Project Management is all about arranging and managing resources in order to finish the task with in defined scope, cost, time and quality limitations. Project manager make sure that a project is delivered on time in order to satisfy the customers. Project manager is also liable for the group of processes that use resources such as money, time, people, raw material etc in order to complete the preplanned tasks.

Project Management Roles:
Project managers have different roles but some common roles are as follows:

• Production management: controlling and coordinating the team process.
• Account management: Managing and monitoring budget and client expectations.
• Product management: keeping the track of product production phases..
• Technical leadership: evaluate, program and design strategies.

The client or end-user may deviate from the focus of the project but the project managers have to keep their eyes on the product objective. It is necessary for the good project manager to have a strong vision and mission, not just for the production and budgets schedules, but also for where the project is going strategically.

Project Manager Responsibilities:
Project managers work in a large range of industries like IT, construction, finance industries and so on. Employers’ degree preferences and work experience requirements differ according to the industries and tasks. But it is always good to have few years of experience in order to become a project manager. Rest they will lean and receive guidance from other managers when they start the job. Project manager is needed for the majority of projects started within a department or company and have different responsibilities like:

• Leading group of people.
• Performance evaluation.
• Assign specialized job tasks.
• Performance management.
• Monitor projects completion time.
• Manage budgets.
• Checking employee performance.
• Project training and so on.

The two tasks performance evaluation and performance management of project management are at times very difficult. It is difficult to keep every employee happy in a group and enthusiastic at a same time because every person has different personality, interest, tasks and skills. In order to keep them happy proper meetings should be held in order to keep every one up to date about the changes and events. There should be proper feedback and suggestion system to improve the quality of work. Team members should also receive regular updates by means of email, notices or phone calls so that everybody is familiar about what is happening throughout the project. When people are not informed, they become offended and are not able to do their work properly and eventually the quality of product decreases.

At the completion of the project, project evaluation is done. This process analyzes the project in order to evaluate the results, make modifications if required, and evaluate the role and participation of each group member. Evaluations of employees are done in various ways:
 

• Individual meetings can be held immediately by the managers in order to discuss strengths and weaknesses
• Individual meetings held yearly in order to discuss employee’s different projects.
• Employee evaluation forms play an important part.
• Many project managers use employee performance systems software in order to evaluate each and every employee’s performance.

The other duty of project manager is check why the employees are not completing the tasks and why they are causing delays. If they are facing any difficulty then it is up to project manager to solve their problem. Most of the times, employees find it too difficult to complete the task in a given time frame. So in this situation breaking up tasks into manageable segments is a good idea in order to complete the project quickly and effectively. For tracking the tasks project management software should be a great help.

Business performance systems also evaluate and observe from where the expenditures might be cut / decrease and how to use employee’s expertise within the group. This study can take place before or after the completion of project.

Project management software:
Project management software is very helpful while managing a project and is used in a different ways. Like managers will able to track:

• Time send on each task
• The budgets
• The completion of project at various stages.
• And so on

By using project management software it is not needed to hold weekly meetings as project managers can track the phases of project. Managers who are managing more than one project can make their work easier and simpler by investing in Project tracking software.

There are many situations where two project managers are needed but it all depends upon the type of project. Mostly two project managers are used in IT project management and in company project management training. When this situation occurs, both managers fragment the project into smaller tasks or units and keep the track of different things in order to avoid conflicts. Groups are further broken down into smaller groups. Group members will account to particular manager until the project complete. Project managers will make a decision on different issues related to tasks, budget and things that are affecting the project.

Nowadays online project management is very much in use due to increase in traveling, development of overseas business project, and online groups who together work on same projects. For online projects it is important to have perfect project software in order to ensure that everyone is working effectively and efficiently. In online project management teleconferencing is must so that all group members can meet with one another. This can be made possible with the help of project management software.

For on the job training, different colleges and universities offer project management courses those who want to become project manager can take these courses. These courses will help to train and guide the future project manager by tell for all features of managing projects, future challenges and also educate them regarding various project software in order to make their project management jobs simpler. These courses can also be taken online or in evening so they will not clash with their working hours.