Rick Keating

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The Role of Education and Training
in PM Progression Across the Great
Divide

• Rick Keating
• School of Graduate and Professional Studies
• October 18th, 2005

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Welcome,Project Management Warriors!

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Our Objectives
1) Review PMI Certification 2) Explain PMI
certification in context of the academic
discipline 3) Focus on PM professional trends 4)
Hear expert testimony 5) Engage in a spirited
question and answer session

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The Triple Play of Management Development

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Project Management as a Professional Certification

• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
  (circa 2001)
• 1500 actual or 23 contact hours
• PM Experience Verification Form
• Initiating, Planning, Executing,
  Monitoring, Closing
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• BA/BS and 4500 hours
• 35 contact hours of education (college course)
• PMI chapter meetings only count as PDUs, for
  recertification every three years (60)!
  

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Project Management as a Professional
Certification Continued

• Certificate of Advanced Qualifications
• No longer exists (circa 2003)
• PMI Registered Education Providers (REPs)
• Basic, Global, Component Provider (PMI Chapters)
• Achievement-Driven PM, ESI, Cheetah
• WOW Tom Peters
• NHTI, CTBD
• Ouellette and Associates

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The Examination

• Nine PMBOK Areas Tested
• Four Hour Exam
• 15 minute tutorial
• Computer BasedThomson Prometrics,
  Concord
• Self-Study and Classroom Study Programs
• Heldmans PMP Study Guide
• Mulcahys PMP Exam Prep

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PM Network

• As business management gets more complex and
  budgets get tighter, PM becomes instrumental in
  delivering successful projects within budget, on
  time and with expected results. In fact, the
  US Defense Department is demanding PMP
  credentialed consultants and employees.
• Lorna Pappas, State of PM Training
• August, 2005

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So where does higher ed come in?

• Recognition of the breadth and depth of PM as a
  professional discipline (not Six Sigma)
• Training vs. Education
• Certification vs. Accreditation
• Individual vs. Institution
• Certificate vs. Degree (not to be confused with
  certification)
• Can one program be accredited and offer
  certification preparation?
• American Management Association
• Grandfather PMPs

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PMIs Response to this Trend

• Global Accreditation Center for Project
  Management
• Sets dynamic standards for higher education
• Must be accredited by a recognized agency
• Institutions must perform a self study
• Objectives and outcome based

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Stevens Institute of Technology

• MS in Management with PM
  Concentration
• Managerial Accounting
• Intro to Project Management
• Organization Theory and Design
• Statistical Models
• Technology and Innovation Management
• Strategic Perspectives on Project Management
• Project Planning Techniques
• The Human Side of Project Leadership
• Advanced Project Management
• Engineering Economy and Management Policy

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What about undergrad degrees?

• Capella University (online)
• TS3004 - Communicating in New Media - 6 credits
• TS3005 - Undergraduate Learner Success Lab - 0
  credits
• TS3100 - Fundamentals of Web Application
  Development - 6 cr
• TS3110 - Fundamentals of E-business - 6 credits
• TS3120 - Fundamentals of Project Management - 6
  credits
• TS3130 - Fundamentals of Database Systems - 6
  credits
• TS3140 - Fundamentals of Software Development - 6
  credits
• TS3150 - Fundamentals of Network Systems - 6
  credits
• TS3160 - Ethical and Human Side of Information
  Technology - 6 credits

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Capellas PM Electives

• TS4030 - Project Estimating and Budgeting - 6
  credits
• TS4032 - Motivating IT Professionals - 6 credits
• TS4060 - Managing the Project I - 6 credits
• TS4061 - Managing the Project II- 6 credits
• TS4802 - Systems Assurance Quality and Testing -
  6 cr.
• TS4807 - Legal Issues in IT - 6 credits

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So what this all lead to?

• An appropriate mix of experience, certification,
  and degree will be the key to meeting your
  professional goals
• Degree Foundation of any PM professional
• Not required before, but essential at some point
• Certification Evidence of professional
  accomplishment
• Advanced Degree Essential for Program Management
  and beyond

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Thanks!Vault Forward to Success!!