What do project managers do?
The basic principles of project management include planning, organizing, securing, controlling, leading, and managing resources and tasks to achieve specific business goals. Project managers determine strategies to kick off the project, evaluate and understand the project requirements, analyze and gather the required professionals on board and monitor the progress of the work. include planning, organizing, securing, controlling, leading, and managing resources and tasks to achieve specific business goals. Project managers determine strategies to kick off the project, evaluate and understand the project requirements, analyze and gather the required professionals on board and monitor the progress of the work.
Why choose project management as a career?
Like many jobs, project managers will need a variety of skills in order to be successful. In addition to keen organizational skills, project management aspirants should also be effective problem solvers, have above average math skills, and be clear communicators. For those who enjoy varied responsibilities, project management may be a good match.
Some other reasons why to study project management include:
- The demand for project managers is high. The Project Management Institute (PMI)® expects to see 22 million new project management job openings through 2027.
- Project managers are needed in a wide variety of industries. Although quite common in the IT field, project-oriented work is also common in business services, oil and gas, finance and insurance, manufacturing, construction, and utility industries—all over the world.
- Salaries for project managers are highly competitive.
- There are plenty of opportunities for advancement. Highly experienced, specialized, certified project managers can expect to see double the entry-level salary—or more
Kenya Institute of Project Management offers multiple Project Management training courses that can help aspiring project managers get the education they need—not only to pass certification exams, but also real-world knowledge useful for any project management career.