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Interpersonal skills  Leadership, e.g. motivating others, delegation, and decision-making. Networking, e.g. network building, and communication skills, teamwork, e.g. collaboration, mentoring

4. Be able to monitor and control the progress of projects

Issues and risks  Project creep, gaps in the scope or accountability of the project, changing dependencies (other projects, business conditions etc.), delays, planning errors, skills or other resource deficits

Project monitoring  Status and plan documentation and regular monitoring meetings, defining responsibilities and accountability, communications, traceability, formalized frameworks and stages

Project conflict resolution  Role of Project Manager and Sponsor, constructive vs. destructive conflicts, compromise, skill complementarities, goal congruence

5. Be able to review, evaluate and closeout a project

Project closeout risks  Lack of ownership, communication failures, ‘meaningless’ plan without buy-in, no accountability, lack of employee empowerment

Project closeout  Formal evaluation of project and team performance, document learning points for future, assess success factors, post-implementation report, sign off on deliverables, hand over/archive documentation, contract closures, closing out financial accounts, reassign team