101 Project Management Problems and How to Solve Them

4. What are the most important responsibilities of a project manager?

Depends on:

Role: Project coordinator, Project leader, Project manager, Program manager

Organizational requirements and structure

Overall Responsibilities

The job of a project manager includes three broad areas:

1. Assuming responsibility for the project as a whole

2. Employing relevant project management processes

3. Leading the team

Precisely what these areas entail varies across the spectrum of roles, from the project coordinator, who has mostly administrative responsibilities, ...