How Do You Become a Project Manager?

 

How Do You Become a Project Manager?

Project Management seems to be profession that grew of out of engineering.

When you ask most people what is a project, their minds easily wander off to Engineering projects like Road, Bridge, Building constructions, etc.

However, from this definition of a project, according to the PMBOK Guide, “A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.”

It is evident that a project extends beyond the engineering understanding and meaning.

 

Now looking at it from the educational perspective, it is only recently that you have universities and schools that offer courses in project management.

They have started developing curriculum that enables people to graduate with first degree in Project Management.

As at today in some countries, you can only obtain Project Management at Masters Degree level in a university.

 

So how do you become a project manager?

Many people become project managers by practice. They are either graduates of other professions who are working in a position that requires them to supervise a project.

Continuously spending time in such position gives the person the experience needed in managing projects thus becoming project managers though on the job training.

 

Now in other to validate their experiences and add more value to their knowledge, employees who have been in project supervisory position for so long now seek to obtain certification.

These certifications are issued after some form of examination, by different institutions such as Project Management Institute (PMI), US that gives the Project Management Professional (PMP), The UK Government/AXELOS Ltd that gives PRoject IN Controlled Environment (PRINCE2), etc.

 

It is now fashionable to have people study and pass certification exams from these different examination’s bodies.

 

In summary to become a project manager here are possible road maps one can take

 

1.    Find a university that offer Project Management at first degree level either online or onsite and enroll to study project management

 

2.    If you are already a First-degree graduate, then look for a University that offers Project Management at Masters Degree Level and enroll to study project management.

 

3.    Attend a training on Project Management.

 

4.    Enroll to obtain a certification such as PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, SCRUM Master, etc.

 

Currently I am training people who want to become project managers. It is a program which is run online in a WhatsApp group. The first group have concluded their training and mentoring, the second group of trainees are on now undergoing mentoring.

 

The Third group will commence training on the 7^th of September, 2020

 

If you need more information on the Project Management training or anything in project management, please feel free to get in touch with me.

 

Thanks for your attention

 

I am

Emeka Achebe-Okosieme

 

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