Business Acumen

Someone can have strong technical project management skills. But they also need business acumen–understanding the influences in their organization and industry as well as function and domain knowledge to make good decisions. Examples of topics that would fall under the “Business Acumen” segment of the Project Management Institute (PMI)® Talent Triangle® include:

Finance
Operational functions (e.g. marketing, legal)
Strategic planning/alignment
Contract management
Complexity management