PMP

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Professional Development

Tampa Bay Chapter, PMI

www.pmi-tampabay.org

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What this presentation is about…

▪ Application process

▪ Helpful links

▪ $

▪ FAQs

▪ Certification/Credential responsibility

▪ After credentialing – what next?

▪ Does not cover

▫ What is PM

▫ Should you be a PMP?

▫ Should I take a class?

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Benefits

▪ Expedites professional advancement

▪ Creates job growth/opportunities within an

organization

▪ Provides framework for standardized project

management requirements

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PMI Membership Application

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Credentialing

▪ Project Management Professional (PMP®)

▪ Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)

▪ OPM3® ProductSuite

▪ NEW

: Program Management

For more information about PMI certifications, follow this link

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Need Certification?

▪ PMP named to Certcities.com’s “10 hottest

certifications for 2006”

More…

▪ Project Management Professional (PMP®)

credential ranks highly in IT industry salary

survey.

http://redmondmag.com/salarysurveys/

▪ The Value of PM Certification

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PMP® & CAPM® Requirements

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PMP® & CAPM® Requirements

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PMP® & CAPM® Requirements

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PMP Category 1

Must have all 4

PMP Category 2

Must have all 4

CAPM

Either PM exp OR edu hrs PLUS pass exam

Academic

College Degree

H.S. Degree

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PM Experience

See FAQ slides…. read application thoroughly…or email PMI !

4,500 Hrs.

36 months/3 yrs, no

project overlap within a 5 year period.

7,500 Hrs.

60 months/5 yrs, no project overlap within a 8 year period.

1,500 Hrs.

On a project team

PM Education Hrs

See pg. 5 of the PMP exam application – addresses learning objectives / criteria. No time frame.

35 hrs

23 hrs

23 contact hours of formal education in project

management -- (one contact hour is equivalent to one actual hour of training or instruction received)

Exam

Pass PMP

Pass CAPM

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Steps…..

▪ Apply

▫ select category 1 or 2 (page 3 of handbook); ▫ fill out the forms (starting on pg 13)

▫ agree to abide by the Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct (page 22 ** also know for exam)

▪ $

▪ mail or submit on-line

▪ Pass application process

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Steps…..

▪ Study

Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, A (PMBOK Guide), paperback, Third Edition

▪ Take Exam

▪ Pass Exam!

▪ PMI Continuing Certification

Requirement

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Study Materials

▪ PMI book store, Exam Prep section

▪ Google: Rita Mulcahy, PMI, PMP, …. these

sites offer books, cds, flashcards, etc.

http://www.rmcproject.com/product/prep.htm

▪ PMP Exam Classes vs. PM classes

▫ Know the difference! (exam class is….”NOT designed towards teaching applied project management, but for exam preparation only”)

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PMP Exam Application

PMI Certification Exam Information

▪ 4 Criteria to Certification

▫ Education

▫ PM Experience

▫ PM “Schooling” (contact hours)

▫ Knowledge - Pass Exam!

▪ Copy pg’s (4, 5, 6) depending on need

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FAQ - Credential

PMP Credential Application · Page 3

Experience Verification Form - Part I - help

▪ Q: What if your organization contact is no longer with the company?

[PMI] Candidates applying for the PMP or CAPM exams

may submit contact information for people who are no longer with a

company the candidate worked for. However, the contact information

must be valid.

▪ Q: What if your organization is no longer in tact? Can you still write

them down?

[PMI] Generally, we discourage candidates from submitting

applications with experience they may have difficulty providing a valid

contact for. However, as long as the contact information supplied for

that company is valid, the candidate may submit experience from

organizations that are no longer in existence.

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FAQ – Credential (cont’d)

▪ Q: What if you are writing in private/small business contact information – is this ok?

[PMI] Candidates may submit experience from any employer, regardless of size.

▪ Q: What experience can you put down?

[PMI] Before ruling out the PMP exam, though, take a hard look at your

resume. I have seen a lot of people assume that they need to be in charge of a whole project, or that a project needs to be large in scope, in order to claim their professional experience. The requirement is to "lead or direct". That could include being a team leader reporting to a project manager, or even

directing and organizing a single-person project (directing yourself), so long as you really formed objectives, directed the work, and brought the work to a

close. Some of the phases like "initiating" seem difficult to claim experience with, but starting up a PHASE of a larger effort can also count. Experience requirements can also be met through volunteer work or project work at

school, as well as job-related experience. You may find that you actually DO qualify for the PMP.

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Costs Summary

(1st_{quarter, 2006)}

PMI Membership & App fee of $10 $129 Yearly

Local Chapter (usually 1) $15-30 Optional/Yearly

* (e.g. Tampa is $25) SIG (0 to many – your choice) $15-30 Optional/Yearly

* (e.g. IT is $20; WIPM is $15)

Prep Class $400-3,000 Optional/once

(e.g. TB Prep local $450/575)

Cheetah, IIL.com, Rita Mulcahy, lots on PMI site, range from $ to $$$$$. Classroom to online to self-study Exam application & exam $405/555 Member/non-member

first time electronic

Continuing Certification Requirements $60/150 Member/non-member/ Every 3 years

Chapter dinners $10-25 Optional/monthly/1 PDU

Volunteer/instructor/ time Optional / PDUs Classes – education/seminars $ varies Optional / PDUs Re-exam (if you don’t succeed, try, try

again!!)

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R.E.P.

http://www.occe.ou.edu/cgi-bin/PMI_Provider/repsearch.cgi

Or

Local Chapters offering Exam Prep!!

Tampa Bay PMI Exam Prep ($450 for

members!!)

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Exam ?

http://www.pmi.org/prod/groups/public/documents/info/NewPMPFAQ.pdf

Want to know more?

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Certified? Now What?

▪ PDUs must be attained in

5 specific categories:

1. Post certification formal education

2. Self-directed learning and professional activities

3. Programs sponsored by PMI Registered Education

Providers (R.E.P.s)

4. Programs sponsored by other providers

5. Service to professional/community associations

http://www.pmi.org/info/PDC_Cert_CCR_Qualfy_Act.asp

CCR = Continuing Certification Requirement PDU = Professional Development Unit

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Help Yourself = Help Tampa PMI

▪ Chapter Sponsored Activities (PDUs):

CCR = Continuing Certification Requirement PDU = Professional Development Unit

Chapter

Meetings

1 PDU

Board Member,

Director, Volunteer

or Instructor

5 – 10 PDUs

Conferences,

Expos, Workshops

PDUs galore!

Tampa

Symposium

8 + PDUs

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PDU Tracking

PDUs –

self monitoring

:

File for auditing purposes!

- member id - certification #

Local activities – reporting forms

(see Tampabay Professional Development website links)

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CAPM® Certification

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®)

▪ Start  March 2003

▪ Designed for practitioners who are new to the project management

industry

▪ Who is suited to seek CAPM certification?

▫ People who seek to establish and demonstrate a common base of knowledge and terms in the field of project management. Such people might include:

» Project team members

» Early stage project management practitioners who will use the CAPM as a stepping

stone to the Project Management Professional (PMP®)

» Students at either the undergraduate level or graduate level

▪ What are the requirements? (see spreadsheet)

▫ Either:

» 1,500 hours of work on a project team

OR

» 23 contact hours of formal education in project management (one contact hour is equivalent to one actual hour of training or instruction received)