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What Makes PMI Credentials Stand Apart?

What Makes PMI Credentials Stand Apart?. Wael Al-Jasem 12 June 2011. Agenda. Importance of professional PM certifications Introduction to PMI’s Certification Program What sets PMI’s credentials apart? What are the benefits of PMI credentials?. Why PM Certification?.

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What Makes PMI Credentials Stand Apart?

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  1. What Makes PMI Credentials Stand Apart? Wael Al-Jasem 12 June 2011

  2. Agenda • Importance of professional PM certifications • Introduction to PMI’s Certification Program • What sets PMI’s credentials apart? • What are the benefits of PMI credentials?

  3. Why PM Certification? • Complex project environment • Expensive • Diversified teams • Technology development • Evolution of the body of knowledge We want competent leaders & managers!

  4. Introduction to PMI’s Certification Program • PMI offers five certifications • Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® • Project Management Professional (PMP)® • PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® • PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)® • Program Management Professional (PgMP)®

  5. PMI’s Certification Stats

  6. PMI’s AGC Certification Stats • Membership = 4,399 (6.62% growth)

  7. Why choose a PMI certification? • Flexible and transferable • Keeps you up-to-date • Encourage professional growth • Help practitioners develop their careers • Renowned worldwide

  8. What sets PMI’s credentials apart?

  9. Internationally Recognized, Globally Accredited • Launched in 1984 – PMP: first designed specifically to credential project managers • PMP is also accredited under ISO 17024 • It is also accredited by ANSI • 400,000+ credential holders…and growing • Credential holders in 170+ countries • Reflects project management practice established through global studies

  10. By project managers, for project managers • Thousands of project management practitioners volunteer every year • Create examination questions • Rigorously review these questions • Provide strategic oversight to certification program • Drive change initiatives • Volunteers represent PMI’s diverse population

  11. Transferable between methodologies, standards, or industries • PMI Certifications reflect project management best practices • Do not represent any single methodology, standard, or industry • Transferable around the globe • Consistently examined to reflect current practice • Maintained through gaining project management education and working experience. • Ensures that PMI’s certifications never become obsolete – and our active credential holders keep up with their project management competence.

  12. Valid and reliable ways to assess competence • PMI certification measure more than knowledge • Education for Eligibility • Experience • Examination (scenario-based examination) • Ethics • Education for Certification Maintenance

  13. Summary • Remember what sets PMI credentials apart: • An internationally recognized, accredited program • By project managers, for project managers • Transferable between methodologies, standards, or industries • Valid and reliable ways to assess competence

  14. Now that you know – why should you obtain a PMI certification? • Credentialed project managers are tied to improved project performance • 80% of high-performing projects use a credentialed project manager • Most commonly held PM certification was the PMP PricewaterhouseCoopers Insights and Trends: Current Programme and Project Management Practices (2007)

  15. Benefits of certification Higher maturity organizations have higher certification rates PricewaterhouseCoopers Insights and Trends: Current Programme and Project Management Practices (2007)

  16. Benefits of certification Higher maturity organizations have better project performance

  17. Benefits of certification • Certification indicates a baseline level of competency, education, and experience to an employer • Certification indicates a dedication to the profession, when employers are focusing on acquisition/retention • Certification allows companies to recognize specialized practitioners

  18. Thank you • For questions, please contact: • PMI AGC Kuwait at info@pmiagckw.org or • E-mail PMI directly at customercare@pmi.org

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