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Wanted: Leaders
Project managers are valuable because of their ability to plan, organize and direct mission-critical initiatives to meet organizational goals. But management skills alone don’t ensure success. Leadership is a critical component to successfully guiding a team to the finish line.
In one KPMG survey, 67 percent of the companies who participated said that their program/project management function was in need of improvement. Factors like unreasonable project timelines, poorly defined requirements, poor scope management, and unclear project objectives were cited as the culprits, even with the widespread practice of putting certified project managers in charge.
Shouldn’t hiring a Project Management Professional (PMP) offer a certain likelihood of success?
Perhaps there’s a larger issue at play. The root cause for project failure may stem from a project manager’s inability to lead projects, not just manage them.
After being called in to rescue and turnaround numerous IT projects, I’ve found that while a PMP certification is important, it alone is not sufficient for successful project management. With many troubled projects, there appears to be a common link: there is no leadership. That is, while the project manager may be focused on what needs to be done — and may well know how to do it — he or she …
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