The position of a project manager is found in various industries: construction, trade, insurance, and IT companies. In this position, a person controls the performance of the team's work and is responsible for the final result.
Today, project managers are in high demand in information technology companies.
Features of the profession
A project manager in the IT field is a non-technical position, the main responsibility of an employee is to bring a project to completion in a specified time, using all available resources.
Quite often, people are appointed to the position who have experience working as a tester or front developer. In addition to professional knowledge and skills, the employee must be:
- responsible, positive and sociable,
- be able to make decisions on their own;
- interact with each member of the team;
- determine and correctly prioritize;
- plan the stages of the project as a whole;
- carry out control correctly;
- quickly solve the problems that have arisen.
Tasks that you need to be able to solve
In order to build a career as a project manager, you need to be able to plan a project, organize, set up and motivate a team, and contact the customer. The tasks assigned to the manager can be divided into tactical and strategic. Tactical tasks are the daily planning and organization of staff to work effectively. Strategic objectives are to define the stages of work to achieve a common goal.
The responsibilities of a project manager include:
- drawing up a plan for the implementation of the project and agreeing on terms;
- selection and approval of the team;
- division of the project into separate stages and assignment to each performer;
- identifying the necessary resources for implementation;
- identifying and announcing priority areas and organizing work;
- tracking the implementation of stages of work and the project as a whole;
- solution of possible conflict situations;
- communication with the customer, informing him about the progress of work, presentation of the demo version.
Applicants who are able to quickly make decisions, organize and coordinate work will cope with the above responsibilities.
A person must be ready:
- to new projects,
- to the need to establish contact with new customers;
- to an irregular working day;
- take responsibility for possible mistakes of the team.
