Leadership of a Project Team

A project manager with limited technical skills who is somewhat awkward in interpersonal relationships can still successfully lead a project. A project manager who possesses outstanding technical skills and plans and organizes well, can blow a project.

The success of a project depends not on the project manager's technical expertise or know-how, but on the project manager instilling in the team the fact that they are the lifeblood of the project: That their input, expertise, and collaborative efforts are critical in every phase of the project from planning through execution. This is the job the IPM project manager is charged with doing!

As noted earlier, the authors have managed many projects. We have received praise, ...

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