# Project Manager Largely comes from [[google-project-management]]. - [A Day in the Life of a Project Manager | Indeed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzQ3Xso7sLA) - "Stay on top of things" - Regular office hours ## Values - Values of project manager - Prioritization - Delegation - Communication - Focusing on a customer - Ask customer their vision or final outcome - Building a great team - Fostering relationships and communication - Managing the project - Let everyone know the impact of their tasks at hand - Breaking down barriers ## Roles and Responsibilities - Planning and organizing - Make use of productivity tools and create processes - Create plans, timelines, schedules, and other forms of documentation to track project completion - Cost controlling and other factors - Monitor and manage the budget - Track issues and risks - Manage quality - Remove unforeseen barriers - Keeping track of project tasks - Interpersonally skills - Teaching and mentoring - Building relationships - Controlling change - Empowering your team - Communicating status and concerns - Project Manager is not always the direct manager - Working with cross-functional team (T-shaped talents) - Clarify goals - Get team members with the right skills - Measure progress - Recognize efforts > [!tip] Organize > > Stay organized! Once you are organized, your team's thinking and actions will > stay organized! ## Core Skills > [!tip] Core Skillset of a Project Manager > > - Enabling decision making > - Communicating and escalating > - Flexibility > - Strong organizational skills - Assess external constraints - Calculate float in the schedule - Influencing without authority - Communication - Negotiation - Conflict mediation - Understanding motivations ## Traits of a Successful Project Manager - Enthusiasm for the project - The ability to [[change-management|manage change]] effectively - A tolerant attitude toward ambiguity - Great team-building skills - Strong negotiation skills - A customer-first mindset - Focused on business outcomes - Industry / technical knowledge ## Pros and Cons - Pros - It provides a strong sense of accomplishment - Lots of responsibility - No two days are alike - Significant freedom of choice - Opportunity to affect change - Stepping stone to promotion - Cons - Lots of responsibility (maybe with little authority) - Requires significant tolerance for people's shortcomings and politics - Requires significant tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty - May feel "disconnected" from your technical discipline