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Project Management Professional (PMP) is an internationally recognized professional designation offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), USA.[1]
The PMP can also provide a significant advantage when it comes to salary and earning potential. Among survey respondents to PMI’s Earning Power Salary Survey, those with a PMP certification garner a higher salary (20% higher on average) than those without a PMP certification.*
The PMP signifies that you speak and understand the global language of project management and connects you to a community of professionals, organizations and experts worldwide. Become a PMP and become a project hero.
As of 31 July 2020, there are 1,036,367 active PMP certified individuals and 314 chartered chapters across 214 countries and territories worldwide.[2]
| Training Delivery Mode | Trainer Led – Physical Classroom, Trainer Led – Virtual Classroom |
|---|---|
| Training Session time | Afternoon : Between 14:00 to 18:00, Any time-slot, Evening : Between 18:00 to 22:00, Morning : Between 08:00 to 13:00 |
| Managerial | Yes |
| Technical Role | Yes |
| Software Industry Specific | Does not matter |
The eligibility requirements for PMP® certification are:
| Education | Project Management Experience | Project Management Education |
| Nongraduates | 5 years/7500 hours | 35 hours |
| Graduates | 3 years/4500 hours | 35 hours |
| New PMP Certification Training (2nd Jan 2021) |
| People – 14 Tasks |
| Process – 11 Tasks |
| Business Environment – 4 tasks |
| Total – 29 Tasks |
| Domain I People—42% |
| Task 1 Manage conflict |
| · Interpret the source and stage of the conflict |
| · Analyze the context for the conflict |
| · Evaluate/recommend/reconcile the appropriate conflict resolution solution |
| Task 2 Lead a team |
| · Set a clear vision and mission |
| · Support diversity and inclusion (e.g., behavior types, thought process) |
| · Value servant leadership (e.g., relate the tenets of servant leadership to the team) |
| · Determine an appropriate leadership style (e.g., directive, collaborative) |
| · Inspire, motivate, and influence team members/stakeholders (e.g., team contract, social contract, reward system) |
| · Analyze team members and stakeholders’ influence |
| · Distinguish various options to lead various team members and stakeholders |
| Task 3 Support team performance |
| · Appraise team member performance against key performance indicators |
| · Support and recognize team member growth and development |
| · Determine appropriate feedback approach |
| · Verify performance improvements |
| Task 4 Empower team members and stakeholders |
| · Organize around team strengths |
| · Support team task accountability |
| · Evaluate demonstration of task accountability |
| · Determine and bestow level(s) of decision-making authority |
| Task 5 Ensure team members/stakeholders are adequately trained |
| · Determine required competencies and elements of training |
| · Determine training options based on training needs |
| · Allocate resources for training |
| · Measure training outcomes |
| Task 6 Build a team |
| · Appraise stakeholder skills |
| · Deduce project resource requirements |
| · Continuously assess and refresh team skills to meet project needs |
| · Maintain team and knowledge transfer |
| Task 7 Address and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team |
| · Determine critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team |
| · Prioritize critical impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team |
| · Use network to implement solutions to remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team |
| · Re-assess continually to ensure impediments, obstacles, and blockers for the team are being addressed |
| Task 8 Negotiate project agreements |
| · Analyze the bounds of the negotiations for agreement |
| · Assess priorities and determine ultimate objective(s) |
| · Verify objective(s) of the project agreement is met |
| · Participate in agreement negotiations |
| · Determine a negotiation strategy |
| Task 9 Collaborate with stakeholders |
| · Evaluate engagement needs for stakeholders |
| · Optimize alignment between stakeholder needs, expectations, and project objectives |
| · Build trust and influence stakeholders to accomplish project objectives |
| Task 10 Build shared understanding |
| · Break down situation to identify the root cause of a misunderstanding |
| · Survey all necessary parties to reach consensus |
| · Support outcome of parties’ agreement |
| · Investigate potential misunderstandings |
| Task 11 Engage and support virtual teams |
| · Examine virtual team member needs (e.g., environment, geography, culture, global, etc.) |
| · Investigate alternatives (e.g., communication tools, colocation) for virtual team member engagement |
| · Implement options for virtual team member engagement |
| · Continually evaluate effectiveness of virtual team member engagement |
| Task 12 Define team ground rules |
| · Communicate organizational principles with team and external stakeholders |
| · Establish an environment that fosters adherence to the ground rules |
| · Manage and rectify ground rule violations |
| Task 13 Mentor relevant stakeholders |
| · Allocate the time to mentoring |
| · Recognize and act on mentoring opportunities |
| Task 14 Promote team performance through the application of emotional intelligence |
| · Assess behavior through the use of personality indicators |
| · Analyze personality indicators and adjust to the emotional needs of key project stakeholders |
| Domain II Process—50% |
| Task 1 Execute project with the urgency required to deliver business value |
| · Assess opportunities to deliver value incrementally |
| · Examine the business value throughout the project |
| · Support the team to subdivide project tasks as necessary to find the minimum viable product |
| Task 2 Manage communications |
| · Analyze communication needs of all stakeholders |
| · Determine communication methods, channels, frequency, and level of detail for all stakeholders |
| · Communicate project information and updates effectively |
| · Confirm communication is understood and feedback is received |
| Task 3 Assess and manage risks |
| · Determine risk management options |
| · Iteratively assess and prioritize risks |
| Task 4 Engage stakeholders |
| · Analyze stakeholders (e.g., power interest grid, influence, impact) |
| · Categorize stakeholders |
| · Engage stakeholders by category |
| · Develop, execute, and validate a strategy for stakeholder engagement |
| Task 5 Plan and manage budget and resources |
| · Estimate budgetary needs based on the scope of the project and lessons learned |
| from past projects |
| · Anticipate future budget challenges |
| · Monitor budget variations and work with governance process to adjust as necessary |
| · Plan and manage resources |
| Task 6 Plan and manage schedule |
| · Estimate project tasks (milestones, dependencies, story points) |
| · Utilize benchmarks and historical data |
| · Prepare schedule based on methodology |
| · Measure ongoing progress based on methodology |
| · Modify schedule, as needed, based on methodology |
| · Coordinate with other projects and other operations |
| Task 7 Plan and manage quality of products/deliverables |
| · Determine quality standard required for project deliverables |
| · Recommend options for improvement based on quality gaps |
| · Continually survey project deliverable quality |
| Task 8 Plan and manage scope |
| · Determine and prioritize requirements |
| · Break down scope (e.g., WBS, backlog) |
| · Monitor and validate scope |
| Task 9 Integrate project planning activities |
| · Consolidate the project/phase plans |
| · Assess consolidated project plans for dependencies, gaps, and continued business Value |
| · Analyze the data collected |
| · Collect and analyze data to make informed project decisions |
| · Determine critical information requirements |
| Task 10 Manage project changes |
| · Anticipate and embrace the need for change (e.g., follow change management practices) |
| · Determine strategy to handle change |
| · Execute change management strategy according to the methodology |
| · Determine a change response to move the project forward |
| Task 11 Plan and manage procurement |
| · Define resource requirements and needs |
| · Communicate resource requirements |
| · Manage suppliers/contracts |
| · Plan and manage procurement strategy |
| · Develop a delivery solution |
| Domain III Business Environment—8% |
| Task 1 Plan and manage project compliance |
| · Confirm project compliance requirements (e.g., security, health and safety, regulatory compliance) |
| · Classify compliance categories |
| · Determine potential threats to compliance |
| · Use methods to support compliance |
| · Analyze the consequences of noncompliance |
| · Determine necessary approach and action to address compliance needs (e.g. risk, legal) |
| · Measure the extent to which the project is in compliance |
| Task 2 Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value |
| · Investigate that benefits are identified |
| · Document agreement on ownership for ongoing benefit realization |
| · Verify measurement system is in place to track benefits |
| · Evaluate delivery options to demonstrate value |
| · Appraise stakeholders of value gain progress |
| Task 3 Evaluate and address external business environment changes for impact on Scope |
| · Survey changes to external business environment (e.g., regulations, technology, geopolitical, market) |
| · Assess and prioritize impact on project scope/backlog based on changes in external business environment |
| · Recommend options for scope/backlog changes (e.g., schedule, cost changes) |
| · Continually review external business environment for impacts on project scope/backlog |
| Task 4 Support organizational change |
| · Assess organizational culture |
| · Evaluate impact of organizational change to project and determine required actions |
| · Evaluate impact of the project to the organization and determine required actions |
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