The 4C's of an Ideal Project Manager
To be excellent, a project manager should be:
- Communicative - Communication is the artery of any project and information is the blood that should flow seamlessly. The PM has to be communicative to all levels of the organization who are involved. It is not just to be communicative, but communicate effectively the right information at the right time to all the stakeholders of a project.
- Collaborative - Projects are a joint intellectual effort of many minds. The PM should lead any activity in a project and should take a collaborative approach. For example when adopting this approach, the PM is involving the client in project activities from the beginning, indirectly getting a buy-in. It becomes easier for the client to take decisions in any activity and overall it saves time in the project.
- Committed - This can make or break lots of decisions and has a tremendous impact on the project, and on the relationships and trust between the PM and various other constituents. A PM, once committed to a deliverable or a milestone, can never go back. By sticking to a commitment he builds relationship and trust.
- Creative - Customers are quenched with creative meaningful ideas that help them to meet the business or competitive market needs. The PM should be in the forefront with creativity in dealing with client’s problems or requirements. Also, he should be creative in leading the team. Problems do creep in a project, but the PM should be creative with array of new ideas to deal with them.
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Foure-Joopen Helga, France
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Add Extra C's: Coordination and Concentration
The four C's indicated above could perhaps be complimented by two others which are:
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Leonard Stewart, United States
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Add Extra C: Cool
I would add another C: Cool, as in cool under pressure.
A PM must respond to many pressures with ap... Sign up
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alice fernandes, Kuwait
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Establishing an Ideal Project Team
Very good points are listed but very rare to find all of these in one person. Every person has some ... Sign up
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Shankar Lakkaraju, India
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Caring / Empathy
@Asad Ali : I agree with Caring; without empathy towards "your" team nothing can be achieved. Feel t... Sign up
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Mohamed Hisham, Sri Lanka
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The Ideal Project Manager
It becomes clear reading the above that the subject of project management includes team work, leader... Sign up
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umesh bahadur, India
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Add Extra C: Couragious
Great. I would like to add courage in taking decisions and to stand up to criticism when things do n... Sign up
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Frank Yost, United States
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Leadership
@Asad Ali : I could not agree with you more. People are losing sight of what it means to be a true l... Sign up
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Macil Eddy, United States
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Add Extra C: Centered
What about centered as in centered on the end goal, and not the project itself.
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Prof. Dr. Karl Kuhn, Azerbaijan
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4 C's are Good, But Other Qualities are Needed as Well
I agree that these are prerequisites supporting project management excellence.
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aurelian cojocaru, Romania
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Project Manager should be C-L-E-A-R
To complete the picture, there is also the CLEAR acronym for a project manager:
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Ioannis Chassiotis, Greece
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Requirements for Effective Project Manager
The above mentioned 4C's can equally apply to effective management & leadership in general.
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Shadrack Ashibo Atanda, Kenya
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Project Manager Traits
I totally agree with the above C's.. enlightening! If I had known all this earlier, then my organiza... Sign up
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Rannona A Rantao, South Africa
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Project Manager and Transformational Leadership
I agree with the various comments on the required C's as ideal traits for a project manager.
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Roller Saint Pierre, Haiti
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Ad Extra C: Culturally Oriented
What about "culturally oriented". A PM must understand the organizational culture in which he is ope... Sign up
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Robin Lahiri, United Kingdom
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On Extra C: Centered on Goals
@Macil Eddy: I couldn't agree more.
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Nzuza, South Africa
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On: Client-oriented
@Mark Song : Mark, I agree.
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francisco, Brazil
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Consider Replacing Collaborative by Cooperative
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Maia de Lourdes Larrea, Ecuador
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On Extra C: Care / Caring
@Asad Ali : For Saasthry's 4 C's, the most important thing is to have behind all of these a high mot... Sign up
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Alexander Weihs, Germany
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Extra C: Coach
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Alberto, Spain
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The Project Manager Should Be a Good Finisher too
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Joel Nicaragua, Nicaragua
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On Courage
@Umesh Bahadur: You are totally right. What we always find in the field are questions like: "Are you... Sign up
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Ana Lilly Sander Padilla, Mexico
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So.... The 12 C's of a Perfect Project Manager...
I was reading all of your your comments, and I thought most additional traits that were mentioned ar... Sign up
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nan zeng, China
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Using the Cs for Selecting a Project Manager
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Anwar Saleem, Pakistan
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Caring - Passionate > Motivating
@Bergmann: caring here doesn't mean pampering, caring here stands for motivating. When a leader is o... Sign up
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Anwar Saleem, Pakistan
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Technically Prepared - Skilled
@Maria Lairet: I agree, being technically prepared or being competent is a must, but competency is o... Sign up
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bhusan, India
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Essential Traits in the Form of 12 Cs
@Ana Lilly Sander Padilla:
I think you summarized the discussion well in the form of 12 Cs. Each an... Sign up
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Heather Jones, New Zealand
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4 C's in Practice?
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Paolo Mazzoni, Italy
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Managing Customer's Change Requests
All interesting and valid opinions. In my experience I think one of the most valuable is the PM's ab... Sign up
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Mahmoud, Saudi Arabia
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Catalyzation ~ Caring
I would like to add Catalyzation which is very near to motivation process.
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