Role

In project management, a role is the set of responsibilities, tasks, and functions that a person or group of people have on a project team in order to reach the project’s goals. The job of a project manager is to make sure that the project is finished on time, on budget, and up to the quality standards that were set.

Here are some of the most common roles in managing projects:

1. 1. Project Manager: The project manager is in charge of planning, executing, and keeping track of the whole project. They are in charge of leading the project team, keeping track of progress, handling risks, and making sure the project is done on time, on budget, and to the required quality standards.
   2. Project Sponsor: The project sponsor is the person or group that gives the project the money, staff, and other resources it needs to be successful. The project sponsor is also in charge of setting the project’s goals and making sure they are in line with the business strategy as a whole.
   3. Project Coordinator: The project coordinator is in charge of coordinating and organizing the team’s work, making sure everyone knows their roles and responsibilities and making sure the project stays on track.
   4. Scrum Master: Manages the Agile Technical Team
   5. Agile Coach: Coaches the agile principles to the Scrum Master
   6. Product Manager: Helps prepare and groom the product backlog and road map
   7. Product Owner: Deals with customers and engineering team and helps prioritize tasks, groom the product backlog
   8. Business Analyst: Helps the technical team understand the nuances of the business domain (interacts with the customer and the technical team
   9. QA (Tester) : Helps performing QA
   10. PMO (Officer): facilitates the project and program management in a large setup
   11. Team Leader / Technical Leader / Technical Architect: Leads the technology and/or technical team and builds the solution
   12. Team Member: Each member of the project team is in charge of doing a certain task for the project. They may include subject matter experts, designers, developers, testers, and other professionals who are responsible for delivering certain project outputs.
   13. Stakeholders: They are the people or groups who are interested in the project and will be affected by how it turns out. They could be customers, suppliers, regulators, or anyone else who could have an effect on the success of the project.

Each of these roles is important for making sure a project is successful. By knowing what each team member’s role and responsibility is, project managers can put together a strong and effective project team that can deliver high-quality projects within the time, cost, and quality limits that have been set.