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What profession (college degree) is inclined to be a good Project Manager? Is having a master's degree a plus factor?

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Question ajoutée par Joefil C. Jocson , CEO/President , Dyas Construction and Management Consultants
Date de publication: 2013/09/18
Ali Al-Attar
par Ali Al-Attar , Founder , Iraqi Technological Academy

I have no degree nor any course for any kind of Project Management but I have learned that myself the long way and I am so proud that I did and I can call myself a good Project Management guy and have more than one successful project working on them at the same time :)

 

Here is one: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu

 

So, in short, NO. There is NO need to obtain any kind of degree ;)

Viorel Dumitrache
par Viorel Dumitrache , general manager , BETA

In my humble opinion, an ideal project manager should know everything about the outcome of the project, e.g. if we are talking about being the project of a refinery, PM should be a process engineer or a mechanical engineer with good knowledge on pressure vessels, piping, exchangers, rotating equipment, valves, etc. Masters degree may be a good prerequisite, however  only in case it's obtained in a related field. MBA, for example , is useless for engineering projects. It helps only to have a better communication with the financial controllers of it. What I mean is that a PM must, primarily, give a solution to project customer's needs. And, this solution is , irrespective economists like it or not,  technical.

Abid Butt
par Abid Butt , Project , CUSTOMERS SERVICES AUTOMATION

I will go with having a Master Degree from a Business School. The PM must know the Business lingo and needs to communicate with upper/lower management at the same time.

Umar Alharaky
par Umar Alharaky , Senior Systems Analyst & Quality Control , StarWays IT

Of course. The master degree, especially in management like MBA, is very useful for project management profession.

Mustafa Raza
par Mustafa Raza , Sr. Program Manager – Merger and Acquisitions (Sales) , Agilent Technologies

Masters degree is certainly advantage...but core is that individual must have worked on Real life Projects.. where he/she has been invovlved in Cost, effort, resource estimation. Theories are good but nothing can beat the Practical experience.

My2 cents :)

Gopalakrishnan Swaminathan
par Gopalakrishnan Swaminathan , Sr.Sales Coordinator , kharafinational

Having an engineering degree will add value to the position. But, having additional qualification  in Project Management will also help  overall activities as a PM

Md Leakat Ali
par Md Leakat Ali , Managing Director , Desh Packages Ltd

Depends on and it varies man to man. College degree contains overall knowleage a like sea. So Master's degree a big plus factor to be a visionery....Project Management is a branch with tectical and know how. Some be seasoned and expert with more than a degree holder that doesn't mean degree holder is inclined.. 

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