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How PMP Skills, Certifications & Resources Can Help You

JEFF FURMAN, PMP

~PMP Instructor, IT Project Manager, Book Author, and Train-the-Trainer Certification Instructor

For… InfraGard NY Metro ChapterDate: Dec. 14, 2011

www.Jeff-Furman.comJeff@Jeff-Furman.comwww.PMAnswerBook.com

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My background: PMP IT Project Manager / Independent PMP Instructor

Teaching PMP and Train-the-Trainer for: Unitek Education and Internet Institute (IIUSA).

Public classes (Have trained more than 550 PMs)

Have trained PMs from more than 20 NYC & Federal Government agencies including, CUNY, DEP, DOITT, NY Mayor’s Office, NIH, NYPD and FBI)

In 2011- trained 28 US Army officers on-base

My book: The Project Management Answer Book

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Book: “The Project Management Answer Book” (Management Concepts, Vienna, VA)

In Q&A Format (easy-to-use)

Dual Scope:

1. Practitioner’s Guide (highly detailed and comprehensive)

2. PMP Prep Book (based on my teaching more than 3,000 hours of PMP Prep)

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Book: “The Project Management Answer Book”

A little more about my book:

Advanced Chapters - On Ethics, Leadership, Soft Skills, Certification

Ready-to-Use *PM Templates: Project Charter, RACI chart, Risk Register, RBS, Requirements Traceability Matrix, & more

*Interviewed about the PM templates in my book for igTV (InfraGard TV) by Joseph Concannon, President, InfraGard NY Metro Chapter.

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The Book Also Includes:

Hundreds of hands-on tips & best practices - From my own experience of 25 years in IT for Fortune 500 companies and from the “collective wisdom” of 500+ PMs in my classes Top 10 Pitfall Lists at end of each chapter

- Sharing Lessons Learned from experience, and - Summarizing key points

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Question: 25 years in IT is like which great movie?

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Quote: “I have seen many things…”

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Blade Runner

(Shown in this scene: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer)

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Question: Which company is known for its famous:

Book of Lessons Learned?

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Answer: *The Boeing Black Book

Question: Do you have a site where you can quickly find Lessons Learned at your company?

*Citation: The Art of Project Management, Scott Berkun.

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A great way to help your company:

Tip: You could start a Lessons Learned Intranet or Lessons Learned Database for your department.

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How Can the PMI Skills / Certification Help You?

Answer: Resume

(a very good reason to get the certification!)

The PMP (Project Management Professional, from PMI) is the leading and most portable certification for managers on today’s job market.

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Why the PMI Skills / Certification?

1) PMI currently has > 300,000 members (trending up)

2) Applicants often need the PMP just to get an interview

3) Some companies hire conditionally

(e.g., give you 6 months to get the certification)

4) Some companies look to certify a lot of their people

so they can out-compete other companies on bids

e.g. “Our PMs are PMP-certified.”

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Q. Why the PMI Skills / Certification?

Increase your Project Batting Average

Q. Why the PMI Skills / Certification?

3 questions:

Q. What percentage of projects fail? Q. What is meant by OTOBOS?Q. What percentage of companies are consistently:

On-Time? On-Budget? On-Scope?

2 Statistics: From a *Price Waterhouse Coopers studyof 200 global companies...

More than 50% of all projects fail, and

Only 2.5% of corporations consistently meet their targets for Scope, Time, and Cost.

*Cited in: Alpha Project Managers: What The Top 2% Know That The Rest Of Us Do Not, by PMP Author Andy Crowe.

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Q. Why the PMI Skills / Certifications?

The PMP material is NOT a methodology – It’s an agreed-upon* collection of:

1) Knowledge Areas,2) Processes,3) Best Practice Tools & Techniques, 4) Terminology (Common Language)

*The PMBOK® standard is updated every 3 to 4 years by PMI (member-driven, non-profit org.)

Why the PMI Skills / Certifications?

You learn the COMMON LANGUAGE spoken by managers in today’s PM world.

Standardization on terms / documents

can help prevent:

Miscommunication, Errors, and Re-work.

Why the PMI Skills / Certifications?

Students gain…

New Skills

which can lead them to…

New Career Paths

You learn <<Repeatable Processes>>

Which enable you to manage:

More projectsMore people

(More promatable)

Why the PMI Skills / Certification?

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Question: What are the 9 PMI Knowledge Areas?

1. Integration Management

2. Scope Management

3. Time Management

4. Cost Management

5. Quality Management

6. HR Management

7. Communications Management

8. Risk Management

9. Procurement Management

But there’s also a 10th area: ETHICS!

Major change to the PMP Exam Aug. 31, 2011 – Increased emphasis on:

Ethics & Social Responsibility.

What’s the big deal about Ethics?

Ethical problems can have a huge impact

on a company’s bottom-line.

o Thousands of jobs can be lost

tied to an ethics error.

Question: Recent example in the news?

o Pensions wiped out. Recent example?

o Clients’ funds evaporated. Recent example?

My book and PMP classes put a strong emphasis on Ethics

A hands-on chapter: “Ethical Considerations PMs Face On The Job”

Includes a unique 1-page summary of the PMI Code of Ethics (which I created with PMI’s express permission)

Cornelius Fichtner interviewed me on my book’s Ethics Chapter for The Project Management Podcast (Episode #169)

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Many certifications in PM:(6 from PMI)

1. CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management, from PMI

2. PMP - Project Management Professional, from PMI

3. PMI-SP - Scheduling Professional, from PMI

4. PMI-RMP - Risk Management Professional, from PMI

5. PgMP - Program Management Professional, from PMI

6. PMI-ACP – Agile Certified Professional, from PMI

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7 Additional PM-Related Certifications (NOT from PMI)

7. Project+ - From CompTIA (also based on PMI’s PMBOK)

8. MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist

9. MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional

10. Prince2 - Similar to PMP, popular in Europe

11. ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library

12. Six Sigma - Quality Management

13. CRISC – ISACA’s Certified in Risk & Info Systems Control

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Take-Aways: Recommended PM Podcasts & Blogsites

HOST: Cornelius Fichtner, PMP The Project Management Podcast

- Episode #168: “The Project Management Answer Book”

- Episode #169: “Ethics In Project Management” www.PM-Podcast.com

HOST: Elizabeth Harrin, PRINCE2, FAPM A Girl’s Guide To Project Management

- “Behind The Scenes At The PM Answer Book” - “Getting Some Answers” - “Ask The Experts: Change Management With Jeff Furman” www.PM4Girls.com

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More questions???

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Thank you!

More Resources:

➯ www.Jeff-Furman.com➯ www.Jeff-Furman.com/BLOG➯ http://www.jeff-furman.com/jeffslistjune2010➯ www.PMAnswerBook.com (Amazon link)

(201) 310-7997Jeff@Jeff-Furman.com