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Relationship Between Project Management Soft Skills And Project Success In Rwanda

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  • NIYONKURU Schiman
  • UWIZEYIAMANA Francois

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The study focused on examining the relationship between project management soft skills and project success. Data was collected from 30 participants and the census sampling method was used. Among them there were country coordinator, program manager, district coordinator, directors. In order to analyze the relationship correlation techniques were used as the real technique which display the numerical answer regarding the link amid soft skills and project success which indicated the positive colleration of soft skills on project success. The study used a cross-section survey design and the study focused on Spark microgrant, an international NGO. The study used both qualitative and quantitative research approaches for Data collection like questionnaire, interview, documentary, observation as well as SPSS for descriptive statistics. Key words: soft skills, hard skills, conflict management skills, leadership skills, communication skills, Project success.

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  • NIYONKURU Schiman & UWIZEYIAMANA Francois, 2024. "Relationship Between Project Management Soft Skills And Project Success In Rwanda," Working papers 2024-49-05, Voice of Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:vor:issues:2024-49-05
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