McDonald, not necessarily.

Of course it pays for a PM to be an SME (Subject Matter Expert) in the project he/she is leading but from experience, thats not necessary.

As a PM you must manage the resources that actually get the work done.

And Kiania was spot on, before you get certified as a PMP you must have enough PM hours. What most people do is first to get the PM training, (takes like 1 week), to get the PM knowledge and then apply work on a project.

Once you have gathered enough hours on a project then you can get the certification.



On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Joseph McDonald <mcdonaldoj@gmail.com> wrote:
Am sorry it came out badly what I meant,is you need other skills to compliment the Project Management skills.e.g If you are a project manager,in IT ....it means you must have the IT skills first,then project management will be an added advantage.

I hope its clearer now,i did not mean to discourage those,who are doing project management...


On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:20 AM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
McDee,

What are you y'all talking about? Project management is a serious
discipline and a career like any other I work for a Telco and over and
above PMI/PMP we have three additional internal certifications based
on actual project experience.

Everything every organization does is a project and this is a
formalized discipline from Banking, to Insurance to Manufacturing.
Here's my recommendation, instead of doing the certification first,
get a PM job and do the certification and not the other way round.
This is not Cisco or MCSE, you have to have hands on experience.

Look for a preparation center preferably in Dubai/SA for the weeks
running to the exam and pay for it.

My thoughts

Kiania D.




On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Joseph McDonald <mcdonaldoj@gmail.com> wrote:
> I look at project management as a tool...not a serious career.Everyone one
> time or another has to use some project management skills.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Douglas Ogeto <douglas.ogeto@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> @All,
>>
>> What are the possibilities of getting a project job once I attain this
>> kind of certification? Bearing in mind am just a fresh graduate.
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