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