Anyone who works in the electronics industry should be familiar with the role of a PM — short for Project Management. Almost every company involved in R&D or contract manufacturing has PMs. In fact, not just electronics — most industries have people doing project management.
Some people say PMs are like the locomotive that pulls the whole product or project forward. Others describe them as the lubricant inside a company, smoothing things out when departments clash or have small disagreements. But most PMs probably feel like they’re doing every odd job possible — the “handyman” or “gofer” who takes on everything that no one else wants to do.
