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Title: 10 Core Project Management Skills and Best Project Leadership Skills (1)


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10 Core Project Management Skills and Best
Project Leadership Skills
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  • Project management is not an easy job to perform.
    In fact, the ones dealing with project
    management, especially the project managers,
    require a number of best project management
    skills. These skills include both technical as
    well as soft skills, aiding the project managers
    in achieving their set goals. Although there are
    several core project management skills that
    manager must-have, the most important ones are
    listed below.
  • Here are Following the Best Project Management
    Skills
  • Project Leadership Skills
  • To achieve a goal, a team needs a wise leader,
    and a wise leader must have strong project
    leadership skills. With this skill, the project
    lead helps direct the teams cruise towards the
    goal with ease.
  • Moreover, a project manager with excellent
    leadership not only manages and inspires his
    team to work hard with full zest but also sails
    the project to successful completion.
  • Communication Skills

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  • The importance of communication for a project
    leader can never be undermined. It is a critica
    project management skill without which you can
    never become an able project manager.
  • A project manager with excellent communication
    can effectively impart instructions to his team
    and engage with the project stakeholders.
  • Lessor weak interaction with the team can throw
    it into ultimate chaos and mismanagement,
    followed by a delay in project completion.
  • Scheduling
  • To achieve a project in due time, project
    managers must be adept at scheduling projects.
    Furthermore, they must know how to efficiently
    break the project into manageable tasks and
    assign them to their team according to their
    expertise.
  • As a result of this scheduling, the project
    leader can achieve timely project completion
    with the available resources.
  • Risk Management
  • No matter what type a project is of, there are
    several risk factors involved. Not taking the
    severity of these risks may land the project in
    grave trouble. Thus, risk management is another
    essential project management skill that a project
    manager must possess.
  • A project manager must oversee any factors that
    may hamper the projects progress during its
    lifecycle. These risk factors must be carefully
    identified, assessed, and appropriate counter
    back strategies must be devised before the
    project execution.
  • Besides, some unexpected issues may also arise
    therefore, the project leader must be able to
    handle them with dexterity.
  • Cost Management Skill
  • A project is rendered lifeless without capital.
    Money is needed for every aspect of a project.
    To meet the projects financial needs timely
    without running out of money, a project leader
    must design a budget plan with immense sagacity.
  • The job is not an easy one to do since the
    project may have financial constraints, and the
    manager should have good know-how to work with a
    tight budget.
  • Therefore, it wont be incorrect to regard cost
    management as a critical skill required for best
    project management.
  • Negotiating

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  • The skill of negotiation holds immense
    significance for a project manager. It is quite
    common to witness situations in which the project
    managers need to bring different people with
    different opinions to a single page.
  • This is only possible through the skill of
    negotiation. He must know how to resolve
    conflicts that may occur within the team members
    as well as haggle to get the lowest price
    possible.
  • Critical Thinking
  • Project managers require excellent critical
    thinking to evaluate and analyze every aspect of
    the project keenly. Moreover, this essential
    skill required for project management enables
    project managers to make conscientious decisions,
    taking into account all its pros and cons before
    execution.
  • Task Management
  • One of the fundamental skills required by a
    project leader is task management. To direct the
    cruise of the project in the rightmost direction,
    a project manager must know how to assign and
    manage the tasks with the available resources.
  • Slightest mismanagement or mistake may lead the
    project to the ditch of failure.
  • Therefore, a project manager must be extremely
    vigilant, making sure that all deliverables are
    received timely.
  • Quality Management
  • The goal of a manager in project management is
    not only to complete a project successfully but
    also to ensure its high quality.
  • Thus, quality management is another skill that
    becomes extremely important for a project
    manager to possess. A project manager must
    oversee the ongoing activities and ensure that
    they meet the highest level of quality.
  • Patience
  • It is said that patience is the key to success.
    Getting easily frustrated during the project may
    land the project as well as the project manager
    in deep trouble.
  • Thus, instead of rushing in the project and
    making mistakes, a project leader must know how
    to calmly run the project, dealing with the
    problems that occur patiently.
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