Project Management

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  1. What sort of qualities are needed to be a good project manager? Do you have these qualities?
  2. What are the most important factors to consider when planning a new project?
  3. Is it always necessary to hire a professional project manager to ensure a project's success?
  4. Should a project manager take all the decisions alone or involve team members in the decision-making process?
  5. Have you ever been involved in a successful project? What did you contribute to its success?
  6. What are the main reasons why large-scale projects fail?
  7. Have you ever been involved in a project which failed? What went wrong and who was to blame?
  8. How can a project manager ensure that individuals work as a team?
  9. How can a project manager ensure that there is good communication within a project team?
  10. Is conflict within a team always a bad thing?
  11. Have you ever used an online project management tool? Are these tools the future of project management?
  12. Do you think the way projects are planned and carried out will change in the next 50 years?
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How to use the project management ESL discussion questions

It is recommended that you download the project management ESL discussion questions in PDF format using one of the links above. The best way to encourage classroom interaction is to download and print the project management discussion questions in the 'pairs' or 'threes' PDF format and then divide the questions by cutting along the dotted lines. This allows students to take turns asking and answering the project management discussion questions in groups of two or three. Alternatively, you could use the 'cards' format to distribute the questions to any number of students to ask and share.

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