Project Management Skills For Project Management Success.

• Leadership Skills.

Project management involves dealing wide variety of people from different backgrounds and functional departments. Project manager have to motivate, direct and control team workers get things done.

 

• Political Skills.

Project manager should be flexible enough to consider other view points, take criticisms constructively, negotiate and maintain good relationships with team worker and stakeholders and adapt to changing circumstances.

 

• Communication skills.

Project manager is center of information. Project manager needs to be able choose appropriate medium to communicate information in a timely manner.

 

• Change Management skills.

Most of the projects aim to change existing processes. Project manager should be able to identify the existing culture and take actions to implement required cultural changes.

 

• Knowledge Management.

Ability to preserve knowledge gained from the project, so that it can be applied to subsequent projects. Knowledge are treated as an asset.

 

• Financial Skills

Project managers should be able to understand the financial reports and budgeting information to complete the project within cost limits and ensure cost does not exceeds benefits.

 

• Information Technology Skills.

Project manager needs to know software applications necessary to prepare Gantt chart. Project team structure diagrams and establish relationships between various activities.

 

• Risk Management Skills.

Ability to apply risk management frameworks, analyze risks and uncertainties and deciding appropriate strategies to mitigate risks. Managing risk ensures the project completion without any distractions.

 

• Time Management Skills.

Time is the key variable in project management. Project needs to be completed on time if benefits is to be derived from the projects. Delay in project delivery can lead to financial and reputation loss resulting in loss of subsequent work from clients.

 

• Conflict Management Skills.

Project receives inputs from the team workers having their personal goals and desires different from each team worker and project objective. Project manager needs to ensure that team worker direct their effort to project objectives.

 

• Stakeholder Management Skills.

Ability to indentify key stakeholders that can impede project performance and managing stakeholders having opposite views and reconciling the differences.

 

• Procurement Skills.

Project manager may needs to procure material relevant to project. He should be able to decide what, how much and when to order materials, so that materials are available when it is needed and with in budget.

 

• Legal Knowledge.

Project manager needs ensure legitimacy of activities and deliverables of the project. Project manager may have adhere to minimum quality standard and safety procedures to comply with in achieving project deliverables.

 

• Decision Making Skills.

Projects are associated with activities having non routine activities. Decision needs to be taken in exceptional circumstances on ad hoc basis.