Comments on: Aunty Entity: Indispensable Project Managers http://freelanceswitch.com/the-perils-of-project-management/aunty-entity-indispensable-project-managers/ Freelance Advice and Freelance Jobs - FreelanceSwitch Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:23:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rashid http://freelanceswitch.com/the-perils-of-project-management/aunty-entity-indispensable-project-managers/#comment-8098 Rashid Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:49:28 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/the-perils-of-project-management/aunty-entity-indispensable-project-managers/#comment-8098 I definitely agree that you must be able to seamlessly integrate into the culture. It might also be important to excel at the following skills: 1) Make the client feel like they have hired the best possible person for the job. 2) You are able to provide the best possible quality of work for the price they are paying. 3) You are able to ask the right questions to illicit the responses needed to get a project done. This is a good skill to have because often clients know what they want done but they don't know how to ask for it. 4) You can see beyond the scope of the immediate project and can forecast any future problems that may arise. 5) Back your opinions with ample evidence. Just because it seems obvious to you, your client may not have the same background and knowledge that would enable them to agree with you. I definitely agree that you must be able to seamlessly integrate into the culture.

It might also be important to excel at the following skills:
1) Make the client feel like they have hired the best possible person for the job.
2) You are able to provide the best possible quality of work for the price they are paying.
3) You are able to ask the right questions to illicit the responses needed to get a project done. This is a good skill to have because often clients know what they want done but they don’t know how to ask for it.
4) You can see beyond the scope of the immediate project and can forecast any future problems that may arise.
5) Back your opinions with ample evidence. Just because it seems obvious to you, your client may not have the same background and knowledge that would enable them to agree with you.

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