Originally posted at the Digital PM Summit blog. I became a project manager after working as a SEO technician for a few months. Going from the serene, quiet environment of research and coding all day to a client-facing position with meetings and phone calls all day was quite the change! In my first few months as a project manager, I quickly learned many things the hard way. As I’ve progressed in my career, I’ve remembered those lessons and realized they are universal to project management. Here are 6 of the perils I encountered and struggle with every day. 1. Over or under communicating. When I took my first job as an assistant project manager, I was suddenly on the receivingend of…
