Principle of Project Management | Discussion Post

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Principle of project management
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Project management is a technique of making use of effective tools, techniques and
planning skills to ensure successful project execution. However, management of global project
require a project manager to possess certain key personal traits and competencies for ensure an
effective project management. For management of global project, it is essential for a project
manager to have certain essential skills of negotiation, leadership, communication, team building
and skills of managing the human resources. However, apart from these essential skills, a
manager needs to hold certain key abilities to be internationally ready and to manage the project
in a global environment. One particular personal trait that a global project manager needs to hold
in order to be operative include the skill of being culturally sensitive. A global project manager
needs to work with a culturally diverse team and therefore, this particular skill is required to be
possessed by the manager (Binder, 2016). Apart from that, it is necessary for the manager to be
an excellent communicator to perform effectively in global projects. These skills and
competencies are important for the project managers to possess while management of a global
team mostly because in a global context, a manager needs to work with a culturally diverse team
and communicate with the team in an effective manner to make the team members understand
the expectations and the deliverables of the project (Zulch, 2014). Apart from that, another must
have skill for a manager is the ability of the manager to negotiate and resolve conflict. This can
be achieved by building commitment within the team (Barnwell et al., 2014). Building a team
commitment is necessary to ensure that the entire team is working towards accomplishing a
mutual goal.
Project Selection is a process of assessing a particular idea to select a project having
highest priority. The selection of any project is mainly done on basis of the aims, objectives and