Lack of training among PMs – PMP Candidates – Follow-up
Thursday, October 29th, 2009As promised, I’m following up on my post from Sept. 14, 2009: Lack of training among project managers.
There continues to be widespread lack of formal project management training among PMP candidates. In my original post, I wrote:
| In order to earn the PMP credential, a candidate must have a minimum of three years experience either in a PM role or performing PM tasks. That is to say, the credential is not meant to help an individual move into project management but, rather, certifies that the individual is already in project management and has been for at least 3 years. In fact, many candidates have been in the profession for much more than 3 years.
Therefore, anyone who is going through the process of earning the PMP credential must have been practicing project management for at least 3 years, if not more. So my big question is this: How can a person have been practicing a highly skilled and complex profession such as project management (for at least 3 years, if not more) without ever receiving any training in his/her chosen profession? |
From my visits to message boards and blogs, I’m seeing a common misunderstanding among many PMP candidates; a misunderstanding is related to the trend of PMP candidates using their exam preparation classes to satisfy their 35 contact hour requirement. Many candidates seem to believe that taking a 35 hour prep class is actually a requirement to sit for the exam.
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