Interim Management is a temporary type of business management. Interim managers take over responsibility for the results of their work in a regular position. They leave the company as soon as the problem is solved and a stable new department or sector governance is established or a project achieves the previously defined goals.

Temporary tasks in German or English speaking countries, as

• Project Manager for major and middle-sized projects
• Project Manager for internal infrastructure projects
• Site Manager for major and middle-sized plant projects
• PMO-Manager incl. project controlling & risk management
• Quality Manager  for TQM implementation
• Profit Centre Manager for plant project business

Project managers are entrepreneurs within the company. Due to their cross-functional coordination tasks, they need a broad technical base for their product and a lot of talent to deal with customers, suppliers, sponsors and colleagues. In addition to a strong competence in methods they also need knowledge of the internal and external business processes of their projects. 

Project management is an independent discipline and is already part of the curriculum at universities. Meanwhile, the PMBOK© Guide is the bible for project managers. The following PM-knowledge areas are part of these ANSI / PMI Global Standard:

• Project Life Cycle
• Stakeholders Management
• Project Processes (business processes)
• Integration Management (identify, define, combine, coordinate)
• Scope Management
• Time Management (activities and schedule)
• Cost & Finance Management
• Quality Management
• Human Resource Management (Team Development)
• Communication Management
• Risk Management
• Procurement Management

Due to the comprehensive structure of the PMBOK©  Guide, it is my favourite handbook for project management and I reflect the chapters on a phase model to be drawn for each project. Time schedules can be well built after that. A well-executed project start-up phase, with defined and accepted results, is the basis for the further success of the project. If you are using another PM-concept, such as CMMI, or a self-developed model, I am ready to adjust my approach to this concept.