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Project Management Certifications
and Training
Effective project management is becoming one of the most important skills needed in IT today. Here is information on project management training as well as information on the two most widely recognized project management certifications used by IT professionals to succeed in this area.
Project
Management Professional (PMP) certification The Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading professional association in the area of project management, sponsors the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. "Worldwide there are over 50,000 Project Management Professionals (PMPs) who provide project management services in 120 countries. PMP certification is the profession’s most globally recognized and respected certification credential". PMP is an established in 1984 and is regarded by many as
difficult to achieve. Besides candidates have to stringent education and
experience requirements before attempting the challenging exam. It is not an IT-specific credential and is valued by project
professionals in all industries. “The Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certification Examination measures the application of knowledge, skills,
tools, and techniques that are utilized in the practice of project
management. The PMP Certification Examination is comprised of 200
four-option multiple-choice questions”.
CompTIA's
Project+ Certification Project+ is
sponsored by CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, a
global not-for-profit trade association of more than 9,600 corporate
members and thousands of individual professional members.
“CompTIA IT Project+ is the first IT industry project
management certification to be designed by IT people for IT people. This
certification’s best practices map to all project management
methodologies”.
Originally
known as IT Project+, on August 11, 2004, CompTIA renamed the
certification to Project+ to underscore the fact that the certification
had gone beyond the field of Information Technology - IT.
It is a core
requirement for the Novell MCNE certification. To achieve Project+, you will need to take an exam - Ninety minutes are allowed to
complete the exam’s 80 questions. Certification
Domains of CompTIA’s Project+: Certification
Domain 1, Project Initiation and Scope Definition. Certification
Domain 2, IT Project Planning. Certification
Domain 3, Project Execution, Control, and Coordination. Certification
Domain 4, Project Closure, Acceptance, and Support.
PRINCE, which stands for Projects in Controlled Environments, is a project management method covering the organisation, management and control of projects. PRINCE2 is a process-based approach for project management providing an easily tailored, and scaleable method for the management of all types of projects. Each process is defined with its key inputs and outputs together with the specific objectives to be achieved and activities to be carried out.
More about PRINCE certification
For More on Project Management:
An Interview with Ayana Nickerson, Project+ Certification Program Manager for CompTIA (the Computing Technology Industry Association)
For more coverage and information related to this topic, head
to the IT Career Resource Center: http://www.jidaw.com/itcareer.html
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