It seems that these days everyone claims to be a project manager. Glancing through the jobs pages of newspapers, you'll see a wide variety of companies crying out for the skills of experienced project managers. Account managers are being renamed project managers; in fact anyone who can be classed as managing a project is now called a PM. But are these 'true' project management roles? We take a look at some of the project management jobs that don't require the skills of a true project manager.
The Vanity Project Manager
This is the person in the sales team responsible for keeping the client happy. Called a 'project manager' because it makes the client think that this is someone on their side managing processes, but their real job is to manage client expectations.
The Vanity Project Manager
This is the person in the sales team responsible for keeping the client happy. Called a 'project manager' because it makes the client think that this is someone on their side managing processes, but their real job is to manage client expectations.
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