Project Management: GB544: What are some of the challenges in requirements identification, scope verification and scope control for a project manager in a functional organization over that of a strong matrix organization? Solution project manager plays a critical role in the excution of project, before they start the project, they look at the requirements needed to perform a project, they look resources needed examples like men, machinary, money etc.. they perform work breakdown structure to identify the requirements of a project, once they identify the complete requirements , they form network analysis in which they look at each and every activity and thier excution time etc, they do resouce allocxation too, then they go for money where one should get the approval from stakeholders (if it is a big project) before proceeding further. If it is small project , a single person alone capable being sponcer, they get conformation from him via signature on bond or via mail conformation., they will get conformation from clients also in a formal way, so preparation and verifiying these documents regarding the project is called scope verification,and nect scope conctrol , it comes during the excution of project , project manager need to check whether the project being excuted as it was scheduled or not, if it is not ecxuted intime , they need alternation of resource allocation which need be done instantly to make sure the project can be completed in the stipulated period. Critical activites in the network are very essential , one should keep extra care on them. this is how a project manager plays a critial role in the excution of a project.