Building a Career in IT Project Management - with Andreanna Marshall

Let's talk about IT Project Management careers and Scrum with Scrum Master, Andreanna Marshall.
Andreanna Marshall – or Dre Marshall – has worked in the tech industry for almost 10 years. After starting her career in 2013 as an Executive Assistant to the CTO of an education software company, she became a Scrum Master. This helped her to transition to a Program Manager role at Nike. Dre is currently a Sr. Program Manager at Amazon.
In 2022, Dre became a Professional Scrum Trainer at Scrum.org and offers training through her business, Project Academy. She runs a great YouTube channel with the same name, alongside co-hosting a new YouTube podcast ‘Not Scrum Dumb’ with Scott Adams (not the Dilbert guy!).
That’s why I wanted to speak with Andreanna about building a career in IT Project Management. We discussed:
1. How Dre started out in Project Management, and what advice she gives.
2. From her experience, how Dre compares predictive, hybrid, and pure-play Scrum projects.
3. Dre recently became a Professional Scrum Trainer, on top of her day job at Amazon. I asked what the scrum framework offers to project managers.
4. Andreanna's advice for people new to the PM profession, or starting to build their careers.
Get the Scrum Guide at: https://scrumguides.org
Advice on crafting your Project Management CV/resumé:
https://onlinepmcourses.com/expert-2-phase-method-how-to-craft-a-great-project-manager-cv
More from Andreanna Marshall.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreanna-marshall/
- Project Academy: https://projectacademy.co
- Not Scrum Dumb YT Podcast: @notscrumdumb
- Project Academy YT Channel: @projectacademyco
Recommended Videos
Carefully curated video recommendations for you:
What is Scrum Project Management?
https://youtu.be/CVmNgMxe0rk
Introduction to Agile Scrum Project Management - with Alexis Allen
https://youtu.be/a6vyQEZipno
SCRUM GUIDE: Top 10 Things to Know
https://youtu.be/9tCF4ue-mT8
Agile or Traditional Project Managment? .or Hybrid? [Short]
https://youtube.com/shorts/BjGt1DJXoYA
How to Tell if Your Developer is Lying to You - with Duncan McGregor
https://youtu.be/bClUUSk0AC0
A while back, I asked Project Managers in a couple of forums what material things you need to have, to do your job as a Project Manager. They responded magnificently. I compiled their answers into a Kit list.
https://kit.co/MikeClayton/what-a-project-manager-needs
Note that the links are affiliated.
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Chapter Markers.
00:00 - Andreanna Marshall
01:01 - Building a Career in IT Project Management
01:15 - How to get a first Project Management job
01:25 - How did you start out in Project Management? …and what advice would you give?
02:09 - Top tip
03:11 - First Step
03:21 - Second Step
04:10 - Third Step
05:09 - How to get experience
05:20 - Contracting
07:14 - Mike’s reflection on Dre’s advice
07:27 - The Scrum Guide
07:57 - Trading-up to a better job
09:26 - Effective resumé
10:30 - Comparing agile, predictive, and hybrid Project Management
14:54 - What does the Scrum Framework offer a Project Manager?
16:40 - Where would you start learning about Scrum?
19:57 - What’s your advice for new Project Managers?
20:39 - Interlude: Defining ‘Empiricism’ in Scrum.
26:13 - Back to advice on moving into a PM career
29:32 - Getting in touch with Andreanna Marshall
30:18 - Close
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