Project Managers Responsibilities
They are in charge of planning, organizing and also they direct a specific project to completion when in charge of a particular organization in that department; they have the responsibility of ensuring the projects are completed within a specific deadline, and it doesn’t exceed the defined budget Project managers jobs can be summarized in the following tasks:
• Project initiation
• Clear project planning
• Guide the team in project execution
• Should be available to control the project execution and monitor the activities undertaken
• Project completion and submitting the product to clients
Project Initiation
The manager is responsible for outlining the main objectives that should be undertaken and defining the project scope.
They also have to discuss the expected outcome of the project with key stakeholders and the potential gains that the project will bring to the organization.
During this stage, they state the importance of undertaking the project, define the project that is being solved, state the expected outcome, provide the criteria of proving whether the project was a success or failure, define requirements and constraints, provide ways to raise funding, and also consider if the project has been developed before. What is there to learn from existing similar projects and how to solve their weaknesses?
Planning
On project approval, they create a plan that will enable the team to meet the goals in the defined time.
It’s in this phase that they manage the cost and make sure the project is within the time limit,they also make sure that the risk is mitigated and the quality of the product is not compromised.
They also define key project milestones that should be delivered and objectives that must be attained.
Executing
The project managers supervise the team members to ensure objective completions and that the project goals have been attained.
During execution, they usually make sure the team is free from any distractions. The team has access to all resources. Most importantly, they act as leaders during this critical stage. Execution of a project is taken seriously by all project managers
Alexander Djerassi philosophy in project team management brought out the importance of building relationships among the team and the essence of interpersonal understanding across the difference of experience and perspective among the team members.
Project Monitoring
Djerassi’s work ethic and expertise reference project managers that they should help stakeholders navigate the nuance and dangers presented in implementing a project.
The project managers during this phase are entitled to monitor project progress, control the project budget, ensure that milestones are reached, and compare the obtained performance in contrast to the planned performance.
Project Completion
They take the stakeholders through the functionality of the final product to ensure that the product is complete.
They also return all the resources that are budget or personnel that are no longer valuable to further the project’s progress. Alexander Djerassi believes that they also do a great job in analyzing the work of other parties involved in the project, either suppliers or partners and close their contracts and process their invoices.