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Ramon Costa i Pujol Business Productivity Advisor. Microsoft Innovation Center - Productivity Center

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PMI Member 813576

CompTIA Project+ Certified

MCTS: Manag. Projects with Ms. Office Project 2007

Top 10 Skills CIOs in 2008

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Functional Area Knowledge

Project Management

Company Knowledge

Business Process Engineering

Industry Knowledge

Project Leadership

Systems Analysis

Systems Design

Project Integration Management

Project Risk Management

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Associations on Project Management:

• PMI (Project Management Institute, 1969): www.pmi.org

• IPMA (International Project Management Association, 1965): www.ipma.ch

• IAPPM (Intern. Association of Project and Program Management, 2003): www.iappm.org

• APM (Association for Project Management): www.apm.org.uk

• AIPM (Australian Institute of Project Management, 1976): www.aipm.com.au

Methodologies:

• PRINCE2 (Projects in Controlled Env., 1989): www.prince2.com

• Scrum (Agile Project Management and Dev.): www.scrum.org

Academies:

• American Academy of Project Managers (AAPM):

www.projectmanagementcertifications.com

Other institutions (IT specialized):

• CompTIA (1982): www.comptia.org

Linked to software programs:

• Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: www.microsoft.com

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Project Management Institute (PMI)

PMI Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)®

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

• Program Management Professional (PgMP)®

• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)®

• PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®

Standars

• A Guide to the Project Management Body of

Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)- Fourth Edition

• Practice Standard for Project Risk Management

• Practice Standard for Earned Value Management

• Practice Standard for Project Configuration

Management

• Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures

• Practice Standard for Scheduling

http://www.pmi.org

(March 2010) Total members: 317.962

Total active

PMPs: 375.959

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Intern. Ass. of Project and Program Manag. (IAPPM)

Three levels of project management certification

• PME™ Project Manager e-business

• CIPM™ Certified International Project Manager

• MPM™ Master Project Manager

• 3+ years of verifiable project management experience

http://www.iappm.org

Intern. Ass. of Project and Program Manag. (IAPPM)

http://www.iappm.org

International Project Management Assoc. (IPMA)

• Four levels of project management

certification

• 110,000+ IPMA certificates worldwide

at the end of 2009

• Standard: ICB version 3

http://www.ipma.ch

Association for Project Management (APM)

Four levels of project management certification

• Qualification aligned with IPMA’s 4 level certification program

• Introductory Certificate in Project Management: foundations

• APMP (IPMA Level D): knowledge

• APM Practitioner Qualification (IPMA Level C): practice

• APM Certificated Project Manager (IPMA Level B): experience

• APM Body of Knowledge

http://www.apm.org.uk

PRINCE2

PRojects IN Controlled Environments

(PRINCE) is a project management method.

• It covers the management, control and

organization of a project

• It was initially developed in 1989 by CCTA

as a UK Government standard for IT project management

• PRINCE2 was released in 1996 as a generic project management

method

Two levels of project management certification

• PRINCE2 Foundation Qualification

• PRINCE2 Practitioner Qualification

Body of Knowledge

• 'Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 - 2009 Edition‘

• 'Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 - 2009 Edition'

http://www.prince2.com

CompTIA

• CompTIA is a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests

of information technology (IT) professionals and companies including

manufacturers, distributors, resellers, and educational institutions.

• Certifications • CompTIA A+

• CompTIA Network+

• CompTIA Security+

• CompTIA Server+

• CompTIA Linux+

• CompTIA PDI+

• CompTIA RFID+

• CompTIA CTP+

• CompTIA CTT+

• CompTIA CDIA+

• CompTIA Project+

For project managers, the CompTIA Project+

certification covers the entire process of project

management, including initiation, planning,

execution, acceptance, support and closure.

http://www.comptia.org

Microsoft Project

• MCTS: Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 (Exam: 70-

632 - TS: Microsoft Office Project 2007, Managing Projects)

• MCTS: Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project

Server 2007 (Exam 70-633: TS: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007,

Managing Projects)

• MCTS: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Configuration (Exam 70-639:

TS: Microsoft Office Project Server 2007, Configuring)

• MCTS Project Server 2010, Configuration (Exam 70-177: TS Microsoft

Project Server 2010, Configuring)

http://www.microsoft.com

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