Many information technology project managers come from senior technical positions. What can you do to help them transition into a project management role?

It may be important for project managers coming out of a senior technical role to rely more on the other project leaders that specialize in non-technical areas of project development. Also, a reliable line of communication between the project manager, project leaders, all the way down to project staff needs to be established. I would remind them that their technical knowledge can be beneficial in creating feasible requirements for the system as well as limiting scope, but it is also important to stay focused on the actual requirements the customer or project sponsor want in the project. Furthermore, the project manager needs to pay attention to how other aspects of the project will be integrated into the overall project. I would say the areas of concern for the project manager would be human resource management, communications management, and procurement management.