Competencies of a modern project manager in commercial and government organisations

The relevance of the chosen topic of this study is due to the fact that today more and more organisations, regardless of their type of activity, use methods and approaches of project management to achieve their goals. The key to successful project implementation are a qualified project manager and their team. However, project management in different industries may require different tools, skills, and abilities. The scientific novelty of this article lies in the fact that despite the abundance of literature on the topic of project management, there are relatively few works devoted to their analysis in terms of differences in competence requirements in the public and commercial sectors. The purpose of this study, based on the analysis of standards and scientific literature, is to identify the necessary competencies of the project manager, their potential differences and similarities in commercial and government organisations. The competencies are divided into professional, personal, and applied ones. The results obtained streamline and deepen the theoretical understanding of the required competencies of the project manager based on the field of activity of the organisation. The results of the research can be used in the development of local (corporate) standards for project management, in the formation of training programmes for project managers and in recruitment of personnel.