What is a Project Manager?

Great question.

A project manager can mean different things to different hiring managers, different industries, and even different project managers!

I’ll speak to what project management means to me, since that is what is relevant on this website.

Project management is first and foremost about communication. It’s about listening to stakeholders, asking questions to clarify goals and expectations, then forming a well-defined scope around this discovery.

Another key component of project management is facilitation, both with internal teams and external stakeholders. This facilitation is how teams are appropriately formed and empowered, and how critical information gets delivered and acted upon.

Finally, a project manager should be an adept critical thinker, one who can foresee challenges and have contingency plans at the ready. This critical thinking shouldn’t end when the project is complete, because the great project managers analyze their completed projects, looking for data to learn from, iterate on, and become better.

If you are hung up on a project, have a backlog a mile long, or just need some temporary help, hit the “Schedule a Consultation” button below and I would love to chat about how I can help get you moving again!