Everybody Has Project Management Skills - Well, Almost Everybody

Project management is simply managing

Did you know that a lot of what we do in our everyday lives is very similar to project management?\r Can you answer YES to any of these questions:

All of the tasks listed above require you to use project management skills. You need to work out what you want to achieve, put together a plan of how you\'re going to achieve it, work out whose help you need to pull it off, and you set a budget.

For a holiday - you might delegate a lot of this work to your travel agent, and similarly to your Builder for building a house. But for things like organizing a surprise party, you need to:

If you think that doesn\'t take project management skills - think again! And do you know what skill I think is the most critical? Common sense (or pragmatism).

If I had a dollar for every Project Manager who \"talks the talk\" at the start of a project, I\'d be a very rich woman. And if I had a dollar for every Project Manager who successfully delivers what they set out to (who \"walks the walk\"), I\'d be a very poor woman. And why is that? Because most people get lazy and take their eye off the ball.

It\'s easy to start a project, create a nice looking Project Management Plan, and set up lots of important meetings. But when things start to go wrong, many people go to pieces, overreact, or focus on the really non important stuff (like whether their status report makes them look bad). Common sense, especially when it comes to being able to prioritize effectively, and knowing when to compromise, is a key skill for a project manager. I\'d take this over a university degree any day!

Give me someone who can sort the wheat from the chaff; who knows not to sweat the small stuff; who knows when they can afford to compromise and when not to, rather than standing their ground just for the sake of it.

For a copy of my free report -Troubleshooting the Most Common Challenges Facing Project Managers Today- just visit http://www.PMsRCool.com

Di Ellis has been a Project Manager for over 20 years and has worked in many industries including aviation, IT and finance. She has recently written a book for \"Project Managers To Be\" called Project Management Made Easy. You can learn more about it by visiting http://www.PMsRCool.com

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