Please help what should be my next step in my PM journey for someone with no PM experience. Do I take the knowledge areas ,look for books and read more on them ? Do I look for PMIS and scheduling systems and try to practise or do I look for industry specific PM books . Saving Changes...
Focusing on gaining experience now that you have your CAPM. If you can't get that through your normal (day) job, then volunteer to lead events for not-for-profit associations.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I totally agree with Kiron, experience is what you need right now otherwise you won't be able to make sense of what you learn and put it in practice.
A project coordinator role is a good start. Saving Changes...
Dennis KwanSpeaker | Trainer| Dennis Kwan Consultancy ServicesSingapore, Singapore
Experience - Search around for junior roles in organisations - Learn from the senior, experienced Project Managers - Understand the reports, are you able to generate those reports with your current knowledge
Knowledge - During free time, read up on some successful Project documentation/ stories. Good reference points will be from project lessons learned. - Learn from current Project Managers and understand the project strategies taken to manage that particular project - Knowing what is Agile framework (or Scrum process), will help to expand your PM skills and knowledge.
You should practice the knowledge acquired CAPM being part of a project team, where you will be in contact with project documentation, project standards, and project tools. Also, you will have a Project Manager as your leader, from whom you will learn advanced strategies. Saving Changes...
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