So, start by learning everything that you can about project management.

Next, look out for opportunities to help your team, manager or colleagues in a project management capacity … even though you will be doing this informally.

Help a lot of people in your company get their projects done on time and under budget … because that is what a project manager primarily does.

Don’t look down on any opportunity to serve … perhaps, all you can do for a project manager is to help gather the requirements of the project … do it.

Perhaps all you can do for another project manager is to help lead the team meetings … do it!

Perhaps all you can do for another project manager is to help him or her estimate the technical complexity in terms of time, money, resources and technological complexity … do it!

As you help others succeed, you will become recognized were you are as a leader … a project manager in the making and you will be giving bigger and bigger roles to audition for.

One day, you will get the chance to work full-time as a project manager and that even when you get that dream job, don’t forget how you got there and what it is all about … serving others, helping people!

I am just wondering why you are looking for a role as a business development manager while at the same time, you are looking into IT Project Management and Software Development Project Management … could it be that you are also considering these careers alongside a business development manager role?

Here is the main difference between IT Project Managers and Software Development Project Managers. The IT Industry is a domain centric industry because while Information Technology (IT) itself is domain agnostic (it doesn’t care about your domains), the people who use technology (hiring managers, organizations or businesses) leave and work in specific industries or domains. Each of these domains (telecommunications, healthcare, finance, customer relationship markleting, sales & marketing,etc.) has its own culture, terms and processes which are sometimes not re-used or shared by employers in other domains.

So, when a company wants to hire a Project Manager, they may decide to hire project managers with domain experience (the same case with business analysts and to a lesser degree, software testers).

So, a Software Development Project Manager has handson (not educational) experience working in software Development shops or teams. IT Project Managers may not have software development experience but they have project management experience in Technology Projects (Data Warehousing, E-Commerce, Networking / Infrastructure) and Project Managers have Project Management Experience but not necessarily software development or information technology (IT) management experience.

all this being said, the first task facing you is choosing the right career … what do you think is the right career for you?

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I have a btech- and I have 2 yes experience in software development…

Then worked as a freelancer for 3yrs — outsourcing IT(software + BPO projects only)..

Now i am learning sap business intelligence training ..

I am looking for a role of business development manager… with a background of IT ,,. sir can u please help with the right career path…

How would I go about doing this?