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The Project Manager: An Emerging Professional
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In this article, the authors describe the tools, techniques, and training project managers need to complete a project successfully, using a set of skills to help them manage the varying elements of a project.Abstract:
Unlike other managers in the IS department, project managers require a specific set of skills to help them manage the varying elements of a project. This article describes the tools, techniques, and training project managers need to complete a project successfully.read more
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