Project Management Certification. Governing Body Eligibility The process The Exam

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1 Project Management Certification Governing Body Eligibility The process The Exam

2 Recognized Organization and

3 Eligibility Secondary degree 5 years PM experience 7,500 hours 35 PDUs Bachelors degree 3 years PM experience 4,500 hours 35 PDUs

4 Process to apply Document your PM experience 5 Process Groups 1. Project Initiating 2. Project Planning 3. Project Executing 4. Project Monitoring and Controlling 5. Project Closing

5 Project Hours Video Conferencing System 1. Initiating 6/2006 to 7/ hours 2. Planning 7/2006 to 8/ hours 3. Executing 8/2006 to 10/ hours 4. Monitor & control 9/2006 to 11/ hours 5. Closing 12/ hours

6 Education PDUs Professional Development Units 3 day PM prep course at USM = 21 Online Training 1. Monitoring & Controlling Project Scope 2. Performing Risk Analysis 3. Managing Procurements 4. Defining & sequencing Project Activities 5. Scheduling & resource Leveling 6. Agile Project Management 7. Create Work Breakdown Structure

7 The Exam as of February Hours 200 Questions 25 are pretest questions Must score 61% or higher (106 of 175 questions)

8 The Exam You are running one week behind schedule due to a late delivery of cables, so you are forced to compress the schedule due to a government mandated end date that constrains your project. After meeting with your team, the decision is to work several tasks in parallel that were scheduled to run consecutively. This is An example of what? A. Risk Acceptance B. Crashing C. Resource Leveling D. Fast Tracking

9 The Exam You are running one week behind schedule due to a late delivery of cables, so you are forced to compress the schedule due to a government mandated end date that constrains your project. After meeting with your team, the decision is to work several tasks in parallel that were scheduled to run consecutively. This is An example of what? A. Risk Acceptance B. Crashing C. Resource Leveling D. Fast Tracking

10 The Exam Randy is managing a project and identifies that there are 8 stakeholders in the project. He is worried that he might end up with an unmanageable number of communication channels. In your view, how many communication channels does Randy have to plan for? channels channels 3. 8 channels channels

11 The Exam Randy is managing a project and identifies that there are 8 stakeholders in the project. He is worried that he might end up with an unmanageable number of communication channels. In your view, how many communication channels does Randy have to plan for? channels channels 3. 8 channels channels

12 The Exam Formula for the number of communication channels n x (n-1) / 2 8 X (8-1) / 2 = 8 X 7 / 2 = 56/2 = 28

13 Cybercoders Principal Consultant - Project Management, Technical PM -Bachelor s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field. -Project Management Certificate from an accredited body preferred -Minimum of 5 years of experience in software solutions and life cycle. -Proficiency in change and risk management methodologies -Ability to adapt to changing situations. -Outstanding problem solving skills

14 Liberty Mutual IT Project Manager Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related discipline and 6-8 or more years related experience as a project team member of which at least 2 years have been in a leadership position, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Able to foster working relationships with the team and client departments. Thorough knowledge of project management life cycle, methodologies, and support tools (e.g. MS Project, ABT, Peregrine, etc). Thorough knowledge of project management concepts, practices, and techniques (Project Management certification preferred).

15 Commonwealth Care MA IT Project Manager Bachelor degree or relevant experience required; MBA or MS degree preferred; Minimum 4-8 years of project management experience; 8-10 years of progressive and related business experience Project Management, PMP or PMI certificate 5+ years Project Management or consulting experience Experience implementing IT Healthcare EMR/EHR Software Software integration experience Programming skills is a plus (SQL, C, C++, Sharp, Powerbuilder) Proven experience with MS Word, Excel, MS Project, Visio, PowerPoint or like software; Knowledge of, and experience with, Agile and Waterfall concepts and methodologies

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