To be frank, a project manager is rarely responsible for directly doing the project work within a company. The key responsibility area of the project manager is to get the job done and delegate it to the others. The project manager assumes responsibility (either short-term or long-term) for being the project employees's manager. S/he is therefore an integral part in the company's work culture and carries on many duties and responsibilities running the day-to-day project tasks.

The project manager must have technical, financial and business development knowledge and skills.

The project manager's basic strengths may include:

Leadership, teamwork management, good communication skills (with clients and co-workers), analytic thinking, prioritization, highly motivated person, initiator, strong decision-maker, problem solver and multi-tasker.