Role of the Project Manager
Specific responsibilities of the Project Manager include:
Providing overall day-to-day management of the project;
Providing leadership and management of the project team and
managing financial, staff and technical resources effectively, to
ensure the objectives and timelines defined by the Steering
Committee are achieved;
Developing the project approach and preparing and
maintaining the project plans, schedule, resourcing and budget;
Controlling the project through the preparation and
maintenance of the required procedures and registers;
Preparing and presenting regular status reports to the Project
Sponsor and internal governance committees;
Specifying and monitoring critical path dates and
dependencies for the project so that specified completion dates are
achieved;
Leading and managing the identification of risks, and risk
factors, affecting critical path deadlines and reporting to the project
Steering Committee so risk factors are addressed pre-emptively;
Identifying project deviations and implementing corrective
action in a timely manner;
Establishing and maintaining communication with all project
stakeholders;
Leading and managing activities to ensure that all relevant
documentation is complete;
Meeting records management, quality assurance and other
policy obligations associated with the project;
Where necessary, identifying suitable external resources to
undertake certain tasks and acting as their contact point within
UWS on this project;
Acting as a liaison point for all activities related to the project.
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Specific responsibilities of the Project Manager include:
Providing overall day-to-day management of the project;
Providing leadership and management of the project team and
managing financial, staff and technical resources effectively, to
ensure the objectives and timelines defined by the Steering
Committee are achieved;
Developing the project approach and preparing and
maintaining the project plans, schedule, resourcing and budget;
Controlling the project through the preparation and
maintenance of the required procedures and registers;
Preparing and presenting regular status reports to the Project
Sponsor and internal governance committees;
Specifying and monitoring critical path dates and
dependencies for the project so that specified completion dates are
achieved;
Leading and managing the identification of risks, and risk
factors, affecting critical path deadlines and reporting to the project
Steering Committee so risk factors are addressed pre-emptively;
Identifying project deviations and implementing corrective
action in a timely manner;
Establishing and maintaining communication with all project
stakeholders;
Leading and managing activities to ensure that all relevant
documentation is complete;
Meeting records management, quality assurance and other
policy obligations associated with the project;
Where necessary, identifying suitable external resources to
undertake certain tasks and acting as their contact point within
UWS on this project;
Acting as a liaison point for all activities related to the project.
doc_940631532.docx