What Makes PMI Credentials
Stand Apart?
Wael Al-Jasem
12 June 2011
Agenda
• Importance of professional PM certifications
• Introduction to PMI’s Certification Program
• What sets PMI’s credentials apart?
• What are the benefits of PMI credentials?
Why PM Certification?
• Complex project environment
• Expensive
• Diversified teams
• Technology development
• Evolution of the body of knowledge
We want competent leaders & managers!
Introduction to PMI’s Certification
Program
• PMI offers five certifications
– Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®
– Project Management Professional (PMP)®
– PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)®
– PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®
– Program Management Professional (PgMP)®
PMI’s Certification Stats
PMI’s AGC Certification Stats
– Membership
= 4,399 (6.62% growth)
CAPM
PgMP
RMP
SP
PMP
Kuwait
12
3
17
5
435
Bahrain
12
2
1
3
332
Qatar
8
4
7
13
688
Saudi
46
7
36
10
2015
UAE
85
7
67
26
3384
Total
163
23
128
57
6854
Why choose a PMI certification?
• Flexible and transferable
• Keeps you up-to-date
• Encourage professional growth
• Help practitioners develop their careers
• Renowned worldwide
What sets PMI’s credentials apart?
Internationally Recognized,
Globally Accredited
• Launched in 1984 – PMP: first designed
specifically to credential project managers
– PMP is also accredited under ISO 17024
– It is also accredited by ANSI
• 400,000+ credential holders…and growing
– Credential holders in 170+ countries
• Reflects project management practice
established through global studies
By project managers, for project managers
• Thousands of project management
practitioners volunteer every year
– Create examination questions
– Rigorously review these questions
– Provide strategic oversight to certification
program
– Drive change initiatives
• Volunteers represent PMI’s diverse
population
Transferable between methodologies,
standards, or industries
• PMI Certifications reflect project
management best practices
– Do not represent any single methodology,
standard, or industry
• Transferable around the globe
• Consistently examined to reflect current
practice
– Maintained through gaining project management
education and working experience.
– Ensures that PMI’s certifications never become
obsolete – and our active credential holders keep
up with their project management competence.
Valid and reliable ways to assess
competence
• PMI certification measure more than
knowledge
– Education for Eligibility
– Experience
– Examination (scenario-based examination)
– Ethics
– Education for Certification Maintenance
Summary
• Remember what sets PMI credentials apart:
 An internationally recognized, accredited program
 By project managers, for project managers
 Transferable between methodologies, standards,
or industries
 Valid and reliable ways to assess competence
Now that you know – why should
you obtain a PMI certification?
• Credentialed project managers are tied to
improved project performance
• 80% of high-performing projects use a
credentialed project manager
– Most commonly held PM certification was the PMP
PricewaterhouseCoopers Insights and Trends: Current
Programme and Project Management Practices (2007)
Benefits of certification
Higher maturity organizations have
higher certification rates
PricewaterhouseCoopers Insights and Trends: Current
Programme and Project Management Practices (2007)
Benefits of certification
Higher maturity organizations have better
project performance
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
82%
75%
58%
43%
80%
75%
73%
64%
60%
70%
59%
51%
48%
48%
36%
On time
On budget
Scope creep
High
Meduim
Met
Increase in
goals/intent projects that
meet goals
Low
Benefits of certification
• Certification indicates a baseline level of
competency, education, and experience to an
employer
• Certification indicates a dedication to the
profession, when employers are focusing on
acquisition/retention
• Certification allows companies to recognize
specialized practitioners
Thank you
• For questions, please contact:
– PMI AGC Kuwait at info@pmiagckw.org
or
– E-mail PMI directly at customercare@pmi.org