The document provides a guide for becoming a project manager, outlining the key steps and considerations. It discusses what project managers do, necessary skills, education requirements, and career progression. Specifically, it recommends earning a bachelor's degree in a relevant field like computer science or IT, gaining 3-5 years of work experience, then advancing to a project management role. It also emphasizes the importance of internships for experience and networking opportunities.

1. Becoming a Project Manager
– A Complete Guide for 2019
Siddhesh S. Dongare
MBA IT & PGD-Project Management
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agile-scrum-master

2. Are you preparing to become a project manager but you don’t know
where to start?
Here are the things that you should consider before starting a project management career:
➔ What does being a project manager actually mean?
➔ A project manager’s skills – find out if you have the skills needed to be a part of the project management field
➔ What does a project manager actually do? – an analysis of the most common project management responsibilities on the
current job market
➔ What’s the secret of a project management career? – tips on becoming better in the project management profession
➔ How to become a project manager– education and the most important PM certificates you can get out there

3. Are you preparing to become a project manager but you don’t know
where to start?
Here are the things that you should consider before starting a project management career:
➔ Project manager career problems – find out how project management experts dealt with problems when they were
beginners and prepare to successfully face any issues you might encounter
➔ Ways of managing projects and product development – Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, PRiSM, Six Sigma, Critical Path, and
many more
➔ Tools for project managers – collaboration tools, video chat systems, project management software, and all the apps that
project managers need to start a project

4. Become an IT Project Manager
➔ IT project managers oversee and direct the activities of information technology projects, including managing
personnel, overseeing budgets and schedules, and executing a project communication plan.
➔ IT project managers may also be referred to as computer and information systems managers and must possess a
bachelor & degree and considerable amounts of experience and on-the-job training.
➔ The majority of computer and information systems managers work full-time, with overtime commonly reported as
projects & needs require.
➔ Though many IT professionals are able to telecommute, project managers generally have to report to an office
setting in order to supervise their team and the project as a whole. There are few physical demands or risks
associated with this career.

5. Education Required..
Degree Level Bachelor's, Master’s will improve prospects
Degree Field Computer Science, Information Technology, IT Project Management
Experience Several years of experience to reach management position.
Key Skills Possess personal management, time management, monitoring, critical thinking, inductive
reasoning and information ordering skills; strong communication, analytical,
decision-making and leadership skills; able to use enterprise resource planning software,
database user interface and query software, project management software, and pattern
design software; able to conduct systems analysis

6. Career Steps to Follow..
Let’s go through each of the various steps required to become an IT project manager:
Step 1: Earn a Bachelor’s Degree
Managers of IT projects must possess at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information
technology or IT project management. The courses in these 3-year programs cover topics like:
1. Database management systems
2. IT security
3. Management information systems
4. Programming fundamentals
5. Project procurement management
6. Principles of project management

7. Career Steps to Follow..
Let’s go through each of the various steps required to become an IT project manager:
Step 2: Gain Experience in the Field
Most computer and information systems managers have several years of work experience in the field of
information technology. Employers often seek candidates who not only possess a bachelor’s degree, but who
also have experience working in project management or supervising individuals in an information technology
department.
Step 3: Work as an IT Project Manager
After 3-5 years of experience working in an area related to IT project management, many individuals may be
able to advance in their careers.

8. Career Steps to Follow..
Let’s go through each of the various steps required to become an IT project manager:
Step 4: Pursue Career Advancement
With enough management experience, IT project managers can advance and become chief technology
officers or even chief executives.

9. Career Steps to Follow..
Success Tip:
1. Complete an internship. An internship allows students to interact with experienced IT project
managers and complete some of the same tasks they will perform when working in the field.
2. This experience and these networking opportunities may make it easier to find a position in IT project
management immediately after graduation.

10. Reference
➔ https://www.engineeringmanagement.info/2019/01/becoming-project-manager-complete-guide.htm
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➔ Sources: O*Net Online, *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monster.com job postings, study.com