Project People Limited

Project People is a world class leader in project management, business analysis, and information technology training. Project People’s unwavering commitment to understanding client needs allows us to partner with our clients to increase business performance, mitigate risk, and resolve challenges. With our local dedication and global presence we partner with our clients and ensure maximum business result by developing methodologies and techniques based on industry best practices. We are committed to aiding our consultants and customers in delivering world-class solution through cutting edge innovation and world-class training.

Our practical and hands-on training is based upon leading Project Management methods. We help our clients gain insight into best practices world over by giving true life scenarios from across the globe. An important supplement to our training is that our clients will be exposed to the intricacies of passing rigorous PRINCE2® Practitioners and PMI exams in one attempt.

Professional Project Management Jobs In Nigeria

 

Find professional vacancies in Nigeria:

• PROJECT QUALITY MANAGER 

•  AGILE PROJECT MANAGER FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

•  TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER - ENTERPRISE NETWORK AT AIRTEL NIGERIA 

• SPECIAL PROJECT COORDINATOR

• PROJECT COORDINATOR

• PROJECT MANAGER

How To Make Yourself Internationally Employable

This article will reveal a new trend which can greatly increase your value at work or your
employability if you are a job seeker.

In the past it was believed that technology was the most critical factor for project success in global organizations. However it has been discovered that, 69% of project failures are due to lack of Project Management methodologies, or improper implementation of the same.

Despite this revelation, there is a marked growth in global projects worldwide.

As we recover from the turbulent economic times, organizations are taking on large projects that involve cross-functional teams. There is consequently an increasing demand for employees to have project management skills; Skills that will keep their entire team on target to complete each project on time and on budget.

The project manager job outlook is clearly improving.

During May 2012, more than 235,000 online job listings included requirements for project management skills. Also, a study published by the Anderson Economic Group revealed that an average of 1.2 million project management positions will need to be filled each year through 2016.

There are broadly two Project Management Methodologies: Project Management Professional (PMP) and PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2®).

As of February 2012, there were approximately only 473,000 active PMP certified individuals worldwide and about 500,000 for PRINCE2® since 2009.

With this glaring shortage of project managers, large companies will be forced to look abroad for their staffing needs and certified project managers will literally shop the world for choice employment.

So how do you get a share of the pie?

5 Characteristics of a Project Manager

I have been privileged in my many years of professional activities to meet many project managers both home and abroad. I discovered that we have so many schooled and certified professional but very few real leaders. According to a Survey Carried out by KPMG of252organisations, technology is not the most critical factor that determines project success. Inadequate project management implementation constitutes 32% of project failures, lack of communication constitutes 20%, and unfamiliarity with scope and complexity constitutes 17%. Accordingly 69% of project failures are due to lack and/or improper implementation of project management methodologies.

 

 The above project failure indices are directly or indirectly the project manager’s shortcoming. The most popular definition of leadership I believe isinfluence. As a project manager, the ability to inspire the entire project team toward achieving the desired goal and project objective is key to successful project implementation. Some project managers are simply administrators, while some are project coordinators. However, the game of being a ‘leader’ project manager is far more than just administration or coordination. I gave presentations and facilitated workshops on this subject in our numerous professional forums. Many times, beyond the presentation, it was the debate with the novice and the experienced project managers about what are the most important skill set that drives me to further increase my study and concepts in this area.

 

I made sure that my points are not out of head knowledge or some form of pseudo perception of the ideal. I have carefully studied exceptional project managers and have documented my discovery not just for classroom purposes but for life application.

 

All the points mentioned below are crucial for superlative project governance:

• Give attention to detail
• Communicate to be understood
• Learn to be a power negotiator
• Be a positive thinker
• Be as flexible as you can