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One Nugget Report from The Project Management Advisor™
Issue 2009-26 - Attributes of an Effective Project
Manager
Recently I did an interview talking about the most important attributes of an effective project manager and those attributes which undermine a person's ability to manage projects well. It was fun putting together the list and I thought I would share my raw bullets with you, as follows:
Attributes of an effective project
manager:
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Skill in negotiating win-win solutions between stakeholders and the project team
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Ability to understand the needs of the stakeholder organization and take those into account when making day to day project decisions
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Ability to objectively present decision alternatives and consequences and drive to a rational decision based on the alternatives
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Staying calm particularly during turbulent times
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Avoiding showing biases toward any team member or stakeholder organization
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Skill in clearly articulating a project workplan, its dependencies, and the resulting deliverables
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Desire to hold the team accountable for deliverables
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Ability to clearly articulate and communicate the mission of the project and continually remind the project team of the business purpose behind the project
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Ability to earn the respect of the team regardless of reporting relationships
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Willingness to be held accountable for results and not deflect blame when things don’t go well
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Ability to effectively leverage a project sponsor to get him/her to help the project manager through difficult issues
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Skill in managing virtual teams
Things which undermine a PM’s ability to manage effectively:
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Inability to stay calm when problems arise
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Blame-shifting when things go wrong
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Poor articulation of work
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Biases towards team members or stakeholder organizations
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Political or hidden agendas which influence project decisions
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Inability to compromise or negotiate win-win solutions
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