When a PM goes on holiday, what can they expect when they get back to convince that the project has not suffered?

Question

Partway through a project and a significant holiday kicks in for the PM. What should the PM take their temporary replacement through before they go - and what should they expect to be handed back to them when they return?

Answer 1

In my experience, most of the projects have two types of issues: technical and non-technical. The project manager should assign a technical resource, such as the lead developer, to respond to any technical issues. While for the non-technical issue, the project manager should assign a resource who is comfortable in handling the non-tech issues, such as a supervisor, to manage the status meeting, collect weekly reports, client meetings, etc.. If a meeting is important, then the project manager can attend the call virtually.

Upon returning, the project manager should hold a meeting that briefly describes the progress against the project plan, and identify gaps and risk. If the project is on schedule and within the budget, then great!! Otherwise, the project manager should develop the strategies to overcome the gaps, and mitigating the risk for the project is back on track.