A Career in Project Management

A Career in Project Management

Abstract  
This paper describes some of the functionality and benefits of project management in an information technology environment. The paper provides a comparison of leadership and management roles. The paper shows how project management skills relate to information technology jobs in the scope of real world examples. From this paper you will be able to see some of the requirements, some of the challenges as well as some of the benefits of becoming a project manager in an Information Technology field. This paper will give some insight on project management in general as project management can range from a small privately owned company to global corporate project management.
A Career in Project Management

Program management is the effective implementation of change through multiple projects to realize distinct and measurable benefits for an organization (Becker, 1999).
Many people confuse program and project managers. Smaller companies such as Nextel Partners, INC. (2002-2007) did not have a budget for both project managers and program managers, so they made the title Program/Project Manager. For descriptive purposes program managers generally work on ongoing "overall" courses of action, such as maintaining low cost structure, working the business efficiently to maintain or expand budgets and working with the operations teams to help ensure smooth transitions with changes in production or productivity issues. Whereas, project managers are typically working with specific issues that are time based and help individual issues that collectively help with the bigger picture. The project manager may be more involved with the start to finish of the project and use their experiences on the topic to make sure the project is facilitated to maximize efficiency.
According to Arnstein (2005) "Project management training is everywhere. There are over 900 PMI Registered Education Providers, and some 30 Masters Degree programs in... [continues]

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