The three best skills each EPM consultant should have

Somethimes when people starts a new EPM project happens something really strange; people involved in the project doesn't have the right skills and ability required. The reasons can be different but at the end the reality is that some project take the wrong way and bring the projects to failure.

So, which are the three main skills to perform at the top? I think each of us should be:

1. Customer oriented: this mean that we should immediatly understand  the deep reasons that drives our customer to start a new project. Probably that reason concern a personal growth inside the company or simply a gain of time and capacity to give fast and responsive information.
2. Able to be indipendent: of course the best value provided can be offered better if we are able to start and carry forward the whole project: starting with the functional analysis and developing the technicalities the customer need to reach his goal.
3. Passionate and critic: this is the aim of all EPM project. Our passion should be transmitted to our team (both internal and external) in order to make things easier. Passion and criticism are the best way to improve ourselves and communicate our audience who we are, where we are going and why we are there!

How many of this skylls do you have?