Please guide me to prepare the PMP certification

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I am a Lotus Notes administrator in one of primer organisation. I have almost 8 years experience in IT industry. Now I want to move in project management area. I would appreciate if someone could guide me whether it is wrong or right direction. Thanks!

Asked: July 18, 2009 8:11 AM Last updated: December 22, 2014 7:41 PM

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Only you know whether it’s right or wrong. You have to ask yourself if you’re interested in project management. Do you feel like you can do it well? Do you want to learn more and become the go-to guy for project management? Check out these specific views I have on IT certifications and career goal setting. Best of luck!

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carlosdl Jul 20, 2009 3:57 PM GMT

The first question would be: Why do you want to move to project management (and abandon your 8 years of lotus experience) ? Becoming a good project manager usually takes some years of experience and requires many different skills (not necessarily technical). You have to like it in order to succeed (and of course you need to know what exactly it is, in order to know whether you like it).

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jaideep Jul 22, 2009 9:19 AM GMT

In my opinion it will waste your hard earned learning in Lotus Notes Administration as Project Management is entirely a different stream to start with.

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Kevin Beaver Jul 22, 2009 1:28 PM GMT

There's certainly no shame in going from technical hands-on work to higher-level project management work. If anything having a technical background will make you a better project manager. The IT world could certainly use more people with a technical background as they tend to make the best people to fill non-technical managerial and sales positions.

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