{"id":200,"date":"2011-04-28T10:42:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=200"},"modified":"2011-04-28T10:42:51","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:42:51","slug":"it-workers-increasingly-needing-management-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/it-workers-increasingly-needing-management-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Workers Increasingly Needing Management Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

The corporate IT landscape is involved in a \u201cnext-step\u201d evolution.\u00a0 Cost management, increasing information management demands, and vendor management on the rise with the Cloud all point to a fundamental shift in IT departments and the roles required to fulfill their mandate.\u00a0 They also point to a particular concept: management.<\/p>\n

The need for business planning, strategy and management skills in IT is on the rise.<\/strong>\u00a0 IT positions which were focused solely on the technical aspect are expanding to include more skills as part of the necessary toolkit.\u00a0 As some services move to external vendors, more management than technical involvement is required.\u00a0 This not only include managing the vendor in order to negotiate a suitable price and contract terms but also managing technologies in such a way that meets and supports the objectives of the business.<\/p>\n

Here again is a solid case for two important areas of training and certification that are all too often ignored: ITIL and Project Management.<\/strong>\u00a0 IT professionals can and should obtain ITIL training<\/a> to increase ones personal capabilities where it comes to IT service management.\u00a0 Having such training can elevate an otherwise \u201cface in the crowd\u201d resume to the top of a pile or distinguish you when it comes time to shuffle resources and compose the IT department according to the new paradigm.\u00a0 Also, acquiring project management training and certification<\/a> such as PMI\u2019s PMP certification is appropriate where management of projects will become increasingly important with more vendors involved.<\/p>\n

High quality training for both areas is available in the GogoTraining online IT training course catalog:<\/p>\n