I believe a majority of project management skills are applicable across the multiple disciplinary fields. These include effective communication, leadership, team management and organizational skills. These skills can be effective regardless of the industry. However, to be an effective project manager, I believe a certain level of knowledge in the respective field is necessary. This is due to the differences between various fields and the ability to guide other team members with their respective tasks. Also a project manager should be able to quickly adapt to new projects which could help across different fields and allow a medical device pm to quickly learn the necessary basics for other fields.

Romany Botros