%0 Journal Article
%T Tackling Project Management Competence Research
%A Joseph Kessels
%A Ruben Vrijhoef
%A Steven Nijhuis
%J Project Management Journal
%@ 1938-9507
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/8756972818770591
%X The vast amount of previous research on project management competence does not provide a basis for educational needs. Analyzing previous research poses two challenges: the lack of a uniform list of competences, necessitating a taxonomy, and the use of importance as a criterion, favoring general important competences. Criticality is introduced as the competence a project manager adds to the team. Validation research using criticality and the taxonomy among experienced Dutch project managers is more comprehensive and provides a lesser focus on general important competences than previous research. Criticality focuses more on the essence of the profession
%K competence research
%K criticality
%K project management competences
%K project management education
%K taxonomy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/8756972818770591