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oh hey a PM thread, helloDik Hz posted:I kinda feel that project management is an add-on skill and not a role by itself, but that's just me. I mean, I'm not a PM, but when I've done PM-type poo poo, I've always had some skin in the game as the technical resource. Likewise, my peers in supply chain have skin in the game when they do PM style projects. Same with our engineering team and plant managers. I imagine it must be tougher to get buy-in from the stakeholders if you're not one too. 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.
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High Lord Elbow posted:If you work in a technical field, you will get very little respect or appreciation from the people who need you most. If they were good at managing work within their own function or communicating with people in other areas, your job wouldn't exist. When you hear people bitch about you, just know that their shortcomings keep you employed. Want to be loved? Go be a nurse or a teacher. I love this in particular. I still PM but I also teach it now and this is something my students really need to understand - you are going to be viewed as a villain by a lot of your coworkers, but your function is necessary because of the areas in which they are lacking, so be prepared.
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LawfulWaffle posted:our PMO is just generally really stretched thin right now delete the words "right now" and welcome to the rest of your hellish existence, my friend
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