What Does It Take To Be a Project Manager
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If you want to be a project manager but you do not really know what skills you need to acquire, then this book is for you.
It unveils the competencies required by individuals willing to make project management their professions.
"What Does It Take To Be a Project Manager" is a short book of 7 chapters.
Joseph Abboud
I currently work as a University Lecturer and executive trainer. I hold MSc in Project Management from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, and certified from PMI (PMP, and PMI-ACP). 25 years of experience in project management, design thinking, QA/QC, and coaching, leveraging these forces to create cultures of collaboration, innovation, and engagement in multinational companies. I have also conducted training on Team-building, Adaptive Leadership, Agile transformation, and GROW Model Framework (Goal- Reality - Options -Will) for leaders and managers to structure coaching and mentoring sessions with their employees. Introduced lean principles in organizations using Kanban, resulting in successfully helping teams to better prioritize and continuously improve their workflow by removing waste process improvement. LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephabboud/
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What Does It Take To Be a Project Manager - Joseph Abboud
Author’s Note
I have planned to write this book as concisely as possible. No embellishments. My intention was to make it informative in the shortest possible terms.
The objective of this book is to reveal what you need to know to prepare yourself to be a project manager. If, after reading it thoroughly, you discover that you possess all the required competencies of a successful project manager, then you are on your way to become a star project manager.
Happy reading.
Introduction
When I graduated from high school in 1980, I took the decision then to become a software engineer. After ten years, my fortune had led me to manage a team of software engineers, wherein I found myself doing more management than programming. I confess that at the time I had not heard of the term ‘project management’ until my functional manager asked me to be certified in it. You need to get PMP certified, Joseph.
he snapped.
Since the company I was working at was willing to pay for the study materials and for the exam fees, I relentlessly search for books on the subject matter. There was no internet at the time, and yet, despite of purchasing some books on project management, I was not aware of the difficulties that besets this profession. There were no books on ‘how hard project management is.’
Until today, I have yet to find a book that confronts the above question. This book is expected to fill in this gap.
My intention of writing this book is to acquaint those who are willing to study project management with the difficulties of the nature of this profession, and the complications intertwined in it, so they may take a flawless decision on whether to embark its ocean or not.
Sensibly, anxiety and tears are part of most professions in life. Mine, as a project manager, was no different.
End of intro.
August 20th, 2018
Joseph M. Abboud