The Top 10 Ways To Future-Proof Your SAP Career
28 July, 2006
4. Consider project management
Whilst the offshoring wave is a reality, the extent to which it will hit Europe and impact IT roles is unclear. The market growth is not that impressive ($45bn globally to date (McKinsey on IT – Summer 2006). So one should not unduly panic. But as an insurance policy I would recommend gravitating further up the tree so to speak. Making the move into project management can be taken in two steps. Project management is an option.
Step 1 – Become a technical project manager. This makes good use of your technical skills and gently introduces you to people management. You can then use this experience to migrate to Step 2.
Step 2 – Become a full-blown people project manager. The team headcount will be larger and you will need to develop confidence in trusting others with technology matters. Acquiring distributed project management to cope with your team being based in multiple countries/continents will be of increasingly great value as globalisation takes root.
5. Develop your consulting skills
Being technically strong is not enough. Clients/employers want the complete package:
Technology skills
Sector / business process skills
Interpersonal skills
Aadvisory skills
Whether you work for SAP, one of its ISVs or an end user organisation, you will deliver more value and will be rewarded more if you can tick all the boxes above.
Click here if you would like to receive the Top 10 Ways to Future Proof your SAP Career Report.
Also receive Free Entry into SAP Book Prize Competition.
£200 worth of books of the winner's choice from the SAP Press
(please note, to fulfil your request, upon clicking here your details will be passed to SAP Job Board)
Whilst the offshoring wave is a reality, the extent to which it will hit Europe and impact IT roles is unclear. The market growth is not that impressive ($45bn globally to date (McKinsey on IT – Summer 2006). So one should not unduly panic. But as an insurance policy I would recommend gravitating further up the tree so to speak. Making the move into project management can be taken in two steps. Project management is an option.
Step 1 – Become a technical project manager. This makes good use of your technical skills and gently introduces you to people management. You can then use this experience to migrate to Step 2.
Step 2 – Become a full-blown people project manager. The team headcount will be larger and you will need to develop confidence in trusting others with technology matters. Acquiring distributed project management to cope with your team being based in multiple countries/continents will be of increasingly great value as globalisation takes root.
5. Develop your consulting skills
Being technically strong is not enough. Clients/employers want the complete package:
Technology skills
Sector / business process skills
Interpersonal skills
Aadvisory skills
Whether you work for SAP, one of its ISVs or an end user organisation, you will deliver more value and will be rewarded more if you can tick all the boxes above.
Click here if you would like to receive the Top 10 Ways to Future Proof your SAP Career Report.
Also receive Free Entry into SAP Book Prize Competition.
£200 worth of books of the winner's choice from the SAP Press
(please note, to fulfil your request, upon clicking here your details will be passed to SAP Job Board)
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