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What makes a good Dru­pal Project Manager?

Sure it helps to have exten­sive Dru­pal expe­ri­ence. And of course key project man­age­ment skills are impor­tant. But are there qual­i­ties that set one project man­ager apart from another?

I work as a tech­ni­cal project man­ager for a health­care soft­ware com­pany. I get to man­age the details of a tech­ni­cal imple­men­ta­tion– train­ing, track­ing, meet­ings, and a steady stream of multi-way com­mu­ni­ca­tion. But is there more to it than ‘strong com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, out­stand­ing inter­per­sonal skills and a proven track record of man­ag­ing mul­ti­ple projects within sched­ule and budget.’

I think one of those keys is par­tic­i­pa­tion. Espe­cially when it comes to an open source com­mu­nity such as Dru­pal. In fact, par­tic­i­pa­tion is one of the best ways to dis­tin­guish your­self in the com­mu­nity. “Dru­pal cred” is some­thing that has to be earned through con­tri­bu­tions to the code­base, or doc­u­men­ta­tion, or one of the other many ways mem­bers can take an active role in grow­ing the community.

I think I’ll con­tinue to explore this ques­tion, for the sim­ple fact that demand for Dru­pal devel­op­ers and project man­agers is ris­ing.

Dru­pal Job Trends — odinJobs.com

There have to be intan­gi­bles. What sets a Dru­pal project man­ager rock­star apart from the crowd?