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- Type of project. Basically SAP upgrades, full implementation or roll-outs.
- My role, I've started as a Team Lead, Project Coordinator, Cut Over Manager and Project Manager.My responsibilities have been increasing as my knowledge increased.
- Usually, I've worked at the client's site, but I've managed virtual teams, as ABAP Developers in India, Argentina or Brazil. Core IT Team was always on site.
- Benefits: From my point of view, most important is freedom to choose. I've worked in a BIG5 IT SAP companies and I've never been available to choose the client or the project, for example, if I led projects in the cell phone or electronic companies, I was leading during a lot of years these type of client. During my freelance experiences, I choose from beauty customer retail, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and other different business types.
Holidays or Vacations: As I freelance I always try to enjoy vacations after one Go-live, like this I'll start fresh the new one, and I can ensure you that generally is more than I month, I used it for travel or formation.
- Disadvantages, there are some big disadvantages most important are due to the periods that I'm without assigned project. First of all is no income, second sometimes there was too much free time that luckily, I try to plan it in advance for formation, congress or other project management activities.
A Few days ago, a hiring manager described me as a job-jumper, and I answered that I'm knowmad ...Buzzwords! lol (I'm working on a blog entry about it)
Some companies or countries don't understand or aren't prepared for freelance Project Managers, and ask too many questions about the periods without the project or they prefer specialization in only one kind of business.
Let me know if I can help in something else.
