news 9 Project management skills enhanced
To update his skills, Marek Kotas, 53, is studying full time for his MSc in project management at Portsmouth Business School
”I used to work in project management but I took voluntary redundancy in order to start my own bathroom installation business. Sadly, the company did not survive the credit crunch and recession, but when I tried to get back into my previous line of work I found that my skills were out of date.
”I enrolled on this course to give me the qualifications to get back into project management or a related discipline and to allow me to stand out in the job market.
”Project management is all about people, time and risks, assessing what might delay or derail a project.
”We all project manage our own lives all the time, but advanced project management skills are needed in managing complex projects with lots of people and complicated timescales which
A new project to manage: Marek Kotas
contractors need to adhere to, for example. It‘s about juggling different priorities and finding a way through sometimes competing interests to ensure the final project is delivered on time and on budget.
”I‘ve worked on small and large projects and the skills needed
are the same whether the project involves six people or 100 people.
”I already lived in Southsea so deciding to study at the University of Portsmouth was the obvious choice.
”It‘s early days but I am very impressed with the quality of the
lecturers. They are knowledgeable but, more important, they are engaging. So far I haven‘t come across anything I don‘t enjoy. I even enjoy the assignments in a masochistic sort of way.
”Generally the assignments are the most difficult part of the course.
”My advice to others thinking of doing post-graduate study is to study full time if you can and to start your assignments as soon as you get them. You want to aim high in terms of getting the best grade you can and the sooner you start work on assignments the better your chance is of doing well.”
Kotas started his course in September 2014 and will finish in September this year.
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