Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to interview a project management professional and glean from their experience, including recommendations and outlook for the project management field.

How to Proceed

1. Identify a project management professional from within your circles: family, friends, workplace, community, or professional network.
2. Approach the professional on permission to interview.
3. Schedule an interview via phone or video conferencing.
4. Complete Sections 1 - 4 using APA reference style.
   • Name of Interviewee (use a nickname that is not personally identifiable)
   • Industry of interviewee
   • Length of project management experience (in years)
   • Current location of the interviewee (City)
   • Q1: How did you get into project management?
   • Q2: What are your typical daily activities working as a project manager?
   • Q3: What are the top three project management skills that are important to be an effective project manager?
   • Q4: What has been your biggest challenge working in this field?
   • Q5: What has been your biggest reward?
   • Q6: What tools, kits, or software do you use for project management?
   • Q7: How will a new world of virtual teams and remote work shape project management?
   • Q8: What advice will you give to a person starting a career in project management or seeking to improve?
   • Q9: If you had to rate project management skills as an essential capability for organizations, from 1-10, how would you rate it's relevance in 10 years? Why?
   • Q10: What is your recommendation for responding to changes and conflicts on projects?
   • Q11: Add a question of your choice. Questions may be a follow-up to earlier responses.
5. Add the full interview transcript as an appendix.
6. Submit your report to the Assignment 1: Project Management Professional dropbox in UM Learn.

Grading

This assignment will be graded using the following rubric.

Criteria	5 Points	4 Points	2-3 Points	0-1 Points	Points
Content	Assignment has excellent presentation of interview outcomes. All sections were completed following the assignment guidelines, with a detailed interview transcript. The content is invaluable to upcoming and experienced project management professionals, with industry insights and tips.	Assignment has good presentation of interview outcomes. All sections were completed following the assignment guidelines, with the interview transcript. The content is relevant to new and upcoming project management professionals.	The assignment covers some of the interview outcomes. Information is missing from the sections, or assignment does not address the requisite information about a project management professional experience. The content is somewhat valuable to new and upcoming project management professionals.	Assignment deviates from expectations and does not address the requisite information.	/5
Interview Responses	The responses correctly match the interview questions and show that the interviewee has a strong background and experience as a project management professional.	The responses match the interview questions and show that the interviewee has a commendable background and experience as a project management professional.	Some of the questions lack responses or are partially complete. The transcript is missing or vaguely captures the interview.	The responses deviate from the expectations of the interview. The transcript is missing.	/5
Writing	The assignment is fully APA compliant, is easy to follow, contains no spelling and grammatical errors, and has introductory and closing notes.	The assignment is partially APA compliant, is easy to follow, contains minimal spelling and grammatical errors, and has introductory and closing notes.	The assignment is not APA compliant, is difficult to follow, and contains many spelling or grammatical errors.	The assignment is difficult to understand or incomplete.	/5