What are the skills required to be a project manager?
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Answer / suresha
1.communication skills
2.organising and planning skills
3.budgeting skills
4.conflict management skills
5.negotiation and influential skills
6.leadership skills
7.team building and mitivation skills
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Answer / archana
1. Communication - PM needs to talk with TOP level
management person as well as his subordinates.
2. Planning - Planning is must. Every work should be
properly planned out.
3. Team Building - He/She needs to build team with in an
organisation, work must be unique & united.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 37 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / pankaj saluja
to be a project manager, all u have to do is think like :
1- process
2- people
3- technology
n also u must have managerial skills..... n must know how to
handle project because success is 99% failure.
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Answer / mariya
PLINC
Problem Solving
Leadership
Influential
Negotiation and
Communication Skills
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 19 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / kaushalya jayamini
He should have strong communicative and interpersonal
skiils. as well as he should have negotiating skills.
He should have a better understanding of operations done in
each and every line of the organization which leads him to
co-ordinate and integrate activities across multiple
functional lines.
At the same time should have a good knowledge of technology
used.
Then the decision making
skills,organizing,controlling,directing and leading skills.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 17 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / kraja
The first comes is Communication skill, unless he should be
able to communicate clearly to all stake holders of the
project.
The next is Negotiation skill, if he can able to negotiate
and reduce the scope of work and able to get the resources
which he needs for the project, it is nothing like that.To
negotiate successfully he should be courageous and a
confident person.
Then comes all other skill
organising & Planning
Team building
Motivating
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 24 Yes | 9 No |
Answer / meghanadh
1.Planning Skill
2.Contolling Skill
3.Organising Skill
4.Motivating and Leading Skill
5.Decision Making Skill
6.Communication Skill
they are the critical skills to be in a project manager.
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Answer / saurabh verma
Following skill are required to be a good project manager.
clarity in vision.
communicating
Good listener
negotiating
confidence builder among stack holder, customer and with team.
making decision
compromising
prudential
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 15 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / chandrajeet kishore
a PM SHOULB BE A COMPLETE PACKAGE OF MANAGERIAL
SKILL,FINANCIAL SKILL.HE &SHE SHOUL BE GO GETTER ATTITUDE&
LEADERSHIP QUALITY.A PM SHOULB BE MULTITASKING CAPABILITY.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 17 Yes | 10 No |
Answer / n krishnaswamy
Project Manager should be well versed in all 9 Knowledge
Areas and Five Process Groups. In Short, Success of Project
Manager depends on 1)Communication Skills 2)Interpersonal
relationship Skills. Project Manager 90% od his time in
commmunication.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 7 Yes | 0 No |
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