People who lead subprojects and ensure that their objectives are achieved.
• Subproject managers familiarize themselves with the project’s background, business objectives and conditions, and agree with the project sponsor on the contents of the subproject
• Work with the project team members to formulate the project objectives and exclusions
• Describe the subproject arena and agree on it with the project manager
• Visualize the subproject contents and results
• Plan their subprojects
• Agree with the resource owners on the use of human and other resources
• Create the necessary conditions and eliminate obstacles so that everyone can work, interact and communicate easily
• Keep the tempo up through active daily management
• Motivate the employees and anchor their subprojects in the organization
• Keep the project manager and other subproject managers informed
• Are answerable to the project manager to ensure that the subproject objectives are met and that they harmonize with other parts of the project
• Hold a lessons-learned seminar
Subproject managers are appointed when the project is so large or complex that it is divided into subprojects. The challenge is making sure that subproject objectives are met while guaranteeing that these lead to the overall project objectives.
Subprojects can free the participants to work in well-oiled, smaller groups, even in a large project.
