1. Good Organiser: Information, Reports, meetings, communications.
2. Excellent communicator: differentiate between “thorough and timely communication” and “information overload”.
3. Negotiator
4. Good People Manager (Trust Worthy + Good Listener + a Confident Leader): The Project Manager must be ready to take charge and not afraid to make tough or unpopular decisions. They also must be ready to fight for their project, their customer, and/or their team members. That could be escalating issues – including resource availability issues – to executive management in order to ensure the success of their project.
5. Problem solver
6. Doing what you say and saying what you do: The Project Manager should do what they say they are going to do. PMs, if you set up smoke screens and miss deadlines because you’re too busy, then the rest of the team will see that and sense that deadlines are merely suggestions. Respect will be lost and the project timelines may ultimately be affected.
7. Well Connected in the Organization
8. Passionate about the task/Project
