Hi!
Let me introduce myself. I am a professional working in the Multimedia Industry for past 5+ years. In my past I had opportunity to design Educational Software and Mobile Software as well. Currently looking for a career advancement, I am planning to do Project Management Certification or MBA classes over weekends. I read somewhere that you should already have some experience in Project Management to enrol. I am not sure which of these two I should go for and where. Currently situated in India in New Delhi.
Thanks
Career Change into Project Mangement
Hi Shyamalranjan,
A Project Management Certification and MBA are quite different things. A Project Management Certification will give you a good grounding in managing projects, and knowledge of the tools and techniques used in project management. An MBA will cover a lot of ground across the whole spectrum of business management and will usually include some project management.
I'm a project manager with both qualifications. I've found it a good combination, however, I would not recommend doing both at the same time because the work involved is considerable for both.
Overall, the MBA is worth more from a career perspective, but is a significant undertaking. If you are intending to become a project manager then a PM certification will serve you well, but is quite narrow in it's focus.
It might not be a question of one or the other, but both and in which order to do them.
For project management qualifications look at:
Hope this helps, and good luck with your career change.
Duncan
A Project Management Certification and MBA are quite different things. A Project Management Certification will give you a good grounding in managing projects, and knowledge of the tools and techniques used in project management. An MBA will cover a lot of ground across the whole spectrum of business management and will usually include some project management.
I'm a project manager with both qualifications. I've found it a good combination, however, I would not recommend doing both at the same time because the work involved is considerable for both.
Overall, the MBA is worth more from a career perspective, but is a significant undertaking. If you are intending to become a project manager then a PM certification will serve you well, but is quite narrow in it's focus.
It might not be a question of one or the other, but both and in which order to do them.
For project management qualifications look at:
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Hope this helps, and good luck with your career change.
Duncan
A agree with Duncan on this. The MBA will be a significant undertaking. A certification will help you get noticed quickly, but the PMP certification does require a significant number of hours of experience just to sit for the exam. You'll need 4,500 hours of direct PM experience - which translates to a little over 2 years of full time PM experience. Good luck...and remember, the best method is to get your foot in the door somehow and get some experience under your belt.