The job of project manager

Project managers are catalysers. They see projects through to successful completion and coordinate all the players concerned by a project, for both its implementation and its deliverables. They manage project impacts while the work is under way and after completion. (read more)

Project manager skills

The teams involved on a project are often quite varied, including personnel across all levels and divisions. Relationship management, leadership, negotiating expertise and conflict resolution abilities are essential to rally all the players around the same objective... (read more)

Place of the project manager within the company

Project managers can work for the functional department in question, a centralized project office, or both entities at the same time. It all depends on what is usually done in the sector, the strategic aspects of the project, corporate culture and defined priorities. (read more)

The Project Management Institute

The Project Management Institute is an international, non-profit professional association representing project managers. Organized into 200 chapters in 125 countries, PMI now has 200,000 members from a variety of sectors including aerospace, automotive, business management, construction, engineering, financial services, information technology, pharmaceutical and telecommunications.  (read more)

Interview with Michael Burns, president of 180 Systems

An accredited project management professional (PMP), Michael Burns harnesses his project managements skills for companies planning the implementation of new computer systems. 180 Systems considers that the manager's role conditions a project's success. (read more)