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What would project managers on Mars need to add to their PM toolkit?

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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
A really good space suit yeah, but what else in terms of skills to effectively manage projects in a hostile, unforgiving and extremely risky environment? I would say 100% mastery of risk management techniques and response plans.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Mar 16, 2018 12:15 AM
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Rami,
Scrolling down the inputs I was thinking the same thing while agreeing with Sante. EQ is one of the most important tools when dealing with a pressure cooking environment, followed by the ability to alter your approach efficiently.

@ Sante, absolutely have to manage the risks, followed by stakeholder management with skilled communication like your title.
Agreed, William.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
In my case, a football ball. There is no reason to worry about when I have one.
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Mar 17, 2018 10:06 PM
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We both like soccer/football Sergio. Not sure how the ball would play in gravity 1/3 that of Earth, but indoor soccer would be good.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mar 17, 2018 8:42 PM
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In my case, a football ball. There is no reason to worry about when I have one.
We both like soccer/football Sergio. Not sure how the ball would play in gravity 1/3 that of Earth, but indoor soccer would be good.
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Mar 18, 2018 7:34 AM
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I am Argentine. I can play football anywhere. Including I can use a stone from Mars (hehehe)
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mar 17, 2018 10:06 PM
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We both like soccer/football Sergio. Not sure how the ball would play in gravity 1/3 that of Earth, but indoor soccer would be good.
I am Argentine. I can play football anywhere. Including I can use a stone from Mars (hehehe)
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Lenka Pincot Chief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management Institute Paris, France
Wow, great question! I think you must be really resilient to survive on Mars. Great empathy and communication skills to keep your team motivated and stay focus on the goal. You must be a role model never breaking down because you need to keep the team up all the time. You must be very creative and be used to work with minimal resources.
Well, Bruce Willis may be a bit old now but Matt Damon did a great job!! The potatoes, that was amazing
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Mar 18, 2018 9:36 PM
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Great points Lenka. A lot of those things are related to emotional maturity which for sure will be crucial in that environment.
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Sandra Maughon Professor| Piedmont College Cleveland, Ga, United States
Problem solving skills. Creative problem solving skills. Which leads us back to Matt again.
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Mar 18, 2018 9:37 PM
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Thanks Sandra. Matt seems to be on everyone's A team for survival on Mars :-)
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mar 18, 2018 9:05 PM
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Wow, great question! I think you must be really resilient to survive on Mars. Great empathy and communication skills to keep your team motivated and stay focus on the goal. You must be a role model never breaking down because you need to keep the team up all the time. You must be very creative and be used to work with minimal resources.
Well, Bruce Willis may be a bit old now but Matt Damon did a great job!! The potatoes, that was amazing
Great points Lenka. A lot of those things are related to emotional maturity which for sure will be crucial in that environment.
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Mar 18, 2018 10:06 PM
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I think so, at the end what will the project manager need most is his team. He needs to make it very efficient and performing. He can hardly posses all the knowledge, skills or experience by himself so he needs to be able to enable the team. I mean in real life.. very different in movies indeed:)
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mar 18, 2018 9:30 PM
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Problem solving skills. Creative problem solving skills. Which leads us back to Matt again.
Thanks Sandra. Matt seems to be on everyone's A team for survival on Mars :-)
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Lenka Pincot Chief of Staff to the CEO| Project Management Institute Paris, France
Mar 18, 2018 9:36 PM
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Great points Lenka. A lot of those things are related to emotional maturity which for sure will be crucial in that environment.
I think so, at the end what will the project manager need most is his team. He needs to make it very efficient and performing. He can hardly posses all the knowledge, skills or experience by himself so he needs to be able to enable the team. I mean in real life.. very different in movies indeed:)
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