Project Manager Competencies in the context of the Industry 4.0
André Ribeiro, António Amaral, Teresa Barros
Abstract
Nowadays, Project Management is facing a more complex and dynamic environment, mostly because of the recent fourth industrial revolution, called Industry 4.0. The digitisation and the characterisation of all of the assumptions, methodologies, and processes of the Industry 4.0 can cause disruptive effects for the traditional project management and the role of the project manager. This new paradigm requires a more active role from the project manager, accompanied by new technical, contextual and behavioural competencies. In line with this, this work aims to identify the skills or competencies that the project manager must present to follow the fourth technological revolution. To accomplish this task, the most relevant concepts that are associated with industry 4.0 and with the project manager competencies are presented. From the literature review, it is possible to conclude the existence of more behavioural or soft skills associated with the 4.0 project manager profile, compared to the traditional project manager profile.