| Acquiring Project Management Skills - A Wise Career | | | | the project depends on his shoulder. You can imagine |
| Move | | | | what a position of responsibility he holds. There are |
| Project Management is knowing how to see a | | | | nine project management skills that have been |
| project through from its initial stage of | | | | identified, which are as follows: |
| conceptualization to the final stage of execution. | | | | 1. Integration Management |
| Acquiring project management skills can work | | | | 2. Time Management |
| wonders for your career. | | | | 3. Scope Management |
| The Life Cycle of a Project | | | | 4. Human Resource Management |
| A project is very different from operations | | | | 5. Procurement Management |
| management which involves repetitive jobs that are | | | | 6. Cost Management |
| carried out on a daily basis. A project is a temporary | | | | 7. Risk Management |
| initiative which is unique in nature. Every project has a | | | | 8. Quality Management |
| certain life cycle which has been identified below. | | | | 9. Communications Management |
| It starts with initiation where the project is selected | | | | Of these nine skills, there are some that need only a |
| after the evaluation of a number of factors. This is | | | | cursory familiarity while others require more in-depth |
| followed by the planning which is an intensive stage | | | | knowledge and even mastery. |
| where you need to identify all the work that needs | | | | Why Do You Need These Skills? |
| to be done and the deadlines by which they need to | | | | Acquiring project management skills is an important |
| be accomplished. | | | | move for your career. Since it has a logical sequence, |
| This stage also involves the allocation of a budget. | | | | you can get things done faster and more efficiently, |
| The execution stage follows next, where the actual | | | | and you are able to document and quantify your |
| work is done and the project is brought to life. The | | | | results. |
| monitoring and control stage inspects and evaluates | | | | You learn how to use the resources at hand more |
| the project, and finally you have the wrapping up and | | | | productively, thereby generating better-than-average |
| closing of the project. | | | | results. You are able to assess your performance at |
| What Skills Does a Project Manager Need | | | | the end of every project and go over what you |
| As a project manager, the onus of the success of | | | | learned. |