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THE DISPARITY BETWEEN PROJECT SUCCESS AND PROJECT MANAGERS' COMPETENCIES
60 ABSTRACT
Many projects continue to fail despite the use of established project methods and techniques as the competency required for successful project outcomes has been lacking. A project's success is contingent on managing the various project constraints effectively. It is essential that project managers possess and display appropriate competencies. A structured questionnaire was developed based on competency standards and frameworks. This questionnaire was distributed amongst South African project managers. The responses were analysed to determine which competencies are perceived as invaluable. The results emphasised that project managers focus on technical competency rather than on contextual and behavioural competency and that the desired competencies ensuring project success are not rated as significantly important. By gaining a greater understanding of what key competencies are needed to manage a project successfully, more effective education and training methods and procedures can be developed to facilitate the instruction of the defined key competencies, and improve the effectiveness of future project managers.