Russell GeakeProject Management Consultant| Deciduous Partners LtdLostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Hopefully someone out there has been through the same thing and can comment. I am a young (24) telecoms Project Manager with most of my experience in network infrastructure projects (just over 2 yrs). Although times are tough (for jobseekers) I am looking to move from my company and also from the network environment into more business related fields of project management. My degree (Physics) is not particularly relevant to either area and I have no externally recognised management training (except Kepner Tregoe methodology). Please, can anyone advise on the most important areas to get to grips with and possible routes to make the leap?
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Stephen MayeSenior Vice PresidentVa, United States
This will only address part of your question but maybe it will get the ball rolling and others can comment... The way I got into BPI work (I was about 25) was as a workshop facilitator. If you happen to be good at getting up in front of people and interacting with a group you have an advantage. If you learn a few targeted techniques, you can add real value working with business (and technology) people to help them understand, document, and improve(!) their business processes. The facilitor angle also allows you to team with SME's (subject matter experts) while you are learning an area of the business. It is a legitimate way to transition across, but--admittedly--not for everyone. Good luck! Saving Changes...
Russell GeakeProject Management Consultant| Deciduous Partners LtdLostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Thanks Stephen, sounds like a good way to make the move, could you expand a little on the "targeted techniques" please? During my research I have found that there is so much information and so many ways of doing things that it can become overwhelming. Having worked (realistically) for just one company since university I don't know which are the most widely used/sought after tools. Any suggestions? I've tried looking at job sites to see what people are after, but often I'm not sure that even the companies themselves know that. Saving Changes...
Russell GeakeProject Management Consultant| Deciduous Partners LtdLostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
who would have thought that I'd be looking back at this discussion 12 years later, so that I can refer to how long I've been interested in BPI...
Crumbs. Good to review one's achievements.
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Wai Mun KooPMO Director| Intergraph PP&MSingapore, Singapore
Russell,
Interesting. 12 years, indeed a long journey from gantthead.com to projectmanagement.com. Good to see that you still come back. Saving Changes...
Tom MillerConsultant| dba: Galenson ConsultingLawrence, Ks, United States
One area you could easily study some is Lean Six Sigma process improvement. There are multiple places you can study LSS at the Yellow Belt level for free. Check Youtube for lots of videos. Another url is: http://www.qimacros.com/Moneybelt/lean-six...lt-outline.html
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Russell GeakeProject Management Consultant| Deciduous Partners LtdLostwithiel, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Thanks Tom,
thanks for sharing those - I'm sure they will be interesting for others looking to reach into BPI.
Note, the original post was back in 2001... after a number of years managing a variety of project implementations and PMO set ups, I studied to get my full suite of Six Sigma belts, Yellow, Green and Black in 2010 along with Lean DFSS. Next stop may be MBB (Master Black Belt).
