So you want to become a real Project Manager?
Excellent
Now that you have formulated what you want - to be a real project manager - it is time to Translate that into SMART goals. We can help you with that.
Becoming and being a real PM requires Skilled Behaviour which is the result of the relation and interaction between Competences, Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Experience as can be seen in the diagram below.
Note that competences is part of skills. A lot can be said about those being the same. We will not delve into that discussion here. For now all we want to say is that when we talk about competences we refer to project management/manager specific competences as outlined in the IPMA Competence Baseline (ICB) version 3.0 of the International Project Management Association.
We can help you a great deal with the first four directly. As for experience, we can hire only so many project managers our selves but we can give you some great advice on how to get experience.
Here are a few SMART goals - one for each subject - and corresponding next steps suggestions.
 "Being able to identify key PM competences and to rate one self and in doing so developing insight in areas for improvement"
- Course - Introduction to Project Manager competences
- Course - How to do a Project Manager competence self evaluation
- Course - In depth look at and discussion of Project Manager competences
- Resources - Overview of Project manager competences
 "Being able to identify PM specific knowledge domains and being able to reproduce and renew that knowledge"
- Course - Introduction to project management bodies of knowledge and project management standards
- Course - APM body of knowledge
- Course - PMI's guide to the Project Management body of Knowledge
- Resources - various articles and documents on PM methodologies, bodies of knowledge, approaches and standards
 "Being skilled in applying and tailoring a project management methodology to a specific project environment"
 "Being able to adopt a specific attitude towards managing projects and people (in that order!)"
- Course - Being a lazy PM
- Course - Lessons learned from real projects and real people
- Resources - Lessons Learned archive
 "Having managed x projects during y years in z industries"
- Resources - Tips and tricks on getting and staying hired
We can now also dispel a few common project management myths:
"All you need is a PMP certification!" FALSE.
All having a PMP proves is that you can take a test.
"Project Management is all about MS-Project" FALSE.
A schedule without a plan is useless.
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