For those of you that have no idea what a project manager does, I will give you a brief overview.

Project management is a vital function that affects every aspect of a project from discovery to deployment. The project requirements based on client specifications are the driving force for accurately designing a plan that will not only meet the client’s needs but utilize company resources in the most efficient way possible. It is necessary for a project manager to have a balance of cost of project, scope of work and schedule to ensure that a quality product is the end result.

Project management is a vital function that affects every aspect of a project from discovery to deployment.

Communication and collaboration at all levels of the organization is the only way to ensure the best solution has been chosen. Within our organization there are experts in their own field, the project manager is responsible for communicating the right information to each level.

Often, a certain level of creativity is needed in utilizing the budget and available resources in the best way possible to provide the client with the best solution. But sometimes when managing a web-based project, the best way to do something has already been done. So the dilemma is whether to use an existing wheel—such as Google analytics, maps or calendars—or totally recreate the wheel. Most people will buy the wheel and make it work, but in some cases recreating the wheel is the only way to guarantee an exact fit. This falls in line with utilizing your resources in the most efficient way possible. A good project manager will make these decisions and have facts to back that decision.

Commitment to a project is probably the number one requirement of a good project manager. Once a project has been approved and signed by the client, the project manager has to be totally committed to providing the end product based on the specifications. In some cases, the estimated budget ends up being less than the actual cost to do the project. Regardless, the project manager must make sure the project is completed to the specifications no matter what.

In the end, the quality of the completed product and the relationships created with the client are what count.