The document outlines the skills, main duties, career path, and qualifications of a project manager. Key skills include initiating projects, planning by setting goals and schedules, executing the project, monitoring progress, and closing by evaluating lessons learned. Main duties are setting objectives and budgets, planning work, leading a team, monitoring progress and budget, managing risks, and reporting to stakeholders. Project managers are responsible for delivering projects on time and on budget by organizing people and resources. Salaries range from £20,000-80,000 annually depending on experience, and a degree is required for many positions.

1. Skills Required
 Initiating - checking feasibility and
working out budgets, teams and resources.
 Planning - setting goals, defining roles and
producing schedules of tasks. Some tools,
such as Gantt Charts, can be used to
create a visual project plan.
 Executing - managing the project.
 Monitoring and controlling - tracking
the project's progress.
 Closing - evaluating successes and
challenges to enhance learning for your
next project.
Main Duties Set objectives in line with your organisation or clients
needs, which may include scope, content, timings and
budgets.
 Plan work and set deadlines to ensure the projects
completion
 Select, lead and motivate your projects team.
 Monitor the work to make sure it is on time and within
budget.
 Co-ordinate the work of your projects team and delegate
tasks where appropriate.
 Identify and manage risks to ensure the project is finished
on time.
 Implement any changes throughout the process
 Report regularly to management and the client. Unit 8
Project Manager
Project Managers are responsible to deliver
projects on time and in budget by organizing
people and resources.
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David Kudwien
is a German
project
manager that
started
organizing
events at
University. He
then moved
onto small
business
projects and is
now one of the most successful project managers in
Germany, working for a large corporate firm.

2. Freelance Project Managers earn around £300 -
£500 a day, and a contracted Project Mangers
starting salary is £20,000 -£35,000 a year. An
experienced PM could earn up to £80,000 a year.
Areas For Employment
A project manager may specialise in working in any or all of the following areas:
Construction and Engineering – the project manager will be in charge of scheduling the build and ensuring the targets are met and
that the build is in budget as well as the pre-planning and resource forecasting for engineering and other technical activities relating to
the project.
Media – responsible for schedule preparation, meeting the goals to get the project done on time and ensuring the filming expenditure
is in budget.
IT – project managers will oversee the development and installation of computer systems.
Marketing - work in unison with advertising, sales, public relations, and upper management to plan and implement marketing
strategies.
A contracted Project Manager is expected to work
full time 9am – 5pm hours. Freelance working
hours can vary and depend on the employer.
Salary Working Hours
A degree is essential but a specific subject
matter isn’t. However, a management degree is
desired at some companies.
Qualifications