How do clients, customer and organization see PMs, shall they be expert or know little bit of everything. What's essential and important for a PM to know Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
PM's should have enough experience in Managing Projects regardless of what the project and industry is. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Trying to add something to @Rami comment above, the key is to perform a common activity usually missing by some PMs: Elicitation. You have not to be a subject matter expert but you have to gain knowledge about the domain where you are assigned as project manager. In my case I follow the CMU SEI Elicitation process to do that and it works for me. Saving Changes...
Walter PilimonCEO| Web Dev Experts SRLBuenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Knowledge about the subject matter is very important. He does not need to be a genius but he must be able to communicate with the technical experts in their language. Unless the project is too generic, a project manager that just strives for "efficiency" "milestones" "goals" etc but fails to choose the important tasks will lose credibility with the team. Unless he is exclusively hired to act as facilitator, no more. Saving Changes...
Denise CantyAgile Coach, Life Coach, Author, Senior Project-Program Manager| Cenden CompanyWashington, Dc, United States
As busy as a PM is with managing projects, there isn't enough time in a day for the this role to be a "jack of all trades". Saving Changes...
I think I will split the "trade" in two parts. 1. Project Management - No excuses here. You need to be on top of this 2. Domain/Technical Skills - in my experience I have seen that the decision making, probing skills become much easier if you can talk to your team/client/stakeholders in the same grammar. Hence it is important to be "Jack of all trades" from this perspective.
I changed my domain after working in one for about 11 years. There was an uphill task for first 1-2 years. But later when I got handle of the domain and tech part, I could see the obvious difference.
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1 reply by Thomas Walenta
Sep 04, 2016 7:39 PM
Thomas Walenta
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Prateek,
think if you change your domain again and then again, as I did, you will not need 1-2 years to get along and gain a comprehension what project management really is.
Avinash KharePM II| MAP-IT Consultant Project ManagementAmbernath (East), Maharashtra, India
It is not required for a PM to be a expert but he should be able to manage the project.I agree with Sergio a working knowledge of domain will be required. Saving Changes...
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Sep 02, 2016 10:57 PM
Replying to Prateek Gupta
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I think I will split the "trade" in two parts. 1. Project Management - No excuses here. You need to be on top of this 2. Domain/Technical Skills - in my experience I have seen that the decision making, probing skills become much easier if you can talk to your team/client/stakeholders in the same grammar. Hence it is important to be "Jack of all trades" from this perspective.
I changed my domain after working in one for about 11 years. There was an uphill task for first 1-2 years. But later when I got handle of the domain and tech part, I could see the obvious difference.
Prateek,
think if you change your domain again and then again, as I did, you will not need 1-2 years to get along and gain a comprehension what project management really is.
Prateek,
think if you change your domain again and then again, as I did, you will not need 1-2 years to get along and gain a comprehension what project management really is.
True. Saving Changes...
Daniel KrompholzPrincipal Maintenance Systems Specialist, Asset Management| The Port Authority of New York & New JerseyJamaica, Ny, United States
Hahaha, a specialized jack-of-all-trades... I like the oxymoron Saving Changes...
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