Project Management Art or Skill?

I share an office with an artist. I’m told art is a skill.  Art is something that is developed through experience, dedication and practice: nearly anyone can draw but it takes effort to be an artist.

My first reaction is that project management is a skill but the best project managers make it look like art. 

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Humbled by a Compliment

This isn’t a self-help channel, don’t switch off!  Skip to the fourth paragraph if you must.

Sometimes the most unexpected things happen to you and you revert to type: you become the person you are when you are not being the professional you.  At least that is true for most people: there are some wonderful expectations who “are all that they are” in or out of the office. They always seem to be so successful and over the last few years the business press has told readers to “become authentic”.

Hiring for a project team

You are a project manager with a resource requirement. You have a job description to say what the job is. You have a person specification so you can assess the education, training, aptitudes and experience of the candidates. You have approval for the budget and the legal team have approved the draft contract.  The interview will be easy, yes?

No!