If you’re a Plans Chief you can manage projects. If you’re a Project Manager you can probably become a Plans Chief. In this episode I share insight from my path from Plans Chief to Project Manager and the parallels between the roles of All-Hazards Planning Section Chiefs and Project Managers. This was earlier in the development of what we know now as the ‘Foundational 5’, when I had not thought to incorporate leader’s intent to help guide the objectives, organization, resources and communication elements together.
Parallels between PSCs and PMPs:
- Help develop S.M.A.R.T. objectives
- Facilitate process
- Work across all areas of an organization
- Put together or suggest organizational structures
- Request and coordinate resources
- Assist in communication planning
Learn more about these positions:
– Planning Section Chief description from FEMA at https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_planning-section-chief_draft-nqs-job-title-position-qualifications.pdf
– “Who are Project Managers?” from PMI at https://www.pmi.org/about/learn-about-pmi/who-are-project-managers
– Listen to my podcast episode about the All-Hazards Planning Section Chief course at https://blubrry.com/peopleprocessprogress/54849504/bts-ep21-5-tips-for-the-l962-all-hazards-planning-section-chief-course/