Duties Description Develops detailed scope statements, and documents project requirements for complex projects by eliciting business goals, information needs, and relative priorities from end users, subject experts and others; balances resource alternatives and potential solutions; develops a project schedule including identifying and scheduling project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks using project scheduling software; documents and presents resource needs to agency management and coordinates project activities with those of program areas; may manage project budget using project cost estimating tools; designs and implements quality metrics to analyze project performance; develops project communication plan; compiles detailed project reports and communicates project status to stakeholders; directs or coordinates the activities of project staff; identifies risks and their potential impact on the project; manages contract relationships; makes decisions on changes in project schedule; performs tasks to advance the programmatic goals of the Project Management Office, such as analyzing the performance of projects in a project portfolio or inventory; conducts training on advanced project management topics, such as quality management, and risk analysis; plans and conducts project analysis sessions, such as project close-outs and Joint Application Design sessions; and may supervise lower-level staff. D. Qualifying experience for Project Manager 2 must include: Planning and at least three other of the management process groups: origination (including governance work intake, portfolio management, capacity demand planning); initiating; executing; controlling; and, closing; and the development of project management deliverables, such as scope statements, schedules, budgets, quality plans, risk plans, and communication plans.