Project management is a fundamental undertaking that requires leaders that are well cultured and those with appropriate skillset. In order to effectively and efficiently manage a project, a project manager needs to display leadership. Having leadership skills entails a project manager having the capacity to lead and manage teams, establish the vision of the project, motivating the team and coaching, serving and inspiring them (Ramazani & Jergeas, 2015). Combining all those aspects ensures that project team members deliver the best results as desired by the project owner. The second skill entails effective communication. A project manager and a project leader ought to possess effective communication skills that will make them effectively pass messages regarding the project to the team members (Kerzner, 2017). Further, having great communication skills enables project managers to not only articulate issues to the team members but also other stakeholders of the project, which ensures effectiveness and efficiency.
Moreover, a good project manager needs to understand how to undertake scheduling. Having scheduling skills will enable project managers to understand the manner in which they can break down the goals of the project into a timeline to achieve them within the set timeframe (Kerzner, 2017). Possessing scheduling skills is important as it is central to the role of a project manager. Also, a project manager needs to have risk management skills. Any project done by a project manager is a risky and as such, they need to have skills to identify, assess and then control risks. Thus, the more competence in risk management a project develops, the more likely that a project is going to succeed (Ramazani & Jergeas, 2015). Whereas one cannot handle everything that will happen in the life of a project, possessing risk management skills ensures that most of the anticipated events will be handled appropriately leading to the success of the project.
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Ramazani, J., & Jergeas, G. (2015). Project managers and the journey from good to great: The benefits of investment in project management training and education. International Journal of Project Management, 33(1), 41-52.