Interpersonal and Team Skills

Interpersonal and Team Skills

“Interpersonal and Team Skills” is one of the most powerful tools and techniques of a project manager. This is used in 20 processes of PMBOK 6th Edition. PMBOK standard expects a project manager to be aware of these techniques and practice them effectively whenever the of these arises in a project life cycle. Interpersonal and Team Skills means following skills.

1. Active listening
2. Communication styles assessment
3. Conflict management
4. Cultural awareness
5. Decision making
6. Emotional intelligence
7. Facilitation
8. Influencing
9. Leadership
10. Meeting management
11. Motivation
12. Negotiation
13. Networking
14. Nominal group technique
15. Observation/ conversation
16. Political awareness
17. Team building

Interpersonal and Team Skills is a tool and technique of following PMBOK 6 processes

1. Develop Project Charter
2. Develop Project Management Plan
3. Manage Project Knowledge
4. Collect Requirements
5. Define Scope
6. Acquire Resources
7. Develop Team
8. Manage Team
9. Control Resources
10. Plan Communications Management
11. Manage Communications
12. Monitor Communications
13. Identify Risks
14. Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
15. Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
16. Plan Risk Responses
17. Implement Risk Responses
18. Conduct Procurements
19. Manage Stakeholder Engagement
20. Monitor Stakeholder Engagement