My views as a business analyst on project managers.
A good project manager moves forward with the intention the plan will work but will change as soon as it doesn’t.
A good project manager is continuously looking at potential risks and how they will affect the plan and then adjusting the plan accordingly.
A good project manager has a process for handling issues that cannot be resolved within a project.
A good project manager ensures the required resources for a project are available.
A good project manager is only noticeable when there are issues, otherwise, they are behind the scenes.
You need to go through a bad project to appreciate a good project manager. On a project where the project manager makes is a good project, the project manager is invisible.