Skills
1. Vision: the ability to envision the physical and social alternatives to the existing urban context.
2. Data collection: Often in challenging the environments over a short period of time, requires not only qualitative or quantitative research skills but also shares exceptional organization skills and the adaptation to changing circumstances.
3. Analysis: The sense of demographic information to recognize urban trends.The analysis of the overall context, its data, and the stakeholders make the early stages of this planning process.
4. Understanding the social and environmental impact of plans, as well as design and aesthetics.
5. Communication (external): being able to clearly link the ideas and plans into work, whether through one-to-one or with a public presentation or in a report, this should not be underestimated.
6. Communication and the collaboration (internal): create an environment where the information is shared, where more constant and clear communication, the more is the effective team.
7. Project Management managing resources (personnel, financial and IT). Before the work commences, its vital to identify a team with the right mix of the skills and realistically estimate the timeframe and budget required to get the job done.
8. Lead a multidisciplinary team.
9. Stakeholder Management, which involves and influences the range of the stakeholders, where the negotiation, facilitation, mediation, and advocacy.
10. Delivering despite the constraints.
