Qualifications and Skills
Educational Background
- Associate Project Manager: It usually requires academic qualifications of the bachelor’s degree level in business, Engineering, IT or any other related course. It is useful to have an advanced degree or PMP (Project Management Professional).
- Assistant Project Manager: Sometimes it is necessary to have a bachelor’s degree though an associate’s degree and experience might be enough. There is always an advantage in holding CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) credential.
Experience
- Associate Project Manager: Normally have 2 to 5 years of work experience in project management or in similar position.
- Assistant Project Manager: Starting level with no prior experience to up to 3 years of work experience; typically students with internships/junior level jobs.
Key Skills
- Associate Project Manager: The soft skills are particularly significant that include leadership, communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Knowledge in the utilization, application, and management information systems used in the implementation of projects.
- Assistant Project Manager: High levels of Personnel task and communication in the workplace. Minimum knowledge about project management fundamental theories and tools.
Associate project manager vs assistance project manager
Within the project management domains, many stakeholders’ work together in the completion of projects. Two of such positions that people like to use interchangeably due to the similarity in their names are the position of an Associate Project Manager and an Assistant Project Manager. Although, both positions work for the Project Manager and the project team, the role, requirements, and development trajectory differs. This article attempts to explain each of these roles in a manner that will allow a comparison between them and possibly explain what each entails.
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