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PMP certification growth rate

PMP certification growth rate

As a part of every issue of PMI Today, the Project Management Institute’s monthly newsletter published as a supplement to PM Network magazine, PMI features a small section called PMI Fact File which features statistics about the number of PMI members, new members acquired, number of active CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) or PMP [...]

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What is a project?

What is a project?

If you’re going to be managing projects, it certainly helps to know what they are!
As per PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge, a project has the following dimensions:

A project is an endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service or result.
A project is temporary; it has a beginning and an end.

Project managers should be careful [...]

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PMI’s Registered Education Provider (REP) program

PMI’s Registered Education Provider (REP) program

The PMI Registered Education Provider (REP) program is a training provider certification program run by PMI for providers that issue Professional Development Units (PDUs) for project management training courses. The REP program was created to enhance the ongoing professional development of PMI’s members, PMI-credentialed members (PMPs, PgMPs, CAPM holders, and so on) and other [...]

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Highlights from the PMI Project Management Salary Survey

Highlights from the PMI Project Management Salary Survey

The featured story in the Project Management Institute’s PMI Today magazine was the results of the sixth edition of PMI’s Project Management Salary Survey. The highlight of the survey was that despite the ongoing recession, many project managers have reported salary increases; in fact, 51% of respondents (of which there were nearly 35,000 from [...]

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What are PDUs?

What are PDUs?

PDUs are Professional Development Units, necessary for maintaining Project Management Institute (PMI)-certified credentials. They are a part of PMI’s Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program. One PDU is worth one hour of project management training, though there are some exceptions to this rule. PMPs and other PMI credential holders can claim PDUs by [...]

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What is PMI?

What is PMI?

PMI is the Project Management Institute, a not-for-profit professional association dedicated to “advancing the practice, science and profession of project management throughout the world”. They do this in a conscious, proactive manner to increase the chances of adoption and utilization of PMI project management processes in organizations throughout the world.
The Project Management Institute was [...]

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What is the PMBOK?

What is the PMBOK?

The PMBOK (or PMBOK Guide) is the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, one of the key sources of PMI (Project Management Institute) standards and guidelines. This comprehensive project management document describes the norms, methods, processes and practices involved in professional project management. As described in the PMBOK Guide itself, these [...]

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Attending PMI meetings

Attending PMI meetings

Attending PMI meetings is not mandatory for PMI members and PMP certificate holders, but I’ve found it to be a useful way to spend a lunch hour. PMI meetings normally take an hour and a half (ours have run from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM on weekdays) and feature a speaker who presents some [...]

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