Security News > 2021 > July > IoT projects demand new skills from IT project managers
Other IoT PM programs are likely to follow because running an IoT project is different than running a standard IT project, and new skills must be learned.
IoT project management has all of that, but it also demands an additional set of skills that IT project managers may not have.
IT project managers have experience working with vendors during project problem resolutions, but what's different about IoT projects is that there are more IoT vendors and more opportunities for things to go wrong.
Unlike IT project managers who can be engulfed almost solely with IT personnel working on their projects, IoT project managers must work with both IT and operations personnel.
The IoT project manager must understand the needs of both the IT and operational sides of the project so he or she can bring both sides of the project team together to get the project done.
Any attempt to understate training as a project line item in an IoT project will put the entire project at risk for failure.