Project Management Skills & Traits

This assignment explores the essential skills and traits of successful project managers in today's dynamic environment. It delves into the importance of technical proficiency, teamwork, decision-making, and adapting to evolving technologies. The document analyzes various perspectives on project management effectiveness, referencing relevant academic sources like Kerzner and Bredillet, as well as industry standards such as PMI and SAS-HB400. It also highlights the consequences of hiring ineffective project managers and emphasizes the continuous learning required for project management success.

Weekly Portfolio Learning Table
Topic and
reading
samples.
Personal learning
outcomes
Learning from
your experience.
References.
Project
Excellence
Organizations go for people
with particular traits
associated with project
management. These traits
including ability to naturally
command authority and fast
sifting capabilities (which are
differentiating the things to
ignore to those that are worth
noting).
Things are executed
differently today compared to
10years ago. People rely on
modern technology and
technical tools.
Bredillet, C. (2010). Blowing hot
and cold on project management.
[online] Available at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/
10.1002/pmj.20179/abstract
[Accessed 11 Oct. 2017].
Kerzner
Chapter 4 & 8
In case an organization hires
the wrong project manager,
the main effect would be
project failure. Other factors
associated with the same
include intangible and
tangible costs harming one’s
business..
Learning new skills and
developments is one of the
ways of increasing efficiency
Kerzner, H. (2013). Project
Management: A Systems Approach
to Planning, Scheduling, and
Controlling. [online] Available at:
https://leseprobe.buch.de/images-
adb/01/a0/01a0f1b5-054e-46ba-
a3d3-4d33b63eb326.pdf [Accessed
11 Oct. 2017].
Journals &
Standards
 SAS-
HB400
Today’s Project Managers are
required to have technical skills and
understand the importance of
team work.
 PMJ
 PMI
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