Abstract: Title: Choosing a Career as a Project Manager. This research will summarize what a Project Manager is, and the steps explained, to complete a project, if the career that is chosen is to be a successful Project Manager. The research touches on the many qualities, and skills a person needs to learn, and possess to become a Project Manager. This report will not cover the total execution of the project.
Putting together a project from start to finish is an enormous amount of work and there are steps to follow to make sure nothing is left unnoticed. This research will cover the majority of those steps.
When the chosen profession is a Project Manager, there are 5 different skills that are used in a Project Management role. They are leadership, communication, problem-solving, organizational, and team building skills. (http://www.anandnatrajan.com/FAQs/ray/PM/) Education will help hone these skills but having leadership qualities is important. The Project Manager is responsible for the project, the customer, and the team.
There are levels of education a person can participate in when choosing a career as a Project Manager. The first would be a certificate that requires a small amount of time. There are online colleges that offer it from 23 hours of credit. (http://som.utdallas.edu/project/) “Axia College of the University of Phoenix” also offers an Associates of Arts Degree in IT. A student can earn the degree in less than 24 months. For higher education a student may earn his bachelors and masters degree in Project Management.
There is a chart at the “PayScale” website. The chart shows the median salaries. Salaries vary depending on the location of the job. The starting average salary for a Project Manager, IT is $47,863.0 ...