Abstract:

Hydraulic engineering is the earliest field in China to implement project management theory, and project managers' central role is one of its main features. Excellent project managers have an ability to guarantee a smooth achievement of project objectives. How to select outstanding project managers and what ability and quality project managers must have, attract the concerns of domestic and foreign researchers. The authors have conducted filed interviews and questionnaire surveys on the projects managed by the hydraulic project construction and management center of one city in China, with the survey scope covering the managers, organizers and employees of the center, its supervising sectors, and the contractor. Analysis of the present survey data and previous studies show that the quality required of hydraulic project managers can be evaluated in three aspects, i.e. management skill as the most importance, personal quality, and background knowledge as the least importance.