No project manager is an island. A project is a collaborative effort. Even though you’re in charge of managing it, in order for the project to be successful you still need to rely on, work with, and report back to other people. Throughout this guide, we’ve been talking a lot about the various people involved in taking a project from idea to execution: your team, other departments within the organization, leadership, clients, and more. These people are your project’s stakeholders.

What does it mean to be a great project manager? It’s not about qualifications or degrees (but those are good too, of course). It’s not even about simply delivering on the classic duties and responsibilities of a project manager (although obviously that’s a pretty big part of it). Those things are important. But being a really great project manager isn’t just about tasks, timings, and technical prowess.

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When it comes to managing your work, there are dozens and dozens of project management methodologies to choose from. But as you begin your research into which methodology is right for you, you’re probably going to see one particular word show up over and over again: Agile. It seems to shimmer in your peripheral vision like some sort of project management mirage. Is it real? Can all the avowed benefits of agile project management really be true?