Project Coordinator → IT Project Manager

A realistic transition from Project Coordinator to IT Project Manager: transferable skills, the gaps to close, a step-by-step learning plan and alternative routes. Estimated skill overlap 65%. Difficulty: Medium.

Difficulty: Medium7 stepsDuration: 9 to 13 monthsOverlap: 65%

Transition from Project Coordinator to IT Project Manager.

Transferable skills

  • Project planning
  • Vendor management
  • Reporting

Skills to learn

  • Agile & Scrum
  • IT general knowledge

Step-by-step learning plan

  1. 1. Build on your Project Coordinator experience

    2–4 weeks

    Leverage

    • Project planning
    • Vendor management
    • Reporting

    Map transferable skills — Project planning, Vendor management, Reporting — against what an IT Project Manager needs.

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

    3–6 weeks

    Improve

    • Risk management
    • Budget management
    • Stakeholder management

    Raise Risk management, Budget 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

    • Agile & Scrum

    Technologies

    SQL basics

    Cover the biggest gaps first: Agile & Scrum.

  4. 4. Master advanced IT Project Manager skills

    6–10 weeks

    Learn

    • IT general knowledge

    Handle the advanced topics: IT general knowledge.

  5. 5. Get productive with the IT Project Manager toolchain

    4–8 weeks

    Technologies

    SQL basics

    Be hands-on with SQL basics and the rest of the target stack.

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

    4–8 weeks

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

  7. 7. 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