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1 Although maintaining good working relations is important, the project manager often must make decisions that some people don’t agree with for the good of the project.

2 Most project managers achieve their positions because of their strong performance on technical tasks. However, after you become a project manager, your job is to encourage other people to produce high-quality technical work rather than to do it all yourself.

3 Believing in yourself is important. However, the project manager’s task is to help other people develop to the point where they can perform tasks with the highest quality.

4 The project manager tries to minimize unexpected problems and situations through responsive planning and timely control. However, projects are not always predictable and when problems do occur, the project manager must deal with them promptly to minimize their impact on the project.

5 Though coming up with ideas can help your project, the project manager’s main responsibility is to ensure that every team member correctly understands all ideas that are developed.

6 The project manager’s job is to provide a cool head to size up the situation, choose the best action, and encourage all members to do their parts in implementing the solution.

7 Self-reliance and self-motivation are important characteristics for a project manager. However, the key to any project manager’s success is to facilitate interaction among a diverse group of specialists.

8 Although you may feel (and we agree) that honoring one’s commitments is a fundamental element of professional behavior, the project manager needs both to ensure that people maintain their focus and to model how to work cooperatively with others.

9 People should be self-motivated, but the project manager has to encourage them to remain motivated by their job assignments and related opportunities.

10 The project manager routinely deals with people at all levels — from executive leadership to support staff — who perform project-related activities.

Check out the table of contents to find out where we discuss these different aspects of the project manager’s job in more depth.