Can a civil project manager manage an IT project?

We conducted this poll some time back and 73.33% of the participants believe that the project managers should have enough understanding of the domain to participate meaningfully in the project discussions. 26% of the participants feel that domain knowledge is not important.

What degree of domain knowledge , is required (minimum), to be effective as aproject manager?

CHOICES AND RESULTS-

• Should have indepth knowledge of the domain , 0 votes, 0.00%
• Should have enough understanding of the domain, to participate meaningfully inthe project discussions , 11 votes, 73.33%
• Domain knowledge is not a must , 4 votes, 26.67%
• Domain knowledge should be better than the rest of the team , 0 votes, 0.00%