Project Management As Your Next Career Move

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Project Management
As Your Next Career Move
Nelly Gillman
Project Manager
Rockwell Automation

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Nelly Gillman
• MS in Control Systems Engineering
• > 15 years of experience in engineering
and project management
• Employment in Russia and the US
• At Rockwell Automation for 8 years
• Certified PMP
• SWE Member since 2010

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Agenda
How to get there
Why you should do it
Why you shouldn’t do it
What is Project Management
What to expect in a role

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What is Project Management
 Project Management: planning, organizing, and
managing the effort to accomplish a successful
project
 Project: a temporary endeavor undertaken to
create a unique product, service, or result
Manufacturing Information Services Oil & Gas
Finance & Insurance Utilities Construction
Business Services Healthcare
15.7 million new PM roles to be added globally by 2020 [1]:

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What to expect
 Project team
 Scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, communication, quality
 Educational requirements:
 Engineering degree depending on the type of project
 Desirable: MBA
 Certification requirements:
 Project Management Professional (PMP)
 Career track:
 Project Coordinator/Scheduler – Assistant PM – PM – Senior PM
 Opportunities after PM – endless
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Why Project Management could be your best career move
BREADTH
End to end understanding of a project
Opportunity to experience many elements of the business
Opportunity to manage people at an earlier stage of your career
EXECUTION
Idea – Details – Dependencies/Risks – Resources – Plan – Execution
NAVIGATION
Processes, procedures, systems, functions, people
EFFICIENCY
Multiple requests/tasks – Prioritization – Efficiency – Productivity
COMMUNICATION
All levels of stakeholders: what, how, when
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Project Management is not for you if…
 You are not comfortable with change and ambiguity
 Plan vs. shifting reality
 You prefer working with tools and technology than with people
 Hard skills vs. soft skills
 You avoid difficult conversations
 Likable vs. effective
 You have to be the smartest person in the room
 SME vs. servant-leader
 You can’t multitask
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Steps for getting into project management
 Learn everything you can
 Bring informal project management into everything you do
 Consider training
 Look for opportunities within and outside your role
 Keep your eyes and ears open
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Thank You!
Questions?
Nelly Gillman
nrgillman@ra.rockwell.com

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References
1. Project Management Institute.
Industry Growth Forecast – Project Management Between 2010 + 2020
2. Project Management Institute.
Pulse of the Profession 2015: Capturing the Value of Project Management 2015
3. The Editors. Career Overview: Project Management.
4. Andy Jordan. Why Project Management.
5. Kiron Bondale. Five
Signs That You May Not Want To Become A Project Manager.
6. Lindsay Scott. Five steps for getting into project management.