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  • Jeff replied to the topic Project Manager Skills in the forum Introduction to Project Management 8 years, 2 months ago

    Along with superior communication and proper planning, I believe what can really help in the average work day for a Project Manager would be excellent organizational skills. While good organization would be good for Project Management, it’s a skill that would help almost anyone that’s in the workforce. From prior experience from internships in the past, I’ve observed Project Managers having to oversee multiple projects at a time. With all of those projects, comes collaboration with different teams consisting of multiple people actually working on the technical aspects of those projects. At some point it would be hard to keep track of all the work that each person is contributing from each team that helps the overall progress of the project itself. This is also where organization and communication goes hand and hand, since project managers are expected to be overseeing so many projects at a time. Without proper organization, project management would be very difficult and seem almost impossible. Learning and familiarizing yourself with software such as Microsoft Project or Microsoft Excel would also help keep project managers organized when keeping up to date with the overall progress and deadlines of a project.