Kgobalale John MalatjiProjects Portfolio Manager | Noko-impJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Project Managers do not have to be knowledgeable in a particular industry for them to manage the industry projects. Which industry have you found more complex than the others. Can you rank the industries projects complexity? Saving Changes...
1. Space & Aero Dynamics
2. Defence, Arms & Research
3. Medical & Health
4. Construction
5. Auto
6. Education
7. Telecom
8. Information Technology
9. Banking, Finance & Insurance
10. Manufacturing
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1 reply by Kgobalale John Malatji
Aug 03, 2016 1:23 PM
Kgobalale John Malatji
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I have never done an IT project and thought it is among the complex ones
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The complexity is not in the industry. The complexity is in project management itself. So, no matter the industry, project management is allways complex. For example, because people determines the success of fail of each project. Saving Changes...
Kgobalale John MalatjiProjects Portfolio Manager | Noko-impJohannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Aug 03, 2016 5:56 AM
Replying to Anupam
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All industries involve complexity.
Ranking based on the project complexity -
1. Space & Aero Dynamics
2. Defence, Arms & Research
3. Medical & Health
4. Construction
5. Auto
6. Education
7. Telecom
8. Information Technology
9. Banking, Finance & Insurance
10. Manufacturing
I have never done an IT project and thought it is among the complex ones Saving Changes...
IT project management -- although you are NOT the IT expert, you are the interpersonal influencer expert. Saving Changes...
Anton OosthuizenSenior Business Analyst / Project Manager| Self EmployedPretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
From my experience any regulated industry such as construction. Not knowing all the nuances governance brings with it can be quite challenging. Saving Changes...
It depends upon the project scope. I've primarily done auto and IT projects. The small ones any good PM could handle. The big ones not so much. Saving Changes...
It depends not only on scope but organizational structure. In some, there is a Systems Engineer who is responsible for most of the technical planning, and a Project Manager, who is more focused on the business aspects. They work hand in hand so it's very helpful for them to be well versed in the discipline of the other, but they are SMEs in their own focus areas. Sometimes the SE and PM are the same person, but on larger projects they're both full time jobs. Saving Changes...
Ivo EssenbergSenior Program Manager| IDEXXHoofddorp, Netherlands
In the end, you are going to need some level of expertise regardless of the industry.
This can be for:
- resource management: how to ask for the right resources
- regulatory impact: what are the legal constraints that you need to respect
- stakeholder management: depending on the background of your stakeholders, they will know much more than you, and that can put you on your backfoot
- scope management: yes, you should be able to trust your team to develop and assess any change requests, but you, as the PM, will be involved in selling/defending/tracking them
