A challenge I often notice PM’s have to face is being able to follow along with the details each team member shares during meetings. Each team member spends a lot of their time and resources to provide their deliverables. During daily meetings, each member needs to explain the status of their duties and address any issue they face. Understandably, it would be very difficult for anyone not directly involved in the duties of any one member’s work to keep up with the specifics of their processes. Not only should the PM be able to keep up and understand, but he or she needs to understand it to an amount that allows them to foresee potential risks and anticipate the needs that may come forth. This is why I believe a good PM needs to be very familiar with every function of the project. Between operations, manufacturing, IT, quality, integration, etc.