Role: Project Manager
The Project Manager leads the planning of the project, coordinates interactions with the stakeholders, and keeps the project team focused on meeting the project objectives.
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Main Description

The person in this role:

  • Coaches the team to drive a successful outcome of the project and the acceptance of the product by the customer
  • Is accountable for the outcome of the project and the acceptance of the product by the customer
  • Is responsible for the evaluation of project's risks and for controlling those risks through mitigation strategies
  • Applies management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of tasks to deliver the desired result for a particular project in a timely manner
Properties
Multiple Occurrences
Optional
Planned
Staffing
Skills

A person performing this role needs the following skills:

  • Leadership and team-building capabilities
  • Thorough experience in the software development lifecycle to coach, guide, and support other team members
  • Proficiency in conflict resolution and problem-solving techniques
  • Good skills in presentation, facilitation, communication, and negotiation
Assignment Approaches

This role is often played by a single person. It is difficult to have this role shared by multiple people, but it might not use all of a person's available time.

Key Considerations

In the context of a team of teams, this role leads the project leadership team and has the following responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the release plan
  • Defines the iterations
  • Defines the release themes in collaboration with product managers
  • Defines the overall process and rules
  • Maintains the project area
  • Defines iteration themes
  • Plans and tracks iteration progress
  • Weekly status report
  • Runs weekly planning call
  • Reviews plans
  • Facilitates cross team efforts
  • Ensures project health (green builds, tracks risks, make issues visible)