Program Manager Competencies

Paulette Brown Philadelphia, Pa, United States

What is the specific to list core competencies necessary to be an effective Program Manager today?

Posted: Feb 21, 2011 9:31 PM

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Ahmad Yahya CEO| ADAM - Agile Digital Assistant for Managers Putrajaya, Malaysia

I believe the core competencies, should be, but not limited to,

1. Analytical Thinking
2. Communication Skill
3. Team work
4. Domain Knowledge
5. Leadership

Posted: Feb 24, 2011 12:01 AM

Hans Robbers Senior Director| Salesforce Vlissingen, Netherlands

Paulette

Good question. My top 3 is
- communications
- stakeholder management (managing the interests of all parties involved)
- delegation

Hopes this helps Hans

Posted: Feb 28, 2011 8:30 AM

sahil rao Manager - Projects| E F Information Systems Bangalore, India

I think apart from having the traits of a good Project Manager, the Program Manager should be able to see the

Big Picture
Anticipate,
Identify Dependencies across the projects

Posted: Mar 3, 2011 4:10 AM

Audumbar Dhuri Senior Project Manager| Bentley Systems Dombivali, Maharashtra, India

To monitor projects - bring up the astray ones.
See that the outcome of projects are aligned to organisational goals.
control projects as per the dynamic conditions arising during execution
Motivate project managers and teams

Posted: Mar 10, 2011 7:33 AM

Elizabeth Harrin Director| RebelsGuideToPM.com London, England, United Kingdom

I agree that big picture thinking is important. Stakeholder engagement is also critical, to be able to juggle varying priorities. And a sense of humour!

Posted: Mar 20, 2011 11:38 AM

Wai Mun Koo PMO Director| Intergraph PP&M Singapore, Singapore

You may want to refer to PMI's Project Manager Competency Development Framework (PMCDF). It provides a lot of details on benchmarking project managers and measuring their competencies.

Posted: Mar 21, 2011 12:49 AM

Russell Geake Project Management Consultant| Deciduous Partners Ltd Lostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Hi Paulette,
You can never go far wrong by adding a bullet-proof, non-stick superhero cape. The ability to condense and expand time on demand. and a method of maintaining multiple holographic presences as well as invisibility (sorry, just picking up Elizabeth's sense of humour).

The above can be re-written as:
1) Time Management
2) Communication
3) Resilience

Additionaly, good form or provenance: having a strong background in managing projects, multiple projects, programmes and portfolios. When selecting I would be looking for evidence of this progression and in career planning look ot develop this base.

Posted: Mar 21, 2011 12:53 PM

Rajesh Shankaranarayana General Manager| Mindtree Limited Bangalore, Karnataka, India

I would put the following on priority list:
- Looking at the big picture and visualizing the customer's customers needs
- Thought Leadership
- Team visioning
- Stakeholder Management
- Dependency management
- Lot of communication and excellent people management skills

Posted: Dec 27, 2011 2:08 AM

Shalini Gupta Project Manager Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Hi,

Program Manager manages horizontally acorss multiple functional projects within a Program and practices - soft skills , Leadership Skills and business / Finacial Knowledge and interdependency acorss projects to lead the program to achieve Organizational and strategic Goals / benefit.

Posted: Feb 27, 2012 4:29 AM

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