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Advance Your Career with the RIGHT
PMI Certification for YOU
Nancy Petersen, PMP
Presented at KC PMI Mid-America Chapter of PMI
chapter meeting on 11/10/08
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Key Objectives
This session will be a overview and comparison of
the five PMI certification programs.
When you leave tonight, you should know:
• What are my choices and what do they mean?
• How do I pick what is right for me?
• How will this certification help me when I am
applying for a job?
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http://www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/Pages/AboutPMIsCredentials.aspx
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Who Should Apply?
Those who lead and direct crossfunctional teams to deliver projects
within the constraints of schedule,
budget, and scope.
What do PMP Candidates Do?
Candidates are responsible for all
aspects of individual projects for the
life of the project.
7,500 hours spent leading and directing project tasks
4,500 hours spent leading and directing project tasks
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Who Should Apply?
Candidates for the CAPM credential contribute
to projects as a subject matter expert and team
member. They also serve as a project sponsor,
facilitator, liaison or coordinator.
What do CAPM Candidates Do?
Candidates are responsible for individual
project tasks in his or her area of expertise
(e.g., finance, marketing, legal, customer care,
market research, fulfillment processing). The
responsibility does not need to be industry
specific, but must be relevant across many
functional areas and industries.
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Who Should Apply?
Project team members with
advanced expertise in project
scheduling management.
Note fewer hours of experience required as
compared to the PMP
What do PMI-SP Candidates Do?
Candidates are responsible for
creating and maintaining the
project schedule.
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Who Should Apply?
Project team members with
advanced expertise in project
risk management.
Note fewer hours of experience required
as compared to the PMP
What do PMI-RMP Candidates Do?
Candidates are responsible for
identifying project risks and
preparing mitigation plans.
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10,500
hours
Pgm
mgmt
6,000
hours
Who Should Apply?
Those who manage programs that contain complex
activities that span functions, organizations,
geographic regions and cultures; build credibility,
establish rapport and maintain communication
with stakeholders; possess advanced skills in
finance, cross-cultural awareness, leadership,
influence, communication, negotiation and conflict
resolution.
6,000 hours project mgmt
What do PgMP Candidates Do?
Candidates ensure the ultimate success of the
program; modify programs and make decisions that
advance strategic and business objectives; define
and initiate projects and assign project managers;
and oversee multiple projects.
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What is Best for YOU?
• What are your career goals? Which certifications support these goal?
• How does this certification help in the job market?
Informal www.Monster.com study on 9/19/2008 with keyword search criteria of
PMI certifications below, Occupations selected—all 5 categories of project
management, nation-wide search.
– CAPM, 38 jobs found; job titles—Project Controller, Project Manager, Project
Specialist, Project Lead, Project Coordinator, Project Planner, SAP Project Lead, etc.;
nothing in the KC area. (Note that CAPM also stands for Capital Asset Pricing Model.)
– PMI-SP, 439 hits but cannot separate PMI from PMI-SP.
– PMI-RMP, 436 hits but cannot separate PMI from PMI-RMP.
– PMP, 960 hits.
– PgMP, only 9 hits; job titles—Program Manager, Project Director, Consultant, Technical
Project Management, Global PMO Manager, nothing in the KC area.
– Project management, over 5,000 hits nationally; 31 hits for KC area (20 mile radius).
– Program management; 2,356 hits nationally; 15 hits for KC area (20 mile radius).
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What is Best for YOU?
• No college degree or still an undergraduate student?
– CAPM is highly possible IF the applicant can show 1,500 hours of project team
member experience or 23 hours PM education.
– Other certifications may be a stretch if no PM experience.
• College graduate?
– Any certification; dependent upon number of years/hours of experience and
education requirement.
– Strategy—obtain CAPM and then obtain one of the remaining certifications as
experience and education increase.
• Cost?
– CAPM fee is lowest ($225), next PMP ($405), next either the PMI-SP or PMI-RMP
($520), and most expensive is the PgMP at $1,500. (Note these prices apply to PMI
members.
• Is there a required progression?
– No, Actually the certifications are independent of each other with exception of the
CAPM which might be a predecessor to obtaining another PMI certification.
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FAQS
• What qualifies as ‘project management education’?
– PMI registered education provider*
– PMI Component Organizations*
• Courses offered by PMI R.E.P.s PMI Components (chapters, specific interest groups,
colleges), or PMI, are pre-approved for contact hours in fulfillment of the educational
eligibility requirement.
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Employer/company-sponsored programs
Training companies or consultants
Distance-learning companies, including an end-of-course assessment
University/college academic and continuing education programs
PMI Chapter meetings—IF at least one hour of the meeting is spent conducting a
learning activity, the hour(s) spent in that activity can be counted.
• What does NOT qualify as ‘project management education’?
– PMI Chapter meetings—that do NOT contain at least one hour of a learning
activity.
– Self-study (e.g., reading books)
– You cannot document a degree program in its entirety although you may be able
to document applicable classes.
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FAQs
• Will my company pay for exam preparation classes and/or other project
management coursework that meets the definition of project
management education as defined by PMI?
– STOP—there is no one answer!
– Company tuition reimbursement benefits—These plans normally require that
the provider be an accredited college or university in pursuit of a degree. PMI
and KC Mid-America chapter are NOT accredited and therefore will probably
NOT qualify for the tuition reimbursement benefit. Check with your HR
department to obtain the correct interpretation of your benefit.
– Training expense—Some companies provide budgeted funds for each
employee to spend on training. Ask your management FIRST before assuming
that you will be reimbursed.
– Pay your own way—remember this is all about managing YOUR career!
FAQS
• What do I study for each of the certification examinations? Reference
for each Certification
– General note—PMI global would not release the pass/fail score for any of
the examinations.
– CAPM—A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK
Guide)—Third Edition and other current project management sources.
• The CAPM exam takes questions from all chapters.
• 150 questions; includes 15 pre-test (unscored).
– PMI-SP—PMBOK and other current project scheduling sources.
• Questions in area of Schedule Mission Statement, Schedule Creation, Schedule
Maintenance, Schedule Analysis, Schedule Communication/Reporting.
• 170 questions; includes 20 pre-test (unscored); pass/fail to be determined.
– PMI-RMP— Project and Program Risk Management: A Guide to Managing
Project Risks and Opportunities (PM Handbooks) and other current risk
management sources.
• Questions in area of Risk Communication, Risk Analysis, Risk Response Planning,
Risk Governance.
• 170 questions; includes 20 pre-test (unscored); pass/fail to be determined.
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FAQS
• What do I study for each of the certification examinations? Reference
for each Certification--continued
– PMP—A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK
Guide)—Third Edition and other current project management sources.
• The PMP exam takes questions from all chapters.
• 200 questions; includes 25 pre-test (unscored).
– PgPM—The Standard for Project Management by Project Management
Institute and other current program management sources.
• Evaluation 1 – Application Review: The initial evaluation occurs through an
extensive application review during which a panel of program managers will
perform a review of your professional project and program management
experience. (Takes a minimum of 10 days for response to application.)
• Evaluation 2 – Multiple-Choice Examination: Multiple-choice examination in which
you are called upon to demonstrate your ability to apply your knowledge to both
situational and scenario-based questions.
• 170 questions; includes 20 pre-test (unscored).
• Evaluation 3 – Multi-rater Assessment (MRA): Once you pass the examination, you
will be moved to the final evaluation. Similar to a 360-degree review process, a
team of raters that you select will assess your abilities to perform tasks that are
pertinent to program management.
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FAQS
• How is classroom instruction counted towards the education
requirement for each certification?
– One hour (60 minutes) of classroom instruction equals one contact hour. If
you have completed a university or college course on any project area [as
specified for each certification] that met for three hours per week for 15
weeks, you would document 45 contact hours. If only a portion of a course
dealt with the project area [as specified for each certification], only the hours
spent on the project area [needed for your certification] can be applied
toward the total.
• When was each credential launched; how many awarded certifiction?
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CAPM launched in 2003; 5,708 credential holders.
PMP launched in 1984; 295,413 credential holders.
PMI-SP launched March 2008; 99 credential holders since September.
PMI-RMP launched June 2008; 21 candidates; first certifications to be
awarded in December.
– PgPM launched Oct. 2007; 118 credential holders.
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Closing
• Please refer to the Credential Handbook for each certification. These
handbooks can be found at
http://www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/Pages/ObtainingCredential.aspx
• Read the FAQs at
http://www.pmi.org/CareerDevelopment/Pages/Certification-FAQ.aspx
• Ask a question at [email protected]
Thanks for your attention and participation.
Disclaimer: None of the material presented in this deck is necessarily
representing the opinions or practices of Sprint.
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About the Speaker
• Nancy Petersen, PMP, has been an active member of the KC Mid-America
Chapter of PMI since 2000 and has held several volunteer and Board
positions for the chapter. She was the first VP of Volunteers in 2006 and
initiated that program, VP of Administration in 2007, and currently the
Director of Student Membership.
• Nancy earned her PMP in January 2005 after participating in and leading
PMP study groups over a four year period. She understands that the
decision to spend the time and invest money to prepare for and take the
examination is a serious step and can only be justified by each individual
based upon their own career goals.
• ‘By day’ Nancy is a Project/Program Manager SME at Sprint in the HR
PMO, following six years as project and program manager for the IT
organization. She has worked for other major companies in the Kansas
City area as well as operating her own consulting business, Allegro.
• ‘By night’ Nancy enjoys several hobbies as well as her volunteer work for
the chapter. Most recently she donated three small ‘mosaic’ items for
auction by the Greater Kansas City Humane Society and collectively they
raised $375!
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