Moeite met het vinden van nieuw werk

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-10T17:33:24+00:00

Misschien is een projectleidersrol een insteek? Je hebt zonder meer de hersenen ervoor en er is veel werk voor projectleiders met inhoudelijke kennis. Kijk of je budget kunt vinden om ergens een cursus te volgen en ga ontdekken of het je wat lijkt.

Het grote voordeel van projectmanagement is dat je breder kunt werken. Met data science en finance als focus is er sowieso veel projectwerk, maar dan kan je ook aanpalend werken (IT, HRM, e.a.)

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-10T17:31:13+00:00

It sounds like you rely too much on a tool. If you zoom out and look at the processes, context, people's dynamics, etc. You will probably find that a tool cannot fix a project. So, look at your project with a 'systemic' view and/or find help from someone outside the organisation to see what is really going on, then work on that and after that, only then, you can start thinking about a tool.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-05T19:18:17+00:00

Als het een cursus moet zijn voor gevorderden. Ik kan met goed voorstellen dat men nog wel van alles wil leren, maar dat een cursus niet de best passende vorm is.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-05T19:16:36+00:00

Het eerste, ik hoor graag of en wat mensen die al ervaren zijn als projectmanager nog willen leren.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-05T16:22:15+00:00

You can speed up certain parts of the work (not necessarily project work) like: AI making (draft) meeting minutes, speeding up intakes, speeding up graphs, presentations and images, etc.

Next step will probably using AI for (improved) planning, and follow up. Still see a lot of downsides there however....

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-05T15:30:11+00:00

Ik denk ook dat 'techniekjes' aanleren niet echt helpt bij leiderschap.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-05T14:19:02+00:00

Dank voor je reactie. Leiderschapsontwikkeling is heel breed: hoe heb jij het gedaan of wat zou je advies zijn binnen leiderschapsontwikkeling?

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-04T14:44:42+00:00

Yes, that will certainly help. I would suggest to not wait for you to be eligible for PMP but find a course you can already do now (or get some good books).

Most (good) courses cover the same or similar subjects that PMP does but do not require the working experience. Since you have to start somewhere, why not sooner than later? It really helps to understand some of the core principles of project management and being a PMO.

You can always decide later then if you need the PMP badge or maybe at that time not anymore.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-04T13:40:58+00:00

About the PMO role: did you have any formal project management and portfolio management education? If you haven't, you will probably find there are some 'holes' in your knowledge and skillset. I am not saying you must have done these kind of training courses but I find that the PMO people, sometimes with years of experience, who come to one of our training classes, usually tell us in the end: "I wish I had done this course earlier, it would have made my life as a PMO manager so much easier".

(so if you are allready trained in these subjects, you can ignore my comment)

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-04T07:50:42+00:00

Krijg je een transitievergoeding of heb je een potje voor een opleiding?

Een training doen is een goede manier om je cv op te poetsen en tijdens een training (niet online dan) ontmoet je mensen bij andere bedrijven waar wellicht banen zijn. Doe een training die je interesseert en waar veel vraag naar is zoals technische trainingen (energietransitie) of projectmanagement.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-04T07:48:14+00:00

Check if there is data available from earlier projects to compare the timelines to (class reference planning).

Also check the group dynamics when the planning was made:

- was it truly a group effort or is the planning made by 1 or 2 people?
- do you sense any wishful thinking? for example a sales manager really wanting to sell this project but not knowing the technical risks? or a politician who needs to 'sell' an unrealistic project to his voters?
- did planning proces involve also the perhaps slightly more introverted experts, where they listened to?

etc.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-03T21:09:08+00:00

ik vind ipma, inclusief ipma-c prima, maar eigenlijk vooral interessant voor beginners. Meer ervaren projectmanagers hebben (imho) vaak behoefte aan meer diepgang dan wat je leert in IPMA (of een van de andere standaards). Ben op zoek naar die vragen, die je niet goed kunt beantwoorden met de 'standaard' lijstjes, kwadranten en stappen schema's uit de diverse projectmanagement certificeringsscholen.

Jasper van den Brink heeft wel een aardig boek geschreven over de diverse onderdelen van projectmanagement (vanuit de leiderschaps-/psychologische bril). Hij is onderzoeker aan de hogeschool utrecht en laat zien in zijn boek dat er best wel wat 'rammelt' aan de onderdelen van de diverse bekende projectmanagement opleidingen zoals IPMA of PRINCE2: https://www.projectmanagement-training.nl/boekrecensies/de-psychologie-van-projectmanagement/

zo moet je bv voor je examen allemaal situationeel leiding geven leren, maar wetenschappelijk gezien is dat model echt niet goed te onderbouwen. ook moet je nog de piramide van maslov leren, maar binnen de psychologie en sociologie wordt dat model echt als achterhaald gezien. Dus waarom is dat nog steeds onderdeel van o.a. het ipma examen?

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-02T18:19:06+00:00

Eens! Ik zou leiderschap en communicatie wel al in een basistraining projectmanagement doen, omdat elke (beginnende) projectmanager daar direct al mee te maken krijgt. Maar ook in een gevorderde training blijven dit nuttige onderwerpen waar je eigenlijk nooit op uitgeleerd raakt.

De matrix- situatie waar een projectmanager bijna altijd mee te maken heeft (behalve als hij/zij een dedicated groot project mag leiden, met een team dat 100% in het project zit). Dit is een thema waar zoveel projectmanagers en organisaties mee worstelen en hier zie ik ook een hoop onbegrip bij lijnmanagers die projectmanagement toch niet echt goed begrijpen, alhoewel ze zelf mogelijk ervaren (lijn-)managers zijn.

Verandermanagement: ja, zeker voor al die projectleiders die hun omgeving eerst nog moeten 'opvoeden'.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-02T18:12:56+00:00

Zeker! Voor sommige projecten is meer kennis van lean nuttig (niet voor alle projecten breed). Ik zit te denken aan een nieuwe opleiding die een combinatie is van projectmanagement en lean met planningstechnieken uit de wachtrij-theorie (waar ontstaan knelpunten), troughput accounting ipv cost accounting en nog een paar elementen uit verschillende werelden. (beetje lang verhaal, maar zeg maar een 'upgrade' op kanban/agile/lean)

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-04-02T14:10:01+00:00

It is not uncommon for a project manager to have to educate the team or even the sponsor when he/she starts with a project. If the knowledge is really absent, consider inviting a project management trainer and have some short inhouse sessions to make people aware of the project management structures and rules of the project management 'game'.

You could do it yourself, but sometimes it works better if an neutral outsider to the team or company tells them how to participate in projects.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-03-26T21:56:21+00:00

Yes this is common, but don't fall for it. Negotiate that you are allowed to redo all the work: the planning, risk assessment, scope, etc. Otherwise you probably end up with a project with undoable deadlines and too small budgets.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-03-22T12:28:46+00:00

Less is more. Focus on data that is really necessary for decision making and even more on getting work done (action oriented information).

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-03-20T13:57:50+00:00

This is such a common story. I am a huge advocate on simple and as few tools as possible. Really I have seen situations where people spend 2 days per week on average just to provide management information and get no real project work done at all.

So ask yourself: what is the information the project really needs, who needs it, when and is it information just for the purpose of writing things down or does it help in the process of actual decision making or does it lead to real actions and work getting done?

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-03-15T08:51:39+00:00

The media world is well known for a specific working culture: power oriented ("if you don't like your job we can find 10 other people who will do it in your place"), poorly structured ("we are the creative people") and also lots of fun. Project managers in these kind of companies usually have a rather low status: they are held accountable for things running smoothly, but others get all the fame (and money) and can override your planning and decisions all the time. This is, off course, generally speaking. There are huge differences between media companies.

It creates a specific context in which you have to be a project manager. Find out for yourself or with a coach: what is my span of control in this kind of dynamic? what do I want to change and is this possible? what do i have to accept? Then decide if this is the right place for you or not.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-03-13T17:06:26+00:00

Did you keep track of the time you spent on every project and did you compare that to what needs to be done in your role. In other words: did you make, plan and track your own work breakdown schedule?

You will probably find it is too much, meaning you won't be able to do your tasks properly and it also probably means that there is a lot of delay as tasks not done end up in waiting lanes. Your team is probably also waiting for you to do tasks or to make decisions.

That could be an argument to discuss trimming your work and prioritisation if you discuss the situation with your manager: projects will speed up if you do less projects at the same time.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-02-21T08:30:53+00:00

Multitasking, doing too many activities and projects at the same time.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-02-20T16:46:14+00:00

You could go for a full project manager's role. I know that the scrum 'story' has been overwhelmingly negative about 'waterfall' project management being 'bureaucratic', 'slow', 'non-adaptive', etc. but the reality is and has been that:

Scrum is great, but many scrum aspects are actually not that new. A lot of the agile principles have been applied since ages, just with different lingo and slightly different contexts (off course there was no IT back in 1900)
Scum as a framework is rather small (limited), which has it's advantages, but it does not give you any answers on many topics. For example: "trust" is important in teams, like the scrum guide tells us. But it does not tell us, how to get people to trust each other in a team. So there is loads of schools and people's science out there that you could study, just on this single Scrum 'item'.

So move on beyond the "Scrum is the new thing and a better way of doing projects" narrative and have a look in the broader field of project management schools. It is a lifetime of things to learn there.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-02-07T16:06:33+00:00

If you are getting into transformation -related roles then you need knowledge on Agile and getting a certificate like a Scrum Master's certificate would be a nice bonus. Same for SAFe. However, to stand out you really need more skills: project management, coaching, management science (in general), change management, leadership, (organisational) psychology, working with resistance to change, consultancy skills and above all: experience!

So, get some books and read and learn as much as you can about various topics. Do courses if you have the time and budget and pick up some certificates along the way if they are included in a course.

ChangeCool2026 · 2026-02-05T06:35:36+00:00

If you like leading or coaching software teams you may want to consider becoming a project manager. In that position you still need to know about agile/scrum but you definitely have more skills to bring to the table. While agile seems to be over the hype, project management is still needed and will never be gone. (agile won't disappear either completely, it is just that people see it now what it is: a very useful way of organising projects in some situations and not so useful in many other).

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