There are a lot of skills, abilities and other attributes needed for a successful PM career, but trying to see if there is one common dominating attribute. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
When I had to step up from development manager to the project manager position, my supervisor told me I had to get my PMP certification. Before, I was an occasional project manager. Afterwards, project management become my normal. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
You have to understand this: a project/program manager is a person who must engage and must convince to people inside the organization to make extra work when are asigned to project/program activities and those people are allways in organizational positions with more power than the project/program manager. And extra is with program management: she/he must convince people to agree with invest in the initiative because they will be more rich with the results of the initiative than without it, where rich does not means money only. So, with that on mind, you can choose any thing you consider will help you in your next initiative. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
From my side and experience, the ability to influence other and leadership skills and specifically effective communication played pivotal and major role. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
TO be a successfull project manager you need a lot of skills, like my fellow posters already mentioned.
Based on my experience i would also say that having great commincation skills is a criticial success factor, since being a project manager meant at least 80% of the job is communicating. Saving Changes...
Victoria BajanenIT-Manufacturing Systems Engineer| PC FusionWi, United States
If you show that you care and ask how each person how they are feeling each day, and smile, listen to them before you begin you will find that they are much more responsive to your mission/needs. You can get a better level of engagement. However that is only the beginning you must track progress and be able to help those that aren't performing for the project. A good project management plan can help, created in the risk management plan. Saving Changes...
Khai Ng.IT PMO | IT Project Manager| TTGROUPHanoi, Viet Nam
The dominating attribute is effective communication. 90 percent of project manager's time is to communicate with others. Without effective communication, a small issue can become a big obstacle to your project. Saving Changes...
Bala S DuvvuriProject Manager| ShellBangalore, Karnataka, India
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Communication skill . Having ones basics strong and ability to put forward ones ideas in proper perspective will take one up the ladder. Saving Changes...
John Caron, MBA, PMP, CSMVP - Technology Project Solutions Consultant| Bank of AmericaJacksonville, Fl, United States
I believe my wife has answered this to our friends best in stating, "John has a plan for everything. If we go on vacation, there is a plan and we are at certain points for a definite time"
To answer the question more directly, having the DNA to plan acts to time and follow-up with the actions introduced me to my career as a PM. Ask my wife, its in my DNA to ensure everything has a plan. I still subscribe effective communications is an integral aspect too as without this, one is destined for failures or numerous hurdles to jump over. Saving Changes...
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