Project Manager - Agile - IT

Job Responsibilities of an Agile Project Manager :

- An agile project manager has to handle various responsibilities such as planning, scheduling, coordinating, managing all the aspects of the project

- He should be comfortable to work with any of the above given agile models and decide deadlines and budget of the project accordingly

- Interacting with the clients and understanding their requirements is also a part of the job of an agile project manager

- He has to maintain a status report of the project and also keep a record of the previous reports

- Compiling historical data available with the team and presenting it for the reference of the senior officials and the team members working on the project

- They also have to present the status report of the project to the senior officials of the organisation

- Conducting training sessions for the team members and explaining them the Agile method

- Maintenance of the software systems and providing the necessary infrastructure such as software, operating system, etc., is also a responsibility of an agile project manager

- Help in the deployment of the project

Skills Required for an Agile Project Manager :

- Having good project management skills and leadership qualities is very important to work as an agile project manager.

- Project managers should be critical thinkers and should have the ability to prioritise their work so that the time is taken to complete a project reduces and high-quality satisfactory results are obtained within the set time span.

- They should have the ability to deploy the projects and respond to the queries of the clients with proper solutions. 

- As they have to interact with the clients, development team, other managers should also have excellent verbal and written communication skills.