1. A Quick Guide to
PMI® Qualifications
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2. What is the PMI?
• The Project Management Institute is a global body representing
project managers worldwide
• It is based in North America but has ‘chapters’ in over 170
countries
• It has over 500,000 individual members
• PMI provides and maintains a comprehensive certification
program at all levels of expertise:
— CAPM
— PMP
• PMI training is provided by a network of Registered Education
Providers (REPs)
• REPs are authorised to issue professional development units
(PDUs) for its courses
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3. What are the PMI® Qualifications?
CAPM®
• The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®
exam is an entry level certification
• It is targeted towards candidates with limited experience in
the project management profession
• More than 14,000 people hold the CAPM qualification
PMP®
• The Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification
• It is aimed at practicing project managers with at least 3
years experience in project management
• It is the most well known PMI qualification
• More than 430,000 hold the PMP qualification
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4. Applying to sit a PMI examination
• To apply to take the PMP you have to become a member of PMI
• As part of your application you will need to enter details of your project
management experience. To do this we suggest the following process:
• Review your CV and make sure that all entries are up to date
• For each role, identify the projects that you managed or participated in,
and define what your contribution was
• Identify a referee for each and every project including name, position,
email and contact phone number. If it has been some time since the
project was undertaken then people may have moved on – use
www.linkedin.com to find old colleagues
• Once you have a comprehensive list of projects break these down into
how much time you spent in each PMI project phase – beware, this can
take longer than it looks!
• Remember PMI does audit the applications, so be honest about your
experience
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5. What is the CAPM® Qualification?
• There are 150 multiple choice questions
• The examination must be completed in 3 hours
• Questions are based on the Project Management
Institute, A Guide to the Project Management
Body of Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Fourth
Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2008.
• Pre-requisites to sit the exam are:
— One years experience in a project environment
or
— 23 hours of specific project management training
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6. What is the PMP® Qualification?
• There are 200 multiple choice questions
• The examination must be completed in 4 hours
• Questions are based on the Project Management
Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge, (PMBOK® Guide) – Fourth Edition, Project
Management Institute, Inc., 2008 plus additional
sources as defined by the PMI
• Pre-requisites to sit the exam are:
— Three years experience in leading and directing projects or
five years if the individual is does not hold a degree
And
— 35 hours of specific project management training
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7. What is the PMBOK® Guide?
• The PMBOK® Guide provides the basis for
certification
• It provides fundamental guidance on the PMI®
approach to managing projects based on:
— 5 Process Groups
— Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling and Closing
— 9 Knowledge Areas
— Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human Resources,
Communication, Risk and Procurement
• As with PRINCE2, this body of knowledge uses its own
terminology to describe key project documents including:
— Project management charter and scope statement
— Project management plan
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8. Other PMI® Qualifications
• The PMI also have certification opportunities
in the following areas:
— PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)®
— PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®
— Program Management Professional (PgMP)®
— PMI Agile Certificated Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
SM
• However, these qualifications do not have the
recognition or penetration that the PMP®
certificate has
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9. The Benefits of PMI® Certification
• PMI’s certification and credentials are distinguished by their global
development and application, which makes them transferable across
industries and geographic borders
• PMP® is different to PRINCE2® in that it provides techniques and
activities to manage the project i.e. how to be a project manager,
whereas PRINCE2® provides the structure and processes that the
project manager should use for form and govern the project
• Whilst the PMP® is not as well known in the UK as the PRINCE2®
qualification, it is highly respected and it is a useful differentiating
factor for project managers who want to evidence their ability
• For example, holders of the PMP credential have regularly
commanded higher salaries than non-credentialed individuals (PMI
6th global salary survey showed PMP® qualified individuals were paid
10% more than individuals without the qualification)
• PMP® consistently appears in the top ten U.S. qualifications that
enhance individual career prospects
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10. What do people say about the course?
• “It was great to be able to dig deeper into how to manage the project and I
picked up lots of tips, especially in how to assess the progress of my
project.”
• “PMP is very different to PRINCE2 so I did have to learn some new terms but
I work with a lot of international teams and they refer to the project charter
a lot so it was good to finally understand where they were coming from”
• “I was looking for the next step. I have PRINCE2 and MSP but I wanted to
know more about the technical aspects of project management. It was a
tough course, lots to learn in the week which makes it intensive but it was
definitely worth it. I feel like a ‘proper’ project manager now.”
• “A tough week, so much information to get in my head but I liked the pace,
and I felt that everything we did was relevant to my projects and how I can
tackle some of the more difficult aspects of planning and estimating.”
• “Some of the terminology was American, especially the contract terms but it
still made sense and helped me get a deeper understanding of how to
manage my international suppliers.”
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11. Why choose Maven Training?
• Maven is a Registered Education Provider for PMI which means our course
materials and the way in which we provide our training is regularly assessed
by PMI
• Our courses earn personal development units (PDUs) which evidence how
much training you have undertaken
• Members of PMI must earn 60 PDUs every three years to maintain their PMI
membership
• Our trainers are experienced in all of the main project management
methodologies (PMI, APM and PRINCE2®) and are able to provide excellent
guidance on how the different approaches compare, giving you a multi-
dimensional view of the PMP® qualification
• We invest a great deal of time and effort in developing our training
materials, and our trainers are involved in reviewing course materials,
writing additional information to support the courses which ensures that
they have a personal investment in the success of every course they deliver
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12. Call today on 020 7089 6161 to discuss
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