Role of a project manager (PM) is very critical in the success of a project. The larger the scope of the project, the more critical is the responsibility of the PM. A PM has to be able to see the big picture and at the same time also manage the details associated with planning. Not only is a PM required to successfully execute on a project, he or she is also is responsible to keep all stakeholders aligned with each other. This is not an easy job and both education and experience makes the best PMs. Even so some people are born to make good PMs because they have the leaderships skills and capabilities to manage a wide range of stakeholders.
Project management training is crucial to understand not only the basics but also learn leaderships skills that will make you an a highly competent at delivering in highly complex situations. PMP certification from the project management institute is the best training course a PM could take. This course is very practical and teaches how to deal with all the obstacles and hurdles that one comes across during the course of a project. The PMP certification is one of the most widely recognised PM qualifications with over 400,000 holders of the qualification around the world.
Lets take a look at various aspects of a project that a PM has to be aware of and successfully execute. Keeping the sense of progress and keeping the stakeholders aligned is a number important aspect of managing a project. This aspect involves dealing with multiple personalities and their opinions and sometimes their ego as well. This will also involved resolving conflicts between multiple parties. Second most important aspect is keeping the schedules aligned for different milestones of the project. PM raining will teach you different tools to manage schedule and deal with delays and inconsistencies etc.
Another key element of managing a project is changing requirements and how to deal with these changing requirements in order to keep the schedule intact. At times, a PM will have to deal with people turnover specially in cases where the project is a long term project lasting for multiple years. Last but not the least is how to keep the team motivated to keep at the project when the time frame can be really long. Some of these aspects are learned at the project management training and others are learnt with hands on experience while managing projects.
Paul Naybour
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Paul.Naybour@ParallelProjectTraining.com
Parallel Project Training offer a wide range of project management courses including PMP Certification Training. These are available on-line or face to face in London or Reading.