A paper presented to the Project
Management Institute's Annual Seminar/Symposium "Tides of
Change", Long Beach, California, USA, 1998 (Updated for web
presentation, 2002). Presented here as the fourth in a series
linking project type through management style to project success.
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Appendix B
Project Manager's Skill Sets
(Developed through training and experience)
Explorer
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Coordinator
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Driver
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Administrator
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Imaginative
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Responsive
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Assertive
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Organized
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Planning ........
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focus long range
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focus on participation
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focus short range
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focus on solutions
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produce a vision
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produce feedback
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produce results
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produce stability
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innovate, generates ideas
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probe
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elaborate
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deliberate
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envision
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brainstorm
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clarify
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analyze and rationalize
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conceptualize plans
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build consensus plans
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create plans
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work with information/data
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workaround problems
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advocate self-correction
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confront problems
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generate solutions
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Organizing ........
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evoke dedication
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obtain willing effort
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get early results
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harmonize effort
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enthuse, excite
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encourage
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enforce
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build confidence
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achieve
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compromise
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coordinate
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collaborate
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inspire
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challenge
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direct
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administer
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delegate
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interact
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execute
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administer
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motivate
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negotiate
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integrate
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summarize
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Executing ........
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lead by example
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develop commitment
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drive using partnerships
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reinforce commitment
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map out direction
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promote self-managed teamwork
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give direction
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give encouragement
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foster personal growth
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foster team building
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foster healthy competition
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foster team work
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attract the best followers
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coach available people
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demand the best people
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use available people
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win stakeholder support
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listen to stakeholders
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cultivate stakeholders
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keep stakeholder contact
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use politics
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sidestep politics
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recognize politics
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manage conflict
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Controlling ........
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take major decisions
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reach decision closure
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make most decisions
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implement decisions
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empower
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guide
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constrain
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converge
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get things recognized
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get things agreed
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get things done
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get things accepted
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use power by networking
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use power by persuasion
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use power by authority
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use power by consent
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unify by enthusiasm
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unify by ownership
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unify by authority
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unify by agreement
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minimize reporting
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encourage responsive reporting
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optimize reporting
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institute effective reporting
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Skills required by all: ability to communicate well,
plan, prioritize, organize, exercise control and be resourceful
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