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Can a Business Analyst become Project Manager?

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Question added by dev mahapatra
Date Posted: 2013/10/31

yes why not?  no one was born project manager already :)

Wasim Khalil Mustafa Ali PMP®
by Wasim Khalil Mustafa Ali PMP® , Consultant , Malomatia

Anyone can be a project manager if he earned the knowledge for that

Khaled Alhassoun
by Khaled Alhassoun , Consulting Management - Senior manager , Price waterhouse Coopers

Yes he can, PM is skills and techniques not science

Yousuf M. Y. Ababneh
by Yousuf M. Y. Ababneh , Director (colonel) , electronic equipment department / public security directorate

yes it depend on project type

Ahmad Salameh
by Ahmad Salameh , Deputy Resident Engineer- Technical and Quality Assurance Manager , Arabtech Jardaneh

If you believe in that, you can

Yes, but he/she needs to work on enhancing project management skills

Amir Elsayed
by Amir Elsayed , Owner , Wizzora

If you got what it takes then you can do anything.

سوسن بادع مسير الخزاعى
by سوسن بادع مسير الخزاعى , مديره قسم , زارة التربيه

not always

Subha Menon
by Subha Menon , Lead QA and Audit Analyst , StarHub Ltd

The skills for Project Management are different as compared to that needed for being a Business Analyst and the focus areas of both are different. A Business Analyst's primary objective is to capture requirements correctly and concisely. A Project Manager has to manage the project scope, cost, schedule and quality and has to "manage" the expectations of the customer with respect to the requirements that can be delivered within the project constraints. That said however, flexibility is the key and there are Project Managers who have been effective part time business analysts and vice versa. Not all can seamlessly perform both the roles though.

Ahmed Alsheikh
by Ahmed Alsheikh , Director – Product Development, Planning and Management , Mobily

100% you can, the role of business analyst is much better than the PM, where you are dedicated for business and software knowledge while the PM dedicated for the ( delivery, Cost, Time and resources)... so if you learn the PMP process you will be more qualified PM.

ZAREEF KHAN
by ZAREEF KHAN , sales mananger , anant dream developer india pvt ltd

hmmm really its very good Quinton....and my according answer is ... depend on prozect... what tyep project do u have... keep learning... bye

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