A good project manager is hard to find

Good project managers are essential to ensuring that projects are delivered on time and on budget, but they can be hard to find. Because of the dearth of good project managers, more than half of companies surveyed by Forrester Research plan to train their staff in project management this year. But training IT staff to make the transition to project management isn't easy; often, they lack the training, experience and business knowledge to get the job done. Good project managers must constantly sell the project, keep all constituents in the loop, deal with changing customer demands and report back to upper management. While project managers don't have to be technical experts, they need to understand the technology well enough to explain its benefits and constraints to every user group the technology touches. They should also be good communicators.

Learn more about how to train IT staff to be project managers:
- read the article at TechTarget

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