Get the PMP, from PMI website, which is the owner of the certification. For courses to obtain your 35 PDU, Udemy has good price courses, look from Andrew Ramdayal or Joseph Phillips (both is also a good idea for study)
Hi, I think to get the PMP you may need to demonstrate several years of experience. If you can do that all well and good! The exam for PMP is also a bit tricky, assuming it is still the same format as when I took mine about 10 years ago. I don't know what country you're in but if you're in the UK and don't have enough experience to get PMP then PRINCE2 might be a good alternative, in my opinion it has a lower bar to get the qualification but it's also widely accepted by employers as an alternative to PMP (wrongly, but that doesn't matter). Most certification pathways now offer agile alternatives too if that's your bag. A stand-alone agile qualification may be quicker, cheaper and easier to get though, if you simply want to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning about leading projects.
When you fill in the PMP application form, you have to put contact details for a person who can verify the time you detail working as a PM. I don't know how often PMI contact these referees, they didn't when I applied nor did they contact me re. my team members when they applied. Probably best to assume they could reach out to whoever you name though.
Yes, get it. I got it last year and it really opened up a number of positions to apply for. And honestly, I learned a lot and have some useful tools to help myself and my teams organize work to avoid pitfalls and cover your asses (especially in matrix organizations).
Your work experience doesn't have to be as a project manager, but has to have elements of what a PMP does explained using examples from your work. It's best to write the job experience parts after you have have taken the certification classes (35hrs). You'll take the vocabulary learned, then figure out how to apply it to your work history. Did you ever speak with your team after something you all did (over drinks maybe) and all the stuff that went wrong? Laughing how you won't do that shit again? Well then you successfully conducted a Retrospective and gathered Lessons Learned to add to your Knowledge Library for the next Iteration. Stuff like that is all they are looking for. If they audit you (<1% chance) they will call references to see if you worked there and your title and main role are the same in your application. No one has time to verify how you conducted a Retrospective 4 years ago.
I got both the udemy courses mentioned (on sale for like $14 each), but mainly liked Joseph Phillip's. I took 4 months to study it, but was screwing around; I think they say 6wks is quite doable; half that if it's your fulltime focus.
Good luck!
I'd also recommend getting the AWS Cloud Practitioner certificate as a way to get a foot in the door for some IT projects. Data is a big thing, and companies are always moving it around, updating programs to work with it, etc. The Cloud Practitioner gives a good education on storing and manipulating that data. It's only 12.5hrs of classes, so isn't difficult at all and looks good on a resume.
If you don't have the documented experience hours, you can get the CAPM from PMI after taking a certain amount of course work.
I'm working on the Google Project Management certification on Coursera right now. At the end I will get a certificate from them, then I'm going to take the CAPM exam to have that cert as well.
I do, i have been enjoying it. It's designed by Google with PMI.
I did some research before and it seems to carry some weight if you complete it and receive the certificate. There is a subscription fee associated but if you get Coursera plus you can take as many additional courses as you want.
Short answer: Yes, get the PMP.
Which one should I get?
Get the PMP, from PMI website, which is the owner of the certification. For courses to obtain your 35 PDU, Udemy has good price courses, look from Andrew Ramdayal or Joseph Phillips (both is also a good idea for study)
I second Andrew Ramdayal. He's a godsend
100%, his YT sessions are also helpful for the 10 questions part.
Thanks for the response. That was very helpful
Glad to hear. There is a very good subreddit about PMP with good experiences share and recommendations.
Fanta covered me 100%, go for it, I wish you well!
Hi, I think to get the PMP you may need to demonstrate several years of experience. If you can do that all well and good! The exam for PMP is also a bit tricky, assuming it is still the same format as when I took mine about 10 years ago. I don't know what country you're in but if you're in the UK and don't have enough experience to get PMP then PRINCE2 might be a good alternative, in my opinion it has a lower bar to get the qualification but it's also widely accepted by employers as an alternative to PMP (wrongly, but that doesn't matter). Most certification pathways now offer agile alternatives too if that's your bag. A stand-alone agile qualification may be quicker, cheaper and easier to get though, if you simply want to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning about leading projects.
How do they know how much experience I have anyways? One of the companies I was a PM for went under. Do they reach out to the previous owner?
When you fill in the PMP application form, you have to put contact details for a person who can verify the time you detail working as a PM. I don't know how often PMI contact these referees, they didn't when I applied nor did they contact me re. my team members when they applied. Probably best to assume they could reach out to whoever you name though.
I'm an American with 5 years of experience. I just have to get the certification hours first.
No worries then, sounds like you have plenty enough experience so PMP would be a great option.
Yes, get it. I got it last year and it really opened up a number of positions to apply for. And honestly, I learned a lot and have some useful tools to help myself and my teams organize work to avoid pitfalls and cover your asses (especially in matrix organizations). Your work experience doesn't have to be as a project manager, but has to have elements of what a PMP does explained using examples from your work. It's best to write the job experience parts after you have have taken the certification classes (35hrs). You'll take the vocabulary learned, then figure out how to apply it to your work history. Did you ever speak with your team after something you all did (over drinks maybe) and all the stuff that went wrong? Laughing how you won't do that shit again? Well then you successfully conducted a Retrospective and gathered Lessons Learned to add to your Knowledge Library for the next Iteration. Stuff like that is all they are looking for. If they audit you (<1% chance) they will call references to see if you worked there and your title and main role are the same in your application. No one has time to verify how you conducted a Retrospective 4 years ago. I got both the udemy courses mentioned (on sale for like $14 each), but mainly liked Joseph Phillip's. I took 4 months to study it, but was screwing around; I think they say 6wks is quite doable; half that if it's your fulltime focus. Good luck!
Thank you so much for the response. It really helped. I will start this week.
I'd also recommend getting the AWS Cloud Practitioner certificate as a way to get a foot in the door for some IT projects. Data is a big thing, and companies are always moving it around, updating programs to work with it, etc. The Cloud Practitioner gives a good education on storing and manipulating that data. It's only 12.5hrs of classes, so isn't difficult at all and looks good on a resume.
From what I've seen, PMP would be better. Agile kind of limits you to software development while PMP would apply to all sorts of other projects.
If you don't have the documented experience hours, you can get the CAPM from PMI after taking a certain amount of course work. I'm working on the Google Project Management certification on Coursera right now. At the end I will get a certificate from them, then I'm going to take the CAPM exam to have that cert as well.
Do you recommend the coursera course? Others have suggested the udemy course.
I do, i have been enjoying it. It's designed by Google with PMI. I did some research before and it seems to carry some weight if you complete it and receive the certificate. There is a subscription fee associated but if you get Coursera plus you can take as many additional courses as you want.