PM Roles and Responsibilities

This person is responsible for providing the financial resources for the project

• Project Sponsor

• Senior Management

• Functional Manager

• Project Manager

This person may formally accept the project during scope verification and administrative closure

• Project Manager

• Stakeholders

• Senior Management

• Project Sponsor

Involved in project plan development, approving project changers, scope verification, identifying constraints, and managing risks

• Project Team

• Stakeholders

• Senior Management

• Project Sponsor

Directs the technical work of their people; May assign people to teams

• Functional Manager

• Project Manager

• Senior Management

• Team Lead

This person is responsible for managing the project and should be assigned to the project as early as possible

• Technical Lead

• Functional Manager

• Project Manager

• Project Team

Which responsibility does not belong to the Project Manager?

• Understands all stakeholder needs

• Resolves conflicts

• Make decisions regarding risk, scope, quality, schedule, etc.

• Organize the work