Take a moment to contemplate your current employment or a profession that you find intriguing.
Even if you don’t perceive yourself as a project manager, numerous job roles nowadays necessitate project management abilities.
Examine the six areas where project managers need to cultivate their skills. Which ones do you believe are essential for your job? What areas do you need to improve upon?
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Time management
- Understanding the regulatory environment
- Ethics and adherence to standards
- Continual professional development
Ponder potential steps you might consider taking to bridge these skill gaps and contribute them to the discussion group.
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Understanding the regulatory environment
Lately, I got to manage a project; however, I was somewhat not too familiar with the regulatory guidelines in the niche, which actually affected the project and incurred more financial burdens on the stakeholders, as part of the project was not in line with the outline principle in my region.
These gaps made me realise that as a PM, I must invest in knowing and understanding the regulatory environment of any niche I want to take up a project in.
Understanding the regulatory environment
All this skills are actively needed to become a satisfied project manager
I’m new to project management, as a beginner I would invest more time in training and continual professional development to be able to improve my skills to becoming a better project manager. I believe all the skills are important but taking time to work on communication, time management and adherence to ethics and standard practice is important in building a good career as a PM
Communication,Time management, ethics and adherence to stands and continual professional development is important in my career.
possible actions i may want to take to address these skill gaps are to start taking courses that will help me leverage on these skills, and i will also start project as a project management trainee, and then learn on the job.