Also called: Project Management Office Analyst
Tracks the budgets, schedules and risks of all projects in a company's project office.
You collect status updates from 30 project managers, build the monthly dashboard for executives and flag projects running over budget.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business; CAPM certification helps.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks project management specialists.
High risk for 10 years. Automated dashboards are taking over status collection and reporting, so PMO analyst jobs are shrinking.
Classes: Spreadsheets or computer applications, AP Statistics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1082.
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