Certification on Project Management

There are several different certification programmes available for Project Managers. Most notably we have the  Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, sponsored by the (American) Project Management Institute (PMI), and whose foundational reference is the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), and the certification in PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments 2)  which is endorsed by the UK government as the project management standard for public projects.

Having several years of practical experience in Project management, I feel now the urge to study, practice and ultimately get the certification on the above two mentioned methods. The main driver is  to consolidate  my personal project management practices and to facilitate the communication with my peers and Clients.

It must be noticed that the practices prescribed by the certifications above are independent of the business area where you work, meaning that you can apply them to software, hardware, to build a plain or to build a house.

  

After a first and quick analysis I selected the PMBOK as the first standard to study, especially due to the fact that it is more comprehensive than the PRINCE2 alternative. In following posts I will share some of the results of my study.