Project-oriented career path and incentive systems

Initial situation

Project-oriented career path and incentive systems are becoming increasingly important. With the increasing number of projects, also the number of project managers who are seeking medium to long-term career prospects rises. Without opportunities for development, identification with the company decreases with many employees. Traditionally hierarchy-oriented career models no longer provide opportunities for development for many employees. Flatter hierarchies and generally changed organizational forms are the major causes. Project-oriented development steps assembled to a "project manager career path" supplement traditional manager career paths and encourage new prospects.

Objectives / Benefits

Offering long-term prospects to project managers
Developing project-oriented corporate career models
Developing internal certifications or combinations with international project management certifications (IPMA, PMI)
Encouraging successful projects and thus increasing the company´s success
Creating the job description „Project Manager“ in the company

Procedure

Analysis of the actual status
- Requirements and specific framework for project managers in the company
- Existing corporate career models
- Degree of project management maturity of the company
Concept „Project-Oriented Career“
- Design of the career model with steps and transitional arrangements
- Development of a company-specific training, incentive and certification model
- Integration of the project-oriented career into the comapny
Realization of pilot projects
Roll-out to the entire company

Result

Role descriptions and a job description for project managers
A career model for project managers aligned with corporate objectives
Motivated project managers who see long-term prospects in project work