Novice skills
Novice: Novice skills are required to manage project management situations appropriately. Being a learner is to gain experience in terms of particular skills and handle the performance of a project (Atlanta 2013). Therefore novice skill required is 20% as per the graph and the complicated situation to be treated in terms of handling the GERD dam project. There is no experience needed, and no change of perspective can be considered within a person with performance ability. The managing team hardly consists of novices as being a novice is a starting struggle to become advance beginners.
Advanced beginner: Advance beginner skills are required to which an individual helps in considering troubleshooting the issues and acquiring results immediately.
Competent: Competent skill is considered at the middle ground of the model as it involves skills of troubleshooting, experience pinpointing details, IT spheres, etc. Therefore, 30% of competent level skills are essential to handle the project effectively.
Proficient: Proficient level skills are required by project managers to handle the complicated situation. Approximately 10% of the proficient skills are necessary for managing the project while considering the technological aspect.
Expert: Expertise level skills should be adopted by project managers to 5% so that the GERD project can be handled effectively. The experts will handle the situation with the level of experience and intuition that look forward to managing change in the project. Expertise ensure team leads, conduct studies and research to find practical solutions.
Conclusion
The discussion represented the identification of skills and knowledge for project managers to manage the complicated situation in terms of GERD dam project. Therefore, the level of expertise required in managing the complex issues at the GERD dam project was adequately described in a table and graph. With the help of the Dreyfus model, the skills needed to handle the situation and the level of suitability was described in detail with novice, advanced beginner’s, competent, proficient and expert level. The skills were described in detail while managing the complicated situation such as multiple stakeholders interest in GERD project, technological issues, political influences and fund related issues at GERD dam project.