Competencies change within the project managers profession in the context of sustainable development

In this paper, the analysis of the sources of scientific literature, international, and national standards in the field of project management was carried out in order to form a list of requirements for knowledge, skills and personality qualities of a project manager. Modern scientific literature focuses on product, project sustainability and sustainable processes, but there is a noticeable lack of research on the changes taking place in the competencies of project managers in the context of sustainable development. The scientific hypothesis tested in this study is based on the assumption that the requirements for the competencies of the project managers have changed due to the inclusion of sustainability. In the second part of the study, this hypothesis was confirmed by the results of a survey conducted among Russian project managers of various economic spheres of activity. The survey also contributed to identify the most important knowledge, skills and personality traits needed by project managers for successful sustainable project management.