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In this podcast, Ricardo reflects on the profession of project management and talks about three links that the project manager needs to build during his career to make the profession worthwhile for him to society and to the company. He comments that the project manager needs to prepare like any other profession and that the path to becoming a great project manager is not simple.
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Results Analysis
In this survey, with 413 participants, the result in favor of project management was overwhelming. 70% of participants believe that project management is an extremely promising career. Only 4% said the opposite.
Of course this result is directly related to people’s expectations. As my site discusses project management, it is obvious that the majority of participants visit the site because they are interested in project management and think this is a promising career. Those who don’t agree with this, probably, won’t even log in to answer the enquiry.
Personally, I think this is a good result and it is within my expectations. Of course I may sound biased saying that its worth or not to be a project manager. My life is totally connected to this subject for many years. But now I would suggest caution. As I said, and reinforced in the podcast I’ve recorded on this subject, the path to success is winding, difficult and risky.
Undoubtedly, project management is a wonderful profession and it can be very promising if properly managed. But we must not forget that is very hard to be a project manager. It is living on a tightrope walking, often without a support and a sponsorship, with a crowd down there, hoping to see you smash on the floor… Of course I don’t need to say that there is no safety net for this tightrope and an error can be fatal.
So let’s not delude ourselves thinking there is an easy result. In this profession, there is no easy way and there is a lot of hard work. And there are things that won’t give you the expected results. Knowing how to choose is a kind of art!
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- Posted: April 30th, 2011
- Author: Ricardo Vargas
- Popularity: 2241 views
- Tags: carreer, Carreira, Gerente de Projetos, PMP, Talent,
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Conheci a área de gerenciamento ouvindo os podcast’s do Ricardo a um ano e meio e resolvi investir, até o momento tem sido gratificante, realmente é uma área boa de se trabalhar.
Ricardo,
Boa tarde.
Meu nome é Marcelo Ribeiro e trabalho na área de projetos elétricos de máquinas industriais a pelo menos 10 anos. Atuo como engenheiro de projetos elétricos, mas me interesso muito pela área de gerenciamento de projetos, e ha 1 ano e meio quando comecei meu MBA em gerenciamento de projetos achave que teria alguma oportunidade para atuar nesta área. Acontece que agora a empresa em que eu trabalho conseguiu 02 projetos muito grandes, mas o gestor de nossa B.U. (Business Unit) de óleo e gas foi buscar mão de obra de fora da empresa, gente que ja atua na área de gerenciamento e tem uma certa bagagem. Na verdade o segmento em que eu atuava aqui dentro da empresa, (Fios e cabos) esta em baixa e passei para o depto de óleo e gas, como engenheiro trabalhando direto na execução dos projetos, e não na parte de coordenação. Gostaria muito de atuar nesta área de gerenciamento, porém sei que é preciso ter experiência para isto. Mas como posso adiquirir alguma experiência se nem consigo me infiltrar nesta área aqui na empresa ???
Marcelo,
Minha sugestao, ate como experiencia similar a sua, e’ que vc busque usar no sei dia-dia, como seus colaboradores e ate’ na sua vida pessoal, os conceitos de gerenciamento de projetos. Apesar de muita gente ter ouvido falar de gerenciamento de projetos no Brasil, a maioria dos profissionais pratica os preceitos mas de forma organica/natural. Demorei 3 anos para colher frutos no meio em que trabalho. Comecei comentando, sugerindo e emprestando livros sobre o assunto aos colegas e ate’ aos meus superiores. Semeie que os frutos serao colhidos. Se nao for nesta empresa, em outra de repente. O mercado esta’ sedento. Boa sorte. Espero ter agregado.