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Project manager

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈprɑːdʒekt ˌmænɪdʒər/nounCore term

In project management, project manager means: The person responsible for planning a project, organising the team and making sure the work is delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed scope.

In Turkish: proje yöneticisi, proje müdürü

How it is used

A job title and a role. In emails and meetings it is often shortened to PM. A project manager reports to a sponsor or steering committee, leads the team, tracks progress and handles risks and issues.

Example sentences

  1. Please send all change requests to the project manager, not directly to the developers.

  2. As project manager, Elif runs the weekly status meeting and updates the risk register.

Common collocations

  • assign a project manager
  • senior project manager
  • act as project manager
  • report to the project manager
  • projectA temporary piece of work with a clear goal, a start date and an end date, done to create a specific product, service or result.
  • project sponsorA senior manager who owns the business reason for a project, secures its funding, makes the big decisions and supports the project manager when problems need higher authority.
  • stakeholderAny person or group that is affected by a project or can influence it, such as the client, users, managers, suppliers or the project team itself.
  • status reportA short, regular report that tells stakeholders how a project is going: what has been done, what comes next, and the main risks, issues and decisions needed.

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