| December 12, 2007 02:59:17 |
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| mgayathry01 |
Member Since: December 2007 Total Comments: 7 |
RE: How important is project management certification for a project manager and why?
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PMP is a highly professional certificate. It requires 40 hours of mandatory PM training which exposes you to the PMBOK guide. The PMBOK guide is a reference book built on the collective intelligence of numerous PMs worldwide. It exposes you to the common mistakes/pitfalls and the solutions for many projects which happened in the past. In addition to that you also learn a lot of industry best practices. Hence you could benefit from the knowledge of others and not waste your time reinventing the wheel.
Apart from the above advantages, PMPs are expected to maintain a strict code of ethics and conduct themselves in a professionally and socially responsible manner. The PMI mandates this behaviour. Hence a PMP certification is really important for PMs who would like to set themselves apart from the rest of the folks. |
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