The top five most valuable soft skills for project managers

By ILX Team | 2 July 2024

In the project profession, there is a common misconception that soft skills, often referred to as human or professional skills, such as communication and leadership, are innate qualities that project managers either possess or lack. This belief can lead to the undervaluation of these crucial skills,...

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Common project challenges and how to manage them effectively

By ILX Team | 18 June 2024

One of the key skills for effective project managers is their problem-solving capabilities, and this is because project management is fraught with challenges that can impede progress and affect outcomes. While every project will have its own unique challenges and nuances, several common challenge...

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Harnessing AI in project management: How to maximise impact and increase efficiency

By ILX Team | 4 June 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a pivotal tool in numerous industries, and project management is no exception. AI offers the potential to transform the landscape of project management, making operations more efficient, reducing errors, and providing insights that were previousl...

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T-shaped project professionals: The secret to broader skills and deeper expertise

By ILX Team | 21 May 2024

Project managers are known for being adaptable, flexible and ready to turn their hands to anything.  With this, it can feel like they’re a jack-of-all-trades. But in addition to these broad capabilities, some project professionals possess a deeper knowledge of specialist subjects. A term which has b...

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Essential digital skills for the modern PMO

By ILX Team | 7 May 2024

Your Project Management Office (PMO) is the hub of projects and the administrative function that enables them to run efficiently and effectively. To keep projects on time and budget, PMOs need to keep track of events, meetings, governance, and resources. Historically, this administrative work has in...

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Why is the Praxis Framework™ essential for effective project, programme, and portfolio management (P3M)?

By ILX Team | 4 October 2023

Project managers face many challenges in their day-to-day work from ensuring that scope and budgets do not creep beyond initial agreements, to maintaining good communication throughout the project team and meeting fast-approaching deadlines. Implementing a structured approach, such as the Praxis...

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Support (or lack of) from internal and external stakeholders can make or break a project

By ILX Team | 26 September 2023

In this series of blogs we’ve been outlining core skills that teams need for managing projects, programmes, and portfolios. In this last one, we’re discussing why stakeholder management is an essential ability. The importance of stakeholder management The public sector, as well as other organi...

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