What do you think are the essential skills of a project manager? Please identify three to four skills. In your answer, focus on the skills specific to the project manager role, and not on skills common to all team members.

• Explain why and how each skill is useful in fulfilling a project manager's responsibilities.

• For each skill, give an example of how it helps a project manager perform. You may use examples from your experience or construct fictitious ones.

• Identify an example, based on your experience or via Internet search, of a failed project that is attributable to the project manager’s lack of any one of the above-mentioned skills.