HR Responsibilities of the Project Manager

In addition to the extraordinary communications responsibilities of a project manager, he or she is also expected to fulfill several Human Resources department type responsibilities during a project. These responsibilities include the following:

• Negotiating with resource managers

• Assigning roles and responsibilities

• Developing detailed project job descriptions

• Identifying training needs for all stakeholders

• Implementing training for all stakeholders

• Creating a project organization chart

• Creating a project team directory

• Developing a staffing management plan

Understand the roles and responsibilities of the project manager.