

Probably the organization types defined by scholars are just theoretical models and in reality each company uses variations of these models so the organization type may not necessarily be identified against these theoretical models.

Posted: Feb 26, 2016 10:24 PM

Betzabe Villarreal Data Governance Analyst| SAIF Salem, Or, United States

Posted: Jun 28, 2018 11:37 AM (Updated by author: Jun 28, 2018 11:38 AM)

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