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The 4C's of an Ideal Project Manager
Mellacheruvu Adi Saasthry , Director, India, Premium Member
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...
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The Ideal Project Manager is a Leader
Peruch, Management Consultant, Belgium, Member Mr Saasthry,
I like your points, what you tell us is that a good project manager should also be a leader...
I can agree with that, because a...
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Add Extra C: Cool
Leonard Stewart I would add another C: Cool, as in cool under pressure.
A PM must respond to many pressures with aplomb and consistency... another c....
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Add Extra C: Caring
Asad Ali, Manager, Pakistan, Member Agreed, but I would add yet another C for Caring, because it is one of the most important sources for motivating the team....
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Establishing an Ideal Project Team
alice fernandes Very good points are listed but very rare to find all of these in one person. Every person has some strong areas and some weak areas.
Hence when ...
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Caring / Empathy
Shankar Lakkaraju @ Asad Ali : I agree with Caring; without empathy towards "your" team nothing can be achieved. Feel that the team is...
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The Ideal Project Manager
Mohamed Hisham It becomes clear reading the above that the subject of project management includes team work, leadership and motivational factors.
All these attr...
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Add Extra C: Couragious
umesh bahadur Great. I would like to add courage in taking decisions and to stand up to criticism when things do not turn up as planned....
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Leadership
Frank Yost @ Asad Ali : I could not agree with you more. People are losing sight of what it means to be a true leader. What a l...
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Add Extra C: Centered
Macil Eddy What about centered as in centered on the end goal, and not the project itself.
It seems that failed projects I have studied failed in part becau...
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Extra C: Cost Effectiveness
isaiah, Accountant, Kenya, Member Cost effectiveness is also key. Cost-time tradeoffs are to be considered. For example, certain processes can be expedited at an incremental cost, but ...
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Behavioural Traits for a Good Project Manager
Madan Gopal Agarwal, Business Consultant, India, Member Good and useful summary of behavioural traits for a good project manager.
As such, any job needs technical / functional traits like knowledge, sk...
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To Succeed as a Project Manager
wil son chnyamurindi, Zimbabwe, Member Over and above all else, the PM should visualise the goal, motivate himself/herself through interim targets, stay focused and determined; not be afrai...
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The 4C's of a Project Manager
Tom Smulders, Business School Marketer, Netherlands, Member Very good points, I wish I had realized it earlier in my career. I understand now what the reason is that my company stayed too small over the years.<...
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Add Extra C: Customer Oriented
Mark Song, Manager, China, Member I would like to add another C: customer-oriented. Sometimes most PMs would like to focus on products developing and training and packaging and product...
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Project Manager should be C-L-E-A-R
aurelian cojocaru To complete the picture, there is also the CLEAR acronym for a project manager:
- Credibility - you have it or you'll never succeed!
- Leade...
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Requirements for Effective Project Manager
Ioannis Chassiotis, Greece, Member The above mentioned 4C's can equally apply to effective management & leadership in general.
And of course, project management requires qualities ...
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Project Management Tools
James Kimani Mwaura, Manager, Kenya, Member On a basic level, the project manager should also be able to use tools for project management such as Microsoft Office / Visio etc. for proper documen...
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Project Manager Traits
Shadrack Ashibo Atanda I totally agree with the above C's.. enlightening! If I had known all this earlier, then my organization would have been further!...
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Ad Extra C: Culturally Oriented
Roller Saint Pierre What about "culturally oriented". A PM must understand the organizational culture in which he is operating. There are multiple relationships between t...
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Add Extra C: Candid
Mohd Alduwaihees, Strategy Consultant, Kuwait, Member I would like to add another c (candid) telling the truth in evaluating the different stages of the project. Also candid and nice in his/her treatments...
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Add Extra C: Coherent
Marco Brandimarte, Project Manager, Italy, Member Coherence increases reliability of relationship and leadership. If a PM is coherent, it's easier for his staff to follow his guidelines: his energy is...
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On: Client-oriented
Nzuza, Consultant, South Africa, Member @ Mark Song : Mark, I agree.
As a project manager, you are employed by the client to help them improve their bu...
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THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INPUTS !
Mellacheruvu Adi Saasthry , Director, India, Premium Member Thank you to all of you, it pays really to enrich our thoughts, and experiences, I am delighted with such inputs, we can work more, thank you so much ...
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On Extra C: Care / Caring
Maia de Lourdes Larrea @ Asad Ali : For Saasthry's 4 C's, the most important thing is to have behind all of these a high motivation of your...
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Caring? Project Manager must be Passionate too
Bergmann, Business Consultant, Germany, Member Talking about caring... from my point of view a projct leader must be passionately fighting for his project. Should he arrive in a project meeting wit...
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4 C's of an Ideal Project Manager
Andile Ace Kwakweni, Project Manager, South Africa, Member Just about every "additional" comment and "counter" argument that flows from the original contribution by Mr. Saasthry, curiously, unpacks and builds ...
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Extra C: Coach
Alexander Weihs I like these 4C's and would like to suggest another one: coaching for team members and executives....
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Add Extra C: Competent
Oscar Pinto, Project Manager, Portugal, Member I would like to add another C. Competent: a competent leader possess in-depth practical and theoretical knowledge to deal with situations in a backgro...
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Add Extra C: Consistency
Kerr, Manager, Ireland, Member How about consistent? What I mean is that a PM must always stick to the project management process. Don't be tempted to become a hero or make deals wi...
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The Human Part!
Maria Montero, Coach, Venezuela, Member I agree with everything said here. In my short experience with project managers I have learned that most of them are very well prepared technically, b...
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4C + Time, Costs and Quality
Oscar Tobar, Consultant, Guatemala, Member I agree totally with these four fields of a PM´s behavior, but supported with knowledge of the strict observations of the main controls to reach the g...
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4C's are Keys to Success in Project Management
John A. Williams, Project Manager, Netherlands, Member It's good to see that more attention is being given to the 'soft side' (relational and situational aspects) of project management.
In my experien...
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On Courage
Joel Nicaragua @ Umesh Bahadur: You are totally right. What we always find in the field are questions like: "Are you sure?", "Can y...
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Extra C: Conscientious
Reshma Sreedharan, Teacher, India, Member The 4 C's mentioned are the core of being a successful project manager.
But conscientiousness is also an important trait needed in managers as it...
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More Project Manager Traits...
Dilip Khanal, CEO, Nepal, Member It seems that we are stuck with Cs as Shaastri initiated the discussion. I think being conversant with project management tools, strong monitoring, le...
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Caring & Passionate
Bergmann, Business Consultant, Germany, Member @ Anwar Saleem:
Yes, your are right. I agree with this meaning of 'caring' emotionality, passionately and in le...
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4 C's in Practice?
Heather Jones The C's sound good in theory, but how do they actually work in practice......
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Creating Team Spirit
V SHRIDHAR, Consultant, India, Member The 4Cs are definitely the most important qualities.
I believe also Caring & Cool are equally important.
I wish to add "team spirit " to the...
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Managing Customer's Change Requests
Paolo Mazzoni, Consulente di Organizzazione, Italy, Member All interesting and valid opinions. In my experience I think one of the most valuable is the PM's ability to manage the continuous customer's attempts...
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Catalyzation ~ Caring
Mahmoud I would like to add Catalyzation which is very near to motivation process.
I believe it's more powerful than "caring".
Mahmoud...
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Add Extra C: Concluding
Sam Oum, Director, Cambodia, Member Concluding is also one of the most important C's for project management...
Ed: thanks Sam, nice suggestion. Can we say Concluding is already ...
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Extra C: Current
John Moses, Manager, Nigeria, Member In my own opinion, the list is ending. Apart from being communicative, collaborative, committed and creative, a project manager should be CURRENT with...
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