Comments on: So you want to be an IT project manager, huh? http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/ Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Claudia Vandermilt http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/#comment-23893 Claudia Vandermilt Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:37:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4988#comment-23893 "Passion! This is the big difference. I agree with you." Absolutely! If you're looking to break into IT project management, have passion and go here: http://www.villanovau.com/it-project-management/ “Passion! This is the big difference. I agree with you.”

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]]> By: Max Walker http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/#comment-21478 Max Walker Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:12:15 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4988#comment-21478 I have to admit that strengthening the resume was a big motivator for me to get the PMP. But right alongside that motivation was the motivation to add some real credibility to my claim within the organization of being a Project Manager. There was no pay increase, just "kudos." But it was intensely satisfying to get that certification. Most of us work as PMs before some manner of certification or formal training. So, we learn and inherit our organization's own brand of PM. It's all we see, it's all we know. Then we begin to learn about the wider practice of PM. Getting the PMP certification was my way of reaching outside to get a wider view of the practice. I feel more prepared, more competent, having a broader understanding and a broader tool set than before. Now, after certifying, my focus has been to introduce much of that learning right back into my organization. I've also been blogging about the challenge of scaling that learning down to my kinds of project environments, the smaller, less formal spaces -- Cottage PM, as I call it. But even post-certification, my type of small project management doesn't call for a lot of heavy duty scheduling tools, discovery via delphi techniques, or Earned Value calculations. But those tools are in the tool box now, and one day, I may suddenly need them. I'll use them a little sloppily at first, I'm sure, but I'll have them and be able to begin using them. And that's a lot more than I'd have been able to do pre-certification. I have to admit that strengthening the resume was a big motivator for me to get the PMP. But right alongside that motivation was the motivation to add some real credibility to my claim within the organization of being a Project Manager. There was no pay increase, just “kudos.” But it was intensely satisfying to get that certification.

Most of us work as PMs before some manner of certification or formal training. So, we learn and inherit our organization’s own brand of PM. It’s all we see, it’s all we know. Then we begin to learn about the wider practice of PM. Getting the PMP certification was my way of reaching outside to get a wider view of the practice. I feel more prepared, more competent, having a broader understanding and a broader tool set than before. Now, after certifying, my focus has been to introduce much of that learning right back into my organization. I’ve also been blogging about the challenge of scaling that learning down to my kinds of project environments, the smaller, less formal spaces — Cottage PM, as I call it.

But even post-certification, my type of small project management doesn’t call for a lot of heavy duty scheduling tools, discovery via delphi techniques, or Earned Value calculations. But those tools are in the tool box now, and one day, I may suddenly need them. I’ll use them a little sloppily at first, I’m sure, but I’ll have them and be able to begin using them. And that’s a lot more than I’d have been able to do pre-certification.

]]> By: Max Walker http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/#comment-25873 Max Walker Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:12:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4988#comment-25873 I have to admit that strengthening the resume was a big motivator for me to get the PMP. But right alongside that motivation was the motivation to add some real credibility to my claim within the organization of being a Project Manager. There was no pay increase, just "kudos." But it was intensely satisfying to get that certification. Most of us work as PMs before some manner of certification or formal training. So, we learn and inherit our organization's own brand of PM. It's all we see, it's all we know. Then we begin to learn about the wider practice of PM. Getting the PMP certification was my way of reaching outside to get a wider view of the practice. I feel more prepared, more competent, having a broader understanding and a broader tool set than before. Now, after certifying, my focus has been to introduce much of that learning right back into my organization. I've also been blogging about the challenge of scaling that learning down to my kinds of project environments, the smaller, less formal spaces -- Cottage PM, as I call it. But even post-certification, my type of small project management doesn't call for a lot of heavy duty scheduling tools, discovery via delphi techniques, or Earned Value calculations. But those tools are in the tool box now, and one day, I may suddenly need them. I'll use them a little sloppily at first, I'm sure, but I'll have them and be able to begin using them. And that's a lot more than I'd have been able to do pre-certification. I have to admit that strengthening the resume was a big motivator for me to get the PMP. But right alongside that motivation was the motivation to add some real credibility to my claim within the organization of being a Project Manager. There was no pay increase, just “kudos.” But it was intensely satisfying to get that certification.

Most of us work as PMs before some manner of certification or formal training. So, we learn and inherit our organization’s own brand of PM. It’s all we see, it’s all we know. Then we begin to learn about the wider practice of PM. Getting the PMP certification was my way of reaching outside to get a wider view of the practice. I feel more prepared, more competent, having a broader understanding and a broader tool set than before. Now, after certifying, my focus has been to introduce much of that learning right back into my organization. I’ve also been blogging about the challenge of scaling that learning down to my kinds of project environments, the smaller, less formal spaces — Cottage PM, as I call it.

But even post-certification, my type of small project management doesn’t call for a lot of heavy duty scheduling tools, discovery via delphi techniques, or Earned Value calculations. But those tools are in the tool box now, and one day, I may suddenly need them. I’ll use them a little sloppily at first, I’m sure, but I’ll have them and be able to begin using them. And that’s a lot more than I’d have been able to do pre-certification.

]]> By: Shem Cristobal http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/#comment-21221 Shem Cristobal Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:19:33 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4988#comment-21221 totally agree with you Samad. Kudos Josh! totally agree with you Samad.

Kudos Josh!

]]> By: Shem Cristobal http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/#comment-25872 Shem Cristobal Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:19:00 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4988#comment-25872 totally agree with you Samad. Kudos Josh! totally agree with you Samad.

Kudos Josh!

]]> By: Nilesh Ingle http://pmstudent.com/it-project-manager/#comment-20651 Nilesh Ingle Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:05:40 +0000 http://pmstudent.com/?p=4988#comment-20651 Josh, I completely agree without you. Just having knowledge does not work all the time, we need to be competent enough to translate the knowledge into reality. Josh, I completely agree without you. Just having knowledge does not work all the time, we need to be competent enough to translate the knowledge into reality.

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