PROJ6000 Principles of Project Management: Discussion on Competencies

This assignment is a discussion post analyzing the competencies of a project manager. The student identifies key traits such as effective communication, strong leadership, decision-making skills, team-building abilities, and the capacity to remain calm under pressure. The post covers various aspects of project management, including risk, cost, and resource management. It also includes a peer response that acknowledges the accuracy of the initial post while suggesting additional skills, such as empathy, technical knowledge, and negotiation skills. References from various sources have also been provided to support the discussion. The assignment fulfills the requirements of PROJ6000, focusing on project management best practices and PMI's Code of Ethics.

Running head: PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLES OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Discussions
Part A
A manager of project who has the whole responsibility for initiation, planning, execution,
monitoring and closure of project (Hodgson and Paton 2016). The manager of the project
should ensure that the risk is controlled and reduced in the project. A project manager should
have some traits so that the project management is effective. The traits of the project manager
include:
 Effective communication skills: the manager of the project should have good skills of
communication in order to connect with people at all the levels (Henkel, Marion and
Bourdeau 2019)
 Strong leadership skills: The project manager must have leadership skills in order to
motivate the team and make them give their maximum hard work for the project.
 Good decision maker: the project manager should have good skills of making decisions in
order to make the project effective.
 Team building skills: the project manager must have proper skills of team building and he
should know the way to give importance to the project manager and provide them
motivation by telling them to focus on their positive traits (Kawesittisankhun and
Pongpeng 2019).
 Cool under pressure: during the management of the project, a situation can come across
where the project manager needs to take quick decisions. In this situation, the project
manager must handle the situation coolly and take the decisions properly
 Good negotiation skills: one of the qualities those are required for the management of
project is the capability to negotiate. The project manager requires skills of negotiation in

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order to settle the issues and maintain proper harmony in the team (Herrera, Calahorra
and Cordero 2017).
 Empathetic: understanding and caring for the team members are very important for the
project manager. It is one of the most important skills of the manager of the project
(Afshari and Kowal 2017). It consists of understanding the requirements of the projects
and the requirements of the stakeholders
 Competence: A good manager of project knows the job that he is doing and he can initiate
new projects and as well as face the challenge. It is important for a manager of the project
to have most of the attributes for the manager of the project to succeed in order to manage
the project.
 Technical expertise: Since the softwares of management of project are important to
accomplish goals of a project, a manager of project must have technical knowledge in
order to understand the issues those are related to technical aspect.
 Inspires a vision that is shared: A manager of the project can clear the vision to the
members of the team (Afshari and Kowal 2018). A person that is visionary can lead the
team members to the direction those are right as well as very easily adapt to the various
changes that come in the way of the project manager.
 Problem solving skills: A manager of the project must have skills of problem solving so
that he can solve the problems that come across during the management of the project
(Henkel et al 2019). The manager of project for the successfulness of a project should do
it properly.
Part B
The answer that is written by you about the project manager is correct and on point.
The abilities of the project manager are properly mentioned in the answer that is written by
you. The traits of the project manager that is provided by you in the answer include the

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management of risk, management of cost and the management of resources. These are the
primary abilities those are provided by you but there are other abilities of the project manager
that should have been mentioned by you. Then other traits of the project manager that should
have been mentioned by you include empathetic, competence, technical knowledge,
negotiation skills, team building skills and many more skills that should have been mentioned
in the answer. The answer that is provided by you is compact and is appropriate. You should
have mentioned few of the qualities. Other than that, the answer to the question is on point. In
qualities of the manager of project mentioned in the report, functions of manager of project
are what not mentioned properly. Only the definitions of the qualities and what does it mean
is mentioned. You should have mentioned what the project manager should do in order to
manage the risk, manage the cost and manage the resources. Overall, the report is alright and
much detailed but few things were needed in order to make the report compact and
appropriate, then the abilities of the project manager would have been understood properly.

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