Role of Individual Personnel in Project Management
THE PROJECT MANAGER–LINE MANAGER INTERFACE As per knowledge, we know that the Project Manager is the personnel who control the project concerning all factors like money, manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and information & technology. Actually, the project manager does not control any of these resources directly, except perhaps money (i.e., the project budget). Resources are controlled by the line managers, functional managers , or, as they are often called, resources managers . Project managers must, therefore, negotiate with line managers for all project resources. When we say that project managers control project resources, we really mean that they control those resources (which are temporarily loaned to them) through line managers. Most project managers today have an understanding of technology rather than a command of technology. As a result, the accountability for the success of the project is now viewed as shared accountability between the project manager and all