PMP Qualification

[thainy77]

Has anyone here completed the PMI/PMP qualification? I've just applied, it's more relevant to the area i work in than Prince etc.

Was the exam difficult or could you go through it with minimal revision if you are up to speed with PM related processes? and did the vetting process take long?

[Podie]

What are you trying to achieve?

PM skills or a tick box for the CV to get you through to interviews?

[thainy77]

It's more of a tick box exercise.

[shirt]

Not yet but i am planning to, for much the same reasons as yourself (box ticking/cv).

I have all the course notes, APMBoK etc and have bought a book called ‘An APMP Primer’ by Robin Kay. This was recommended to me by a colleague who said it made the exam far easier.

[Podie]

In which case, get onto a PRINCE2 course. Recruiters look for it as a stamp to say your a PM. Watch the costs, as you have to re-certify and pay more than you once did.

If you want to learn project management, then one of the APMP courses is a better bet.

They’re just tool sets, neither will make you a decent PM.

[thainy77]

I plan to use this in the US, it's more widely used than Prince.

Thanks for the heads up on the reading material.

[anonymous-user]

I work for an American company (O&G Engineering ) PMI is well respected by them, and the HR people have actually never heard of Prince (i asked some one the other week out of interest, because it talked about so much on here).
I looked at PMI but at my age it wasn't worth the effort as it is very much a CV tick that I don't need with 40 years in the business, the only people who look at my CV are people I know,

[thainy77]

Berw said:

I work for an American company (O&G Engineering ) PMI is well respected by them, and the HR people have actually never heard of Prince (i asked some one the other week out of interest, because it talked about so much on here).
I looked at PMI but at my age it wasn't worth the effort as it is very much a CV tick that I don't need with 40 years in the business, the only people who look at my CV are people I know,

This is exactly the area i work in and i'm trying to secure a move to Houston hence the reason i'm going down the PMP route. For me $400 to potentially get my CV passed the screening phase is worth it.

Our company has just been bought out by Transocean so the likelihood of them retaining anyone is slim.