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Most people, labeled as project bosses didn't receive the title expectantly, nor did they sign up for a job as one. Most staff who are assigned the tag of PM, don't know anything about "professional" project management or had any coaching in the profession, or had any formal education to prepare them for it. They are simply employees who've been, for whatever reason, allotted to a project to plan and carry it to completion. Many times this is done without giving the person the resources they need because the resources have to come from within the company.

Most people, labeled as project bosses didn't receive the title expectantly, nor did they sign up for a job as one. Most staff who are assigned the tag of PM, don't know anything about "professional" project management or had any coaching in the profession, or had any formal education to prepare them for it. They are simply employees who've been, for whatever reason, allotted to a project to plan and carry it to completion. Many times this is done without giving the person the resources they need because the resources have to come from within the company.

People who decide on becoming project managers as a career choice are a small number compared to people who are simply assigned the job. Organizations like the Project Management Institute are the primary way career project managers are numbered as opposed to their employment positions.

Of the multitude of people who have been hired to categorical positions within a company and then assigned the task of a PM, they wouldn't likely be well placed to give a project executive job outline if they were asked on the spot. They would need to do a study on what one is. These are folks who've been called on to manage something for a company and have been allotted folks to work with them. All this without most any of them understanding what a pro project boss is.

For full time contracted or employed project managers, the project is their number one priority and it is what they will be defined by. Nothing else will get in the way of that work because it is their work. Period.

However, someone working in a company position and give a project by their direct supervisor are usually assigned that task because of convenience. The downside to this type of project management is that often (always) the employee is expected to take on the sometimes monstrous extra work of the company project while keeping their full time job work up to par at the same time. Not exactly a win-win for this type employee. But common.

Project bosses that produce successfully concluded jobs fairly frequently, customarily prove to be fantastic facilitators instead of hands on employees. They must have significant people abilities to be in a position to work with presumably many unfamiliar employees and must trust those workers to execute the jobs they are assigned to bring the job together in the correct way.

Those people who the PM must trust to carry out work should be included in the planning, scheduling, and implementation of the project specifics. This gives the people working in it ownership and a sense of inclusion that goes beyond just doing extra work. This is also a layer of protection of the project manager who will not be able to see all of the pitfalls that will be caught by some of their people.

It's odd that with all the elements in any significant project that may be carried out very successfully, one of the most difficult aspects of many projects for many managers is successful completion. Winding up a project and getting all the pieces back in place to complete it is one of the most daunting things for many managers. Consequently, from the beginning, the project manager should be planning the end.