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3. Read about how project management skills are used in different careers. Project management in action

Project management skills can be used in most careers as well as in our daily life. Project managers can be seen in many industry sectors including agriculture and natural resources; arts, media, and entertainment; energy and utilities; engineering and design; fashion and interiors; finance and business. Below we explore various careers and some of the ways in which project management knowledge can be implemented.

  1. Business Owners

Business owners definitely need to have some project management skills. With all successful businesses, the product or service being delivered to the customer meets their needs in many ways. The product or service is of the quality desired, the costs are aligned with what the consumer expected, and the timeline of the product or service meets the deadline for the buyer of that item.

The pillars of project management are delivering a product/service within schedule, cost, scope, and quality requirements. Business owners need planning, organizing, and scoping skills and the ability to analyze, communicate, budget, staff, equip, implement, and deliver.

  1. Engineers

Engineers apply the principles of science and mathematics to develop economical solutions to technical problems. As a project life cycle develops from a kickoff meeting to the implementation and delivery of a product or service, engineers link scientific discoveries to commercial applications that meet societal and consumer needs.

Engineers use many project management skills, especially when they must specify functional requirements. They demonstrate attention to quality as they evaluate a design’s overall effectiveness, cost, reliability, and safety similar to the project manager reviewing the criteria for the customer’s acceptance of delivery of the product or service.

Construction Managers

Construction managers plan, direct, coordinate, and budget a wide variety of residential, commercial, and industrial construction projects including homes, stores, offices, roads, bridges, wastewater treatment plants, schools, and hospitals. Strong scheduling skills are essential for this role. Communication skills are often used in coordinating design and construction processes, teams executing the work, and governance of special trades (carpentry, plumbing, electrical wiring) as well as government representatives for the permit processes.

A construction manager may be called a project manager or project engineer. The construction manager ensures that the project is completed on time and within budget while meeting quality specifications and codes and maintaining a safe work environment.

4. Which project management skills are mentioned in the text?

5. Match the terms on the left with their definitions on the right.

1. a kickoff meeting

a) a schedule of activities

2. a deliverable

b) a tangible, measurable output of a task, for example a document or a product

3. a timeline

c) the steps that need to be taken to fix a problem

4. life cycle

d) the first meeting with the project team and the client of the project

5. corrective action

e) the period from the start of the project to the final version of the product

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