Summary
If you are interested in project management or if you are project management professional, you might already have project management related skills in your LinkedIn profile. Well then, do you know what skills do others similar to you have added to their profiles?
I have concluded that PMP, Project Management & Software Project management are the top three skills added to LinkedIn profiles based on my study.
You can find out the top 20 skills and related data and comments in this report.
How this report prepared?
I have observed what other peoples’ skills are, what skills are mostly added and which of them are mostly endorsed, while looking at profiles at LinkedIn(www.linkedin.com).
Based on this observation, I have examined the skills of the members of “PMPs at Turkey” (Original Name: Türkiye’deki PMP’ler) group, which I manage.
Members of “PMPs at Turkey” group, are located at Turkey and they were confirmed that they had a record at http://www.pmi.org/Certification/Credential-Registry.aspx which verifies that they have PMP® certification while they joined the group. People that are not confirmed cannot join the group. Therefore it is assumed that the group members are Project Management Professionals.
This report has been formed by the data of “PMPs at Turkey” LinkedIn group members, their skills and endorsement numbers. The data was collected at October 2014.
Skills Chart
Chart -1: Top 20 skills and their endorsements
Chart -2: Top 20 skills and their endorsements except Top 3 Skills
Top 20 Added Skills & Top 20 Endorsed Skills
| Skills Added | Skills Endorsed | ||
| # | Skill | # | Skill |
| 1 | Project Management | 1 | PMP |
| 2 | PMP | 2 | Project Management |
| 3 | Software Project Management | 3 | Software Project Management |
| 4 | Business Analysis | 4 | Project Portfolio Management |
| 5 | Software Development | 5 | Software Development |
| 6 | MS Project | 6 | Program Management |
| 7 | Project Planning | 7 | Business Analysis |
| 8 | Requirements Analysis | 8 | Project Planning |
| 9 | Integration | 9 | PMO |
| 10 | Project Portfolio Management | 10 | Telecommunications |
| 11 | Management | 11 | Business Intelligence |
| 12 | IT Management | 12 | Integration |
| 13 | Business Intelligence | 13 | MS Project |
| 14 | PMO | 14 | Requirements Analysis |
| 15 | Team Management | 15 | ITIL |
| 16 | Program Management | 16 | Management |
| 17 | ITIL | 17 | ERP |
| 18 | Change Management | 18 | IT Management |
| 19 | Analysis | 19 | CRM |
| 20 | Risk Management | 20 | Change Management |
Data and Comments Based on Skills
Project Management
- 74% of group members have added “Project Management” to their skills.
- 42% of group members’ function is “Program & Project Management” based on group statistics
PMP
- 69% of group members have added “PMP” to their skills.
- Based on the confirmation while joining the group, we can assume that all the group members were PMP® while joining to group
- “PMP” is ranked #1 in the mostly endorsed skills.
Software Project Management
- 67% of group members have added “Software Project Management” to their skills.
- 35% of group members’ industry is “Information Technology & Services” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ function is “Information Technology” based on group statistics
Business Analysis
- 46% of group members have added “Business Analysis” to their skills.
- 38% of group members have added “Requirement Analysis” to their skills.
- Comment: Based on my experience there is a connection between Business/Requirement Analysis to Project Management at career path. By the way, I should mention that I have not made a research about the job or role switching of group members. If we keep the importance of understanding business, business owners and stakeholders in mind, “Business Analysis” might be seen an obvious skill needed by project managers.
Software Development
- 42% of group members have added “Software Development” to their skills.
- 35% of group members’ industry is “Information Technology & Services” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ industry is “Computer Software” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ function is “Information Technology” based on group statistics
MS Project
- 39% of group members have added “MS Project” to their skills.
- More Information:
- 6 Group Members have added (~3%) “Microsoft Project” to their skills. After collecting the data, any skill data is nor joined with another one. Therefore this ~3% is not included in 39% “MS Project” skill.
- Related to other tools, group members have added ~3%’si Primavera P6, ~1% Primavera, ~1% Clarity to their skills.
- Comment: This data might reflect Turkish market and global market might differ.
Project Planning
- 39% of group members have added “Project Planning” to their skills.
Requirements Analysis
- 38% of group members have added “Requirements Analysis” to their skills.
- 46% of group members have added “Business Analysis” to their skills.
- Comment: Based on my experience there is a connection between Business/Requirement Analysis to Project Management at career path. By the way, I should mention that I have not made a research about the job or role switching of group members. If we keep the importance of understanding business, business owners and stakeholders in mind, “Business Analysis” might be seen an obvious skill needed by project managers.
Integration
- 38% of group members have added “Integration” to their skills.
Project Portfolio Management
- 36% of group members have added “Project Portfolio Management” to their skills.
- 74% of group members have added “Project Management” to their skills.
- 28% of group members have added “Program Management” to their skills.
- “Project Portfolio Management” is ranked #4 in the mostly endorsed skills.
- 42% of group members’ function is “Program & Project Management” based on group statistics
Management
- 33% of group members have added “Management” to their skills.
- Seniority of group members are 27% Managers, %6 VP, 5% Director, 3% Partner; based on group statistics
IT Management
- 32% of group members have added “IT Management” to their skills.
- Seniority of group members are 27% Managers, %6 VP, 5% Director, 3% Partner; based on group statistics
- 35% of group members’ industry is “Information Technology & Services” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ industry is “Computer Software” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ function is “Information Technology” based on group statistics
Business Intelligence
- 32% of group members have added “Business Intelligence” to their skills.
PMO
- 29% of group members have added “PMO” to their skills.
Team Management
- 29% of group members have added “Team Management” to their skills.
- Seniority of group members are 27% Managers, %6 VP, 5% Director, 3% Partner; based on group statistics
Program Management
- 28% of group members have added “Program Management” to their skills.
- 74% of group members have added “Project Management” to their skills.
- 36% of group members have added “Project Portfolio Management” to their skills.
- 42% of group members’ function is “Program & Project Management” based on group statistics
ITIL
- 23% of group members have added “ITIL” to their skills.
- 35% of group members’ industry is “Information Technology & Services” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ industry is “Computer Software” based on group statistics
- 10% of group members’ function is “Information Technology” based on group statistics
Change Management
- 23% of group members have added “Change Management” to their skills.
Analysis
- 22% of group members have added “Analysis” to their skills.
- 46% of group members have added “Business Analysis” to their skills.
- 38% of group members have added “Requirement Analysis” to their skills.
- Comment: 3 of the analysis skills are ranked at top 20. This shows the importance of analytical skills for a project management professional. Other than the skills at top 20, 14% of the group members have added System Analysis, 2% and less of the group members have added Competitive Analysis, Market Analysis, Technical Analysis, Data Analysis and Risk Analysis.
Risk Management
- 22% of group members have added “Risk Management” to their skills.
About the Sample Group Used in This Report
Name of the Group: PMPs at Turkey (original: Türkiye’deki PMP’ler)
Number of of Members: 221 as of 26th of October 2014
Necessity for Membership: While requesting for membership; candidate member must reside ar Turkey and should verify his/her PMP@ via a record at http://www.pmi.org/Certification/Credential-Registry.aspx url.
WWW: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1835096
Group Statistics URL: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?groupDashboard=&gid=1835096
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