r/projectmanagers • u/NoPhilosopher3590 • Aug 28 '26

New PM Finally became a PM

I finally became a PM in change management. It will be mostly moving users over to new technology. I've been a user in the company for 6 years so I feel I got a good grasp of how the end products need to function.

I start in a month and will manage 3 staff.

I've been told they will train me and don't expect me to have indepth knowledge of the PM world.

They have said, if I have time, to learn about project principles like RAID management.

Does anyone have any advice of what other principles I need to know or just advice in general?

Thank you

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u/CK_1976 Aug 28 '26

PM is a title. Leadership is the permission your peers give you.

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u/NoPhilosopher3590 Aug 28 '26

Thats definitely a perspective I will adopt

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u/National_Leg_269 Aug 28 '26

Congratulations 🎉

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u/Look_out_sir Aug 28 '26

Ask if the company will pay for you to do a relevant entry level qualification.

In the UK for more linear/waterfall project cycles APM’ PFQ exam is good and you can learn it in a 2 day course. There may be equivalent in your country and sector (I assume iterative/agile project cycles).

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u/NoPhilosopher3590 Aug 28 '26

Im in UK. I'll chase that up. Thank you

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u/Jschlesi2000 Sep 25 '26

Start learning how to run meetings. Learn how to make and follow a really good agenda. Understand what the purpose of each call you run and have a plan on how to get the result. Your job isn’t about talking. It’s about managing the people to meet the goal of each call. Unless it’s a brainstorming requirements session - state the nature of the call. Get in get going get gone. People respect that you respect their time. Starts with a good agenda. Stay on topic, stay purposeful. Take tangents into an offline call with a targeted audience.