PM Skillset

I am not offended at all Steven, I know there is nothing personal. Maybe I did not reflect my idea properly but bottom line, I 100% agree with Stephane and I was trying (At least did my best) to convey the same idea but I admit, Stephane put it in a more comprehensive manner.

Then I believe we are on the same line here. I've already mentioned, if you have them, they make you better but you should have at least the minimum.

Stephane said the same, he had the industry specific experience but not the program or project specific experience. Program experience you will manage to survive without it and you will get familiar during the cycle of the project but if you not have industry specific technical experience then for me, this is a problem, and sgain, I did not say you have to be an expert, but the minimum at least.

For the sake of not turning this thread into a novel, I am going to agree to disagree.

We are going around in circles.

Hi Sandilyan,

What do you think if the PM has strong technical project management skills, but little to no industry experience for his current project?

I started as a core technical developer, then team lead and then was working as a project manager for various companies, in different domains and also had a IT firm of my own. To my knowledge and with the experience gained, I strongly agree that in order to successfully “Manage” the Project, it is fundamentally required to possess required project management skillsets, and is suffice to meet the requirements. I mean to emphasis the word “Management” here. So that, we know we manage and take the project in a way it is required to attain the goal.
PM if he/she could able to achieve the project objectives, it is then considered to be the job already accomplished. I had the way of thinking that the technical expertise of internal subject that being executed is required for a successful management, but later realized it was not the case, and it is not required also. A strong PM can align the way of execution or his planning based on different industries.
Any knowledge outside the management aspects and those called technical aspects, data, factors can be taken-up into consideration based on environmental factors and with the usage of SMEs. I’ve seen BAs and Technical Developers enter into to PM segment over a period of time, in this simple case, a BA doesn’t understand the coding aspect of the project but still he/she is able to manage the Project very well. This applies to any industry in general.
PMs can align the planning, management / execution based on different industries, we could also see some extensions from PMI that should help us achieve this. We all knew that we attain certain expertise on-job and same applies for fresh PM whatever path they take to reach this stage.
As long as PM possess strong project management skillsets to attain the “project objectives”, he/she can work on any industries and accomplish the job with little or no experience in the field.

Thanks Steven, thats the end of the "Novel" !

Sandilyan,

Very well stated. I agree with what you've mentioned above but I would like to add one thing. This also depends on the industry. For construction projects, being my field of expertise, this might work depending on the size of the project but I've never seen a PM assign to manage a construction project who has no techmical skills besides his management skills, as I said before, he need not be an expert, but the minimum technical expertise.

"As long as PM possess strong project management skill sets to attain the “project objectives”, he/she can work on any industries and accomplish the job with little or no experience in the field."

Exactly what Stephane and I have been saying. You hit it dead on.

The fundamentals have been built via cross-discipline best practices. I firmly agree with your premise.