The New Realm of Project manager Skills

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Visit this group In today’s environment the Project manager needs to possess additional skills: Manage Effectively: Effectively manage resources and customers that are mobile and globally located,  Understand the Customer: Understand the business and marketing strategy of the customer because in this competitive landscape the project scope can change or become irrelevant quickly. Project managers should update their knowledge with changing marketing/business strategy to make sure that the project is still relevant to the customers. Demonstrate Cultural Intelligence: a Project manager also needs to acquire global knowledge and skills to understand unique culture of diverse individuals in the context of region, religion, ethnicity and country.    Sharp Negotiation Skills: The Project manager needs to sharpen negotiation skills and prioritization techniques to solve emerging problems in a short development cycle.