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Project managers: can we make them or just make them better?

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Jeffrey L. BrewerAuthors Info & Claims

SIGITE '05: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education

Pages 167 - 173

https://doi.org/10.1145/1095714.1095754

Published: 20 October 2005 Publication History

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As the documented importance of project management grows for all organizations world wide, skilled successful project managers have become a valuable asset to have in an organization. In Information Technology these project managers need a good understanding of technology, an exceptional grasp of basic project management principles, and business leadership skills to be successful. This paper will discuss the organization's need for project managers, the skills a project manager must have to be proficient and whether these skills are innate or can be imbibed overtime. This paper will also discuss, for those skills that can be learned, how best to obtain these skills in a college or university IT curriculum using results from our own experiences. With this information, colleges or universities can begin preparing students for a career as an effective project manager.

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Project managers: can we make them or just make them better?
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Project management techniques
        Systems development

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