The Role of the Project Manager
The Project Manager is responsible for carrying out the more detailed day-to-day management of project activities. These responsibilities include: * acting as the single point of contact during project delivery; * managing Delivery Stage activities of the project in accordance with the NPMS. This includes: * providing support to the Project Leader during the development of all Identification Stage deliverables; * preparing the Project Management Plan; * initiating the request for a PRAC meeting and providing the related documents as per the National Project Management System Real Property Procedure on Project Reviews; * organizing the project using planning and analytical tools for work breakdown, responsibility assignments, and schedule preparation; * estimating the benefits and costs for project options; * assessing risk and planning for risk mitigation; * planning to phase the project where necessary or appropriate; * entering project costs and maintaining accurate forecasts in the current PWGSC corporate business management systems (i.e. SIGMA, etc.); * monitoring the project progress to ensure conformance to the Project Management Plan and updating the Plan as necessary; * monthly reporting of progress to internal management (Project Leader, Team and to Treasury Board (TB) if required); and providing input to briefing notes, TB submissions and other documentation as required to support the Project Leader; and * identifying specific performance milestones in the Project Management Plan where withdrawal from, or termination of the project would be practical, should the project cease to be viable during execution. * ensuring the technical team within PWGSC is established and in place; * obtaining from Architecture and Engineering (A&E), Acquisitions