2211 The implementation method of mentoring to develop practical project managers

Abstract

Developing project manager (PM) in the IT industry has a lot of problems. It is the biggest factor of the problems that educating PM by OJT has not kept up with the change in such an environment which requires shorter delivery and lower cost, while that kind of changes around PM themselves are also factors to some extent. Recently, the project management based on PMBOK is systematized. However, PMBOK based education is rather knowledge-oriented than practical, therefore sometimes it is now the best to the real projects. In NTTDATA Public Business Planning and Administration Department, we have been carrying out the PM education using the mentoring techniques to succeed skills and know-how from experienced PM to PM in the growth. In this paper, we would like to describe the details of what we have tried and achieved.