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Breaking Into Project Management (Part 3)
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
The good news is that once you have some experience under your belt, there are plenty of job opportunities--even in bad economies. So says Marie Gatti, PMP, a project management professor at DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management (at the Bellevue, Wash. campus). Prior to teaching, Gatti was an IT project manager at a small Seattle software company.
The power of the PMP
As a teacher and working PM, Gatti understands the PM job market, especially for new entrants. Companies call her all the time looking for PM candidates. Organizations used to put a lot of stock in candidates with MBAs. Today, they’re interested in candidates with PMP certifications. “The PMP today is what the MBA used to be years ago,” says Gatti. “The traditional project management approach taught by the PMI is a great starting foundation. Yet, more and more companies are moving toward the Agile, Scrum and other approaches.”
Technology companies, especially, are looking for experienced PMs who are ahead of the knowledge curve. “It’s all about speed,” says Gatti. “The speed at which things are changing is nothing short of scary. The challenge today is trying to keep up with the speed that things change. And that’s no simple feat.”
The old adage that “the only constant is change is …
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