Hubert Chylewski

​Mentor for Junior Project Manager

​Benefits for the company

​A satisfied customer from the project, internal or external customer


​Project accomplished on time within a planned budget


​​A reliable picture of the project implementetion with the risks mitigated in advance

​Instant Junior PM practice through training on the job while ensuring the safety of the project itself

​Benefits for the Junior Project Manager

​Soft skills

  • ​How to prepare for the meeting with the project team and customer
  • ​How to gain the project team's attention
  • ​How to present yourself professionally and confidently
  • ​Prepare meeting summary and action points
  • ​How to ensure the implementation of tasks and monitor the status of implementation
  • ​Learn communication ​skills with the customer, the board, or team members
  • ​How to prepare the project team for a meeting with the customer
  • ​Determine the necessary team competences
  • ​Acquire internal and external resources
  • ​Negotiations with contractors, experts, superiors, and suppliers
  • ​How to prepare for unforeseen problems
  • ​How to monitor delays, mitigate, and report them to the management board, team, client
  • ​Project team ​members' motivation
  • ​How to cooperate with various company departments
  • ​Lead project meetings
  • ​Lead customer meetings
  • ​Team organization
  • ​Problem solving
  • ​Tasks delegation

​Hard skills

  • ​Define the assumptions and goals of the project - Project Charter - 365 view
  • ​The right project methodology selection
  • ​PMO Project Management Office cooperation process
  • ​Selection of the most ​efficient project management tools (Gantt, kanban board, documents repositories, code repositories, quality monitoring, remote and onsite meeting tools
  • ​Project implementation control, monitoring processes and tools
  • ​Status preparation for the board, the customer, and the project team
  • ​Budget control
  • ​Schedule control and/or the pace of product development
  • ​Project quality criteria and product development quality monitoring
  • ​Responsibility matrix preparation
  • ​Risk identification and mitigation
  • ​Change control

​Implementation steps


​Get a High Level view of the scope



​Agree on the development goals for the Junior Project Manager


​Company culture and project environemnt analysis


​Getting to know the details of the project: scope, schedule, project team

​Verify the current competences of the Junior Project Manager his/her talents and exerience SWOT analysis

​Prepare meetings schedule with Junior Project Manager, and other project team members 

​Define the project responsibilities for the Mentor and the Junior Project Manager

​Project execution, monitoring and constant improvement


​Mentor's input and responsibility

​Key project indicators monitoring:

> project goals acomplishments
> schedule
> budget
> scope change management
> project communication plan execution
> potential risks


​Knowledge and experience transfer to the Junior Project Manager, including the world's soft and hard skills best practices in Training on the Job

​Project progress and communication quality observation and analysis. Drawing conclusions on what and how project execution can be improved. Support Junior Project Manager in implementing those changes.


​Assessment of Junior Project Manager's competences before and during the project implementation