After a large number of surveys and conversations with project management professionals, I found that the characteristics of world-class project managers can be described with 54 skills. These 54 skills can be divided into the following 5 categories: ◆ project management skills
-- Formulation of articles of association
-- Complexity Evaluation
-- Cost Estimation
-- Cost Management
-- Key Path Management
-- Detailed estimation
-- Project closure
-- Project management software
-- Create/maintain project records
-- Project organization
-- Project plan preparation
-- Project Progress Evaluation
-- Resource Acquisition
-- Resource balance
-- Resource requirements
-- Schedule
-- Range management
-- Scale Estimation ◆ management skills
-- Authorization
-- Leadership
-- Change management
-- Multi-priority management
-- Meeting management
-- Performance Management
-- Quality Management
-- Personnel and Career Management
-- Staffing, hiring, and selection ◆ business skills
-- Budget
-- Business evaluation
-- Business case analysis
-- Business functions
-- Business Process Design
-- Company products/services
-- Core Application System
-- Customer Service
-- Implementation
-- Planning: Strategy/Tactics
-- Product/supplier evaluation
-- Standards, procedures and policies
-- System Integration
-- Test ◆ interpersonal skills
-- Conflict Management
-- Flexibility
-- Influence
-- Interpersonal relationship
-- Negotiation
-- Link Management
-- Team management/creation ◆ personal skills
-- Creativity
-- Decision Making/key considerations
-- Display
-- Problem Solving/troubleshooting
-- Verbal communication
-- Written Communication
Because the project is not implemented under the independent role of one or more business disciplines, therefore, 54 techniques can be supplemented by skill evaluations in the fields of information technology, accounting, finance, marketing, sales, and execution management.
