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Recommended Citation: Koong, K S and L C Liu. A Study of Project Management Job Descriptions. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2006, v 23 (Dallas): §3123. ISSN: 1542-7382.

A Study of Project Management Job Descriptions

Refereed

6 pages

Kai S. Koong    [a1] [a2]
College of Business Administration
The University of Texas Pan American    [u1] [u2]
Edinburg, Texas, USA    [c1] [c2]

Lai C. Liu    [a1] [a2]
College of Business Administration
The University of Texas Pan American    [u1] [u2]
Edinburg, Texas, USA    [c1] [c2]

Using a leading placement portal, 150 project management job descriptions were examined. Specifically, this study reports on the demographic location of these openings, the type of project management skills required, variety of software mastery and other placement attributes that are desirable of candidates. While the dispersion of project management job openings was found to be fairly equal by regions, most of the jobs were found in the larger as well as more advanced technologically advanced states. When the skills requirements were assessed using the nine knowledge areas of project management, four of them were found in less than 50 percent of the job descriptions. MS Project was the dominant software indicated but it was found in less than 50 percent of the job postings. Most of the jobs do require some prior experience and prefer that the candidate has some type of certification. However, it is clear from this study that the job of project management can mean different things to different companies.

Keywords: knowledge area, project management, competencies

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