Junior IT Project Manager → IT Project Manager

A realistic transition from Junior IT Project Manager to IT Project Manager: transferable skills, the gaps to close, a step-by-step learning plan and alternative routes. Estimated skill overlap 76%. Difficulty: Medium.

Difficulty: Medium5 stepsDuration: 9 to 13 monthsOverlap: 76%

Transition from Junior IT Project Manager to IT Project Manager.

Transferable skills

  • Budget management
  • Agile & Scrum
  • Vendor management
  • Reporting

Skills to learn

  • IT general knowledge

Step-by-step learning plan

  1. 1. Build on your Junior IT Project Manager experience

    2–4 weeks

    Leverage

    • Budget management
    • Agile & Scrum
    • Vendor management
    • Reporting

    Map transferable skills — Budget management, Agile & Scrum, Vendor management — against what an IT Project Manager needs.

  2. 2. Close the partial gaps toward IT Project Manager

    3–6 weeks

    Improve

    • Project planning
    • Risk management
    • Stakeholder management

    Raise Project planning, Risk management, Stakeholder management to the level an IT Project Manager relies on.

  3. 3. Learn the core of the IT Project Manager role

    6–10 weeks

    Learn

    • IT general knowledge

    Cover the biggest gaps first: IT general knowledge.

  4. 4. Practise IT Project Manager work in real conditions

    4–8 weeks

    Ship a portfolio project or take on IT Project Manager tasks at work.

  5. 5. Get certified and position yourself as a IT Project Manager

    4–8 weeks

    Technologies

    PMPPRINCE2 PractitionerPSM I (Scrum Master)

    Update your CV and LinkedIn around IT Project Manager, then apply to target roles.

Alternative routes