Responsibilities of Software Project Manager

Project Manager:
Proper Project management  is essential for the successful completion of software project and person who responsible for it is called Project Manager.

To do his job effectively, The Project Manager must have certain set of Skills.
I am going to explaining in this Article both the responsibilities of Project Manager and skills required by him.

1. Involves with the Senior Managers in the process of appointing team members.
2. Build the Project team and assigns to tasks to various team members
3. Responsible for effective project planning and scheduling. 
4. Acts as a communicator between the senior management and other persons who involved in the project like development team and stakeholders
5. Modifies  the project plan(if required) to deal with the situation

Every Project Manager must exhibit some basic skills that are listed Below. 

1. Must have knowledge on different project management techniques like risk management,configuration management,cost estimation techniques etc.
2. Must have ability to make judgement,since project manager frequently requires making decisions.
3. Must have good grasping power to learn the latest technologies to adopt to project requirement. 
4. The project manager should have open-minded to accept new ideas from the project team members.
5. should have good interpersonal, communication and leadership qualities in order to get work done from the team members.