Project Manager training

museudf

Hi All

Need some advice/help.

I have just passed my Prince2 (Project in a controlled environment), this was my first steps towards becoming a Project manger.

I currently work as a senior network engineer (MCSE) and do a little project support work. I want to get some project management experience but not in my current role. I do not mind spending my weekends/evening doing project management work. I would like to shadow or watch another project manager or maybe even manage a small project myself.

Any advice on how I can achieve this would be great. Many thanks

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geordie_joe

museudf wrote: »

I would like to shadow or watch another project manager or maybe even manage a small project myself.

I can't help you, but I do hope you get a better project manager that the one that taught me.

He spent a fortnight telling me, and the others in the class that, a project managers job is not to ensure the project gets completed on time, it is to make sure he can't be blamed when it doesn't.

Apparently a reputation for "always completing projects on time, even if he has to roll up his sleeves and fill in for a sick worker" is no use to a project manager, while a reputation for "never completing a project on time, but always has someone else to blame" is very useful.

I wish I had a quid for every time he said "your job, as a project manager, is to make sure you can't be blamed for thing goings wrong before you do anything to prevent them going wrong, or try to fix them after they have gone wrong."

fletch14

Hi musrudf,

Where abouts are you based?

LilacPixie

geordie_joe wrote: »

I can't help you, but I do hope you get a better project manager that the one that taught me.

He spent a fortnight telling me, and the others in the class that, a project managers job is not to ensure the project gets completed on time, it is to make sure he can't be blamed when it doesn't.

Apparently a reputation for "always completing projects on time, even if he has to roll up his sleeves and fill in for a sick worker" is no use to a project manager, while a reputation for "never completing a project on time, but always has someone else to blame" is very useful.

I wish I had a quid for every time he said "your job, as a project manager, is to make sure you can't be blamed for thing goings wrong before you do anything to prevent them going wrong, or try to fix them after they have gone wrong."

Joe what crap advice. I bet he was only doing classes becausenoone would hire himto actually projet manage.