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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > The Project Management Thread: it cost more than I thought it would.
 
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Murgos
Oct 21, 2010

The Berzerker posted:

oh hey a PM thread, hello


I think with a large enough project there is enough for a PM to do that it is a full job itself, but having been both of these (a PM with some technical resource/skill and a PM without it), I definitely prefer managing projects where I have some understanding of the subject area. I've been working in the same area for 3 years now so I did some additional education to be somewhat useful as a resource to my technical team and my relationship with them is much stronger for it. I remember hating managing construction projects because I didn't know anything about construction and didn't care to learn, it was miserable all around.
It really depends on the person.

Being technically savvy doesn't make you a good PM. It also doesn't make you a bad PM. I've seen it go both ways as well as vice-versa that being technically clueless doesn't stop people from being good managers of technical programs.

Generally though, being able to talk intelligently about the technical challenges is a useful skill, it generally ads credibility to your schedule and cost estimates.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > The Project Management Thread: it cost more than I thought it would.