Project Manager skills

Question

What skills are required for Project Manager in IT industry?Is MBA degree the first keyword for this?

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Absolutely agree with Jean Paul. PMP certification and other certifications related to project management are required when hired by a reputed firm. Is USA, many project managers are employees of current company who have worked there for a while. Also, most of the project managers get paid less than developers. If you are a developer, your focus should be "an architect".

Jean Paul · Answer

Hello Neha, I support Anurag Sarkar's answer although the link was for a slightly different scenario. To be specific to your question, I say the essential Project Manager skills in SE as: Good amount of Software Development experience (A good engineer becomes good manager, I hope you have the same) PMP Certification or Knowledge (project analysis, cost estimation, plan workout, scheduling etc.) Good Team Building & Management skills (this will be more to personal traits, but developable skills) MBA is more into business administration & fall into a more higher category comparing with PMP.

Jean Paul · Answer

Thank You Raj, Neha for the good words, I feel we have to share the right knowledge for the collective excellence! As some of you were stressing on PMP, I feel that I over-embossed PMP as the ultimate project manager skills.. so I wanted to say some bad truths too: 1) In capgemini, i worked under one PMP certfied project manager. He was certified but was amateur in tech & people. After project completion, front end developed was not compatible with back end :), people were working 12 to 14 hours per day & weekends too. After 6 months, 4 out of 6 members changed company. The core reasons we identified was improper aligning of talents, pressured & hectic work enviroment, too much peak without breaks.. SO just being PMP won't ensure success of project & career. 2) In another MNC, i had my friend as PMP certified manager. He was just laying off things in a pre-defined manner, NO dynamic approach to the problems plus Blaming team members.. Whenever things are working fine, people will praise each other & it attracts more good things! In the reverse, whenever things were bad, people will blame each other & it attracts more failures.. SO to conclude, PMP is a course & certification which can give a pre-defined paths & solutions for certain general project problems. It is really a GOOD TO HAVE & Showcasable in resume, it is measurable, it fetches career value. But it is not the ultimate! The Best Project Manager requires dynamic skills, thoughts & positive personal traits above PMP! He positively motivates the team & achieve results. People will love to work under his project. Additional to work he/she take care of learning & training for improved efficiency & reduced working hours & chaos.. Anybody can be BEST PM, through learning, focused approach & further having a good heart! I would like to take Mahesh Chand's words.. "Coding is an Art", like "Management is an Art" :) Be a good PM, industry requires lot!

Raj Kumar · Answer

These days if you go for interview for project manager 90% companies ask for PMP training. Good point mentioned by @ Jean Paul

Jean Paul · Answer

Hello Neha, Developer can grow up into following: Architect Project Manager Both above roles can grow more into: CEO CTO As Mahesh said, small companies have project managers who are loyal employees, they might not be knowing the professional ways of handling projects & teams. As he pointed, Architect is another good track to grow up. Please note that the architect:developer ratio falls from 1:10 to 1:30 in India. Scope of Architect is more compared to Project Manager. (please search in naukri.com with "architect .net", it is a primitive analysis though) In the learning curve of Architect i would suggest Design Patterns, Architectural Patterns, SOA, Framework design, feasibility study, POC, Reusable Component strategies etc. In the advanced side there are certifications like MCA (Microsoft Certified Architect) in specific technology areas, we need to do test in Microsoft Redmond location, costing around 20000 USD. To be honest, in USA i can see 20 year experienced who call themselves Developers. In India, we were not too confident to say as Developers. So i doubt a little whether your existing organization have a programming career like Architect in tact. If you really love your programming job, you might need to stress on growth as Architect or reach places! Regards,

Neha Sharma · Answer

Jean Sir this is also amazing.I do agree with the statement : "Coding is an Art", like "Management is an Art"

Neha Sharma · Answer

Yes Jean Sir,it's better explanation to guide me ...Thanks a lot for this kind of nice explanation . I'm loving it :)

Vithal Wadje · Answer

good answers from mahesh sir and jean sir, but according to my experience and observation "Today's companies wants Leaders instead of degree managers" i observe that many managers have no technical knowledge ,then what is the meaning of his degree and management.. I believe that instead of any degree,we need to built leader skill in your own,according to me managers need technical,management as well as leader skill to make organization successful, if you wants to become a something i.e an architect or managers dont think about scope ,just do your work then after that automatically your hidden talent and leadership create you a scope in your particular career path. and more important thing to achieve these thing are ,your approach to learn will be as "be winner but look like a beginner"

Neha Sharma · Answer

Thanks to everyone..!! Jean sir and Mahesh sir i am satisfied from your reply,but can you please tell me scope of "an architect"??

Anurag Sarkar · Answer

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Forums/Thread/210570/is-it-good-to-do-an-mba-after-mca.aspx Please Read out this Forum.

Amatya Agyey · Answer

Fantastic discussions and perfect points u all guys have share. Fantastic to read all the guys suggestions and advise.

swathi r · Answer

Ms. Neha, PMP is a Project Management Professional it is a certification course and it is conducted by PMI institute which is located in USA Pennsylvania ..eligibility to apply for PMP is 3+ work EXP it can be any domain + 4 years for ur graduation and 2nd is 35 PDU's is nothing but Professional Development unit ) what the contact hours you spend during the training is pdu's so 1hr of ur training is 1 PDU u need to collect 35 PDU's means 35 hrs of training.. exam pattren is 200 questions objective type 4 optional 4 hrs of online exam 555 usd 33,000 INR is the fees

Neha Sharma · Answer

Thanks a lot Mahesh sir for your reply here i got the answers from some resources that i would like to share for everyone : PMI is an organization who provides PMP certification, the duration is only 2 to 3 months,there is an institue named knowledgewoods who are doing the same in India and conducting classes in 2 weekends it means 4 day classes.The cost ll be around 35K and it ll not be refundable . The main thing is if you are expericenced you can qualify .It's so easy to get this information .

Mahesh Chand · Answer

1.PMP vs PMI ? PMI.org is the company that started PMP certification. 2.Right and non fraud websites or institutes ? Not sure what fraud? 3.What is the duration Duration of exam or certification? 4.What is the cost i guess 50K minimum Not sure. You talking about some company or fee? It is better to read more on PMI.org about fees etc. 5.if i ll not clear first attempt what about the money, l it be renew for next attempt? It is better to read more on PMI.org about fees etc.

Neha Sharma · Answer

Hello, I 'v posted this question twice and this is third time. i do not know where the other two gone and displayed.Anyways here is my question detail, Before some time i have posted my career guidance post regarding Project management on c# corner, and from your reply i got a way to go ahead.Actually in India s/w architecture have not much scope but as i can see around me that Project management is a quite interesting and challenging area to work . I went through with the details of PMP certification but got confused somewhere. Can you please guide me ?I really need it. I planned to take this certification and ready for all hard work . My questions for this : 1.PMP vs PMI ? 2.Right and non fraud websites or institutes ? 3.What is the duration 4.What is the cost i guess 50K minimum 5.if i ll not clear first attempt what about the money, l it be renew for next attempt? Please guide me and help me , it ll be a bless full for me ,if you know anyone can better guide me refer me them . Looking forward for your kind response.

Neha Sharma · Answer

Thanks Vithal for your kind suggestion and words.I would love to follow.