Questions tagged [roles]

This tag is for questions about what is part of a role on a project, for example what the a planner does, what a lead does, etc. This tag can also be applied to questions about methodologies, such as Scrum, where the question involves individual roles in that methodology. In that case, also tag with the specific methodology.

Here is a great example of some great questions that fall under the roles tag:

What are the differences between project leader and project manager

How to Avoid Micro-Managing a Software Development Team?

Roles can be planning, leadership roles, management roles, team-member duties, functional management roles, executive management roles, project sponsor roles, or any other stakeholder involved in a project.

The topic focuses on boundaries of the roles, responsibilities of the roles, and how to effectively deal with issues that arise from unclear boundaries or for roles that may overlap.

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What is the difference between a project manager and developer manager?

What is the difference and when should a company have a project manager or a developer manager? I found the following diagram but was further confused: More specific question: In a small company is it more beneficial to have a developer manager or…
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What are the tasks that project manager should NOT do, but delegate instead?

If you work in a startup environment (less than 20 people), you will see yourself working not only on project manager's tasks, but also on business analyst's, sale's, etc... Gradually, your company grows and it allows you to hire more people to…
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Roles in Spiral Methodology

What are the Roles in the Spiral Methodology approach? For example Scrum only has three roles 'scrum master', 'the team' and 'product owner'
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What are the differences between a project assistant, manager, and secretary?

Is there a difference and if ‘yes’ does there exist a definition of their scopes? I was asking aunt Google but got the impression from job descriptions that the scope or responsibilities overlap greatly. Is this the case?
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Role of stakeholders in the control of execution stage

What role stakeholders play in the control of a project in execution stage of the project cycle.
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