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5 Reasons Engineers Need to Develop Project Management Skills

LiquidPlanner

Here’s a lesson I’m thankful I learned early in my career: successful engineering projects rely more on non-technical skills than technical skills. It’s not that the technical skills aren’t important – they are. cited that $122 million was wasted for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance.

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Skills Mismatch | What Is It & How to Bridge the Gap

Teamweek

Understanding this mismatch is key to ensuring your team’s talents are used effectively and your business thrives. Common causes for skills mismatches are poorly written job description ads, gaps in the hiring procedures, overemphasizing job experience over skills, and emerging technologies.

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

File sharing, time tracking, email integration, Gantt Charts, and budget management are the top five most used and requested features in project management software. PMOs are growing in both size (by budget and staff) and importance. In 2016, the average PMO accounted for nearly 5% of the project budget and had a staff size of 9.

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What makes a great project manager? The 10 most crucial project management skills for 2019 (and how to develop them)

Planio

That means communicating with their team and project stakeholders , setting realistic requirements, running meetings , assigning tasks , and managing time, budgets, and expectations. to keep their teams organized, document lessons learned, and manage tasks from start to finish. How to develop your project leadership skills.

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

The application was delivered on time, on-budget, and with the documented scope. The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment with project objectives and expectations.

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How to Develop the Essential Skills to Be a Project Manager

Wrike

We’ll break down several necessary project manager technical skills and soft skills, and provide some actionable advice that you can use to step up your game. 5 technical skills for project managers (and how to improve them). Develop this skill. Project budgeting. Develop this skill. Ready to get started?

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Project Management Blog Roundup: The Best of 2021

Ganttic

Sure to satisfy anyone leading projects and managing teams. What readers have to say: "Project Times team keeps the site consistently updated with in-depth articles, blogs, whitepapers, templates, and webinars, ensuring that PM Times is at the forefront of relevant content surrounding all developments regarding project management."

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