Is Project Management recognized as an urgent and required knowledge base for professional in most Manufacturing, ITES, R&D d

I feel,

" Experienced People dont need Qualifications to showcase their expertise"

and

"People with less Experience need the support of Qualification / Certifications"

So, Qualifications and Experience act as substitutes to each other, and if we ask for both as mandatory, we are asking too much.

However, experience is all that matters at the end of the day !

On the other hand if we make our view limited to experience, we would restrict young and innovative minds to enter the arena and evolutionise it.

Although Experience is enough, yet it should not be mandatory !

What Qualification means?.....Education......Yes a basic professional Qualification is must.

The actual Qualifications are EXPERIENCE AND  EXPOSURE. Donot belive paper tigers.

Mr Kandadai.

Allow me to divide the question in two parts to answer:

part1: Is Project management recognized as an urgent and knowledge base:

In India as yet NO. It is not thus felt. Though a lot of hype is created the results indicate otherwise.

part 2 and one in question: Knowledge of processes and possibilities is certainly necessary achieved through process experience, acquiring possibilities knowledge. Now if above is understood as qualification I agree.

Yet if qualification is understood as having gone through formal processes alone than the answer is NOT Necessarily.

The best of degrees is as useful as the willingness to gain knowledge, understand application and dare to apply, not merely get stamped and forget.

So as much as qualification( the stamped version) is seen as an assuring factor the results may be reverse. It is common to hear from youngsters today - Oh that I learnt whence in school? I do not remember today.    

Wheras a foreman or skilled workman is often seen actually translating  complex formulas with ease as a child remembers his rhymes. 

So, I would certainly prefer the acquired and in-use part of knowledge, formally or informally. As this is closer to project demand essentials.

I do support

i does support both the argumentssssssssss.............

Well....I find it very hard to believe that there is no one left to fight for us "experieced" professionals! Surprising though!!

In the final analysis, when it comes to getting the job done, experience gives a tremendous practical edge over mere knowledge anyday. That is mostly because experience brings with it all the nuances and specifics that make the world go round that they do not teach you in collages or certification courses. The same is true even for PMP certification course.

I have been in the profession for nearly 30 years in one form or another. I find that knowledge is at best fundamentals; foundation. Finally it is experience with knowledge that gives you a real edge.