In our previous email we clarified a large number of items that often create confusion or issues when someone is attempting to complete the application. Everyone’s experience is going to be different on the exam application, but here is how I suggest you start. START! First decide if you are going to be a Project […]
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3. Training Required for the PMP Exam
Project Management Institute (PMI)® requires at least 35 contact hours (classroom hours) of training for the Project Management Professional (PMP)âExam. They are extremely flexible with what counts in this area and it DOES NOT expire. That said, I STRONGLY suggest that you not try to add up every class you have ever taken on anything related […]
2. Experience Details (PMP Exam)
I have heard many different views on how to interpret Project Management Professional (PMP)âExam Requirements. The experience is second only to how to document your hours. You DO NOT have to have the title project manager for the experience to count. You need to have managed projects. Generally speaking this is leading and directing project […]
PMP Exam-Did you know #2 Experience Details
I have heard many different views on how to interpret Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam Requirements. The experience is second only to how to document your hours. You DO NOT have to have the title project manager for the experience to count. You need to have managed projects. Generally speaking this is leading and […]
1. The PMP Exam: Did you know Introduction
Introduction to the Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam PMP Exam Prep Information….Why should you try to become a PMP® ? I recall when I first heard about the certification and wondered exactly what it was. I learned quickly that is was the gold standard for credibility in the project management profession. If you are a […]
What is project management?
This is a question that could be answered at least one thousand different ways. I recall finishing my bachelors degree thinking I want to go get that MBA so I can run projects. Little did I realize (at the time) the MBA was an MBA and unless the concentration was project management (which really didn’t […]
Launch Countdown Does a Project Manager Good!
Finish What You Start (It’s more than a predecessor type) I think back to the .com era of our economy. There was a span of about 2.5 years where I was working as a project manager, or person brought in to roll out project manager in an organization. During this 2.5 year period the majority […]
Are Project Managers Mathematically Challenged?
8 x 9 = 74, right? I got your attention with that bad math. That said, who would get that kind of multiplication wrong? Over 15 years of helping people evolve their project management careers, I have heard many people claim they knew this item or that item. I would then ask them to […]