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Unit 9: Collaborating on Project Management

9.4 Critical Project Manager Skills Notes

In order to overcome the challenges related to project triangle and meet the project objectives,
the project manager needs to have a range of skills which includes:

Leadership
Managing people
Negotiation

Time management
Effective communication
Planning
Controlling
Conflict resolution
Problem solving

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:

7. All projects irrespective of their size will have many ………………….
8. Failure to meet the ………………… in a project can create adverse effects.

9. …………….. looks at the outcome of the project undertaken.
10. The project manager needs to have a skill of effective …………………..

9.5 Exploring Project Management Applications

9.5.1 Explorers and Pioneers

Its not unlike difference between the pioneers and settlers. Pioneers are the first to tread into
unfamiliar turf. They find the paths that work, and suffer through those that don’t. Some don’t
make it to safe ground. Pioneers are the first in their country or organization to set down the
rules and name the terms. “We will call this state ‘Nevada’.” Or in the project management
sense, “When we say ‘risk plan,’ this is what we mean.” 25 years ago, the terms were still being
defined. Now, the maps have been drawn and we’re working toward common definitions,
terms and routes. That’s not to say there’s not still plenty of exploration, but the major paths for
the uninitiated have been carved out, tramped down and paved.
Those coming through now still have a chance to do some exploration. Not necessarily in terms
of setting down the terms and terminology but, instead, the more classic definition of “explore”
found in Chambers: to scare animals from their hiding places. Project managers get to raise the
alarm. They get to warn alarm and alert. They get to flush out the last vestiges of antiquated
practice and move project management toward a recognizable, consistent profession. As they
do so, there are explorers’ tools, just as there have always been—but now they take on a different
look and feel.

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