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.
Relationships
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)