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Do you think appearing for CAPM will help aspiring would suggest rather than being a fresher in project
Project Managers to make their career? management, spend at least 3-5 years in important
CAPM will definitely help, it will give you the structural functions like engineering, manufacturing, sourcing
approach towards Project Management. When you etc. Understand the working of those departments and
enter into the industry, every organization has some how they operate. Else it may be the situation where
product development processes. If you have CAPM project team can keep you fooling around the timelines
certification, you will come to know what those and cost and quality. When you do internships spend
processes talks about. It won’t be a complete surprise to more time in learning & understand how the business
you when you enter into the industry. If you haven’t works. Any project manager in our group has at least
ever seen PMBOK or haven’t learnt about Project 10+ years of experience. Get into those organizations as
Management then you might face some struggles after an entry level project manager where the companies are
entering the industry. I would say everybody should go willing to invest in people, imparting required trainings
for CAPM, in the first year of your employment. Don’t on PM tools & processes. The most of the organizations
wait like me for 8 years to get PMP certification where I worked are of US origin, these companies have
(Laughs). We learned project management through a matured project management culture. Multinationals
crude method and then learned structured approach. operating in India are having mature project
CAPM is good entry level certification available. management culture & are very strong on following
processes as compared to Indian organizations. Project
What will be your advice to students and
Management is always a challenging & rewarding
professionals in early stages of their career to
career. People who really loves to manage people they
become a Project Manager?
can be a good project managers. Somebody who is
Project Management is very challenging & rewarding
really willing to work with people becomes a strong
career. As a PM you are always in a limelight & get
project manager. You need to be expressive & vocal
opportunity to be in front of organization leaders. I
being a Project Manager.

Interviewed by Reshma Bandekar and Sachin Ghongade

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