| Every Successful manager needs some skills. Project | | | | on top of successful projects |
| Managers are those who should have some specific | | | | • Provide management, clients or customers |
| skills to be successful in any projects. They should | | | | with the project information they require |
| have 'know-how' ideas about the projects. Some of | | | | • Apply the Project Management Life Cycle |
| the essential skills are listed as: | | | | and the Project Planning Process |
| General Skills & Abilities: | | | | • Define up-front project scope and |
| • Effective planning for project. | | | | deliverables even when your client/customer isn't sure |
| • Control on scope, schedule and budget of | | | | what they really want |
| projects. | | | | • Use the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) |
| • Reporting upper Management. | | | | to more clearly identify work requirements |
| • Finding the deliverables, costs and schedules | | | | • Develop more accurate and realistic time |
| of projects | | | | and performance estimates. Etc |
| • Communicating with the critical departments | | | | • Schedule projects more accurately using |
| for team building. | | | | CPM and PERT networking techniques |
| • Co-ordination of the projects. | | | | • Spot problems and correct behind schedule |
| • Project control and management. | | | | conditions more quickly |
| Performance and Training Abilities: | | | | • Control schedule timeliness and work flow |
| • Plan, manage and control projects more | | | | by using proven management techniques |
| successfully | | | | • Manage multiple projects without losing |
| • Increase project cooperation and | | | | effectiveness |
| communication between departments and functions | | | | • Enhance the people skills to effectively |
| • Coordinate the tasks more effectively | | | | motivate and communicate with the project team |
| between departments | | | | • Implement proven conflict management |
| • Enhance the spirit of teamwork among | | | | techniques to help team members work together with |
| project team members with a motivating team building | | | | team building training |
| training | | | | • Anticipate problems and develop |
| • Reduce new product development cycle | | | | contingency plans through Critical Risk Analysis |
| with product development training | | | | • Close out projects completely using a |
| • Deliver more projects consistently on time | | | | close-out checklist that ensures details are taken care |
| and within budget | | | | of. |
| • Reduce the time required to plan and stay | | | | |