Friday, July 18, 2014

Project Manager - Professional Behavior

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This post is the final post on the discussion of my conceptual model for project manager competency building blocks. I have previously explained the foundational building blocks of industry experience and organizational experience and described the process knowledge building block and the project performance building block as two of the three project management-specific competency building blocks. In this post I'll explain the third and final project-specific building blocks - professional behavior.

The professional behavior is based on the personal competencies in the Project Manager Competency Development framework. This building block consists of the ability to manage the project resources, guide a team through motivation and goal setting, communicate effectively with all project stakeholders, understand the project complexities as well as the external environments affecting the project, applying good judgement in evaluation the project environment leading to good decisions, and demonstrating ethical and professional behaviors to achieve the desired project results.

The professional behavior is developed outside of the project management skills and knowledge. The professional behaviors must be developed through experience, education, and mentoring. A project manager may be technically sound in the knowledge and application of the processes and tools but, without developed professional behaviors, the project manager will struggle in leading the team and stakeholders to achieve the desired results.

The professional behaviors building block along with all of the project manager building blocks require continual development. The project environment is always changing and we can always find ways to learn new techniques or improve our existing practices. These building blocks are simply a way to view the different types of skills and knowledge needed to be a successful project manager. Use these building blocks to begin evaluating and improving your own project management competency.

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