Project Management Qualification

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Project manager qualifications

How can a very experienced well and very well educated project manager get a project manager qualification fast and reasonably cheap?

A friend of mine wants to change job and maybe go contracting and wants to add a PM qualification to his CV.

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I work as a contract project/prog manager but don't have specific qualification in PM (although I do have a Masters in Business & Technology).....Not all employers insist on the actual PM qualification ... Its useful if you haven't already worked as a PM as it covers the basics but if your friend already has experience, he/she should be ok...
 
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thx for the reply Lauren. He also has a MSC in Computer Science but every one is asking for IPM, Prince2 , ITIL, PMI............
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Don't assume that EVERYTHING stated in job adds (or asked for by agencies) is mandatory.... Employers (in my experience) are interested in relevant experience and the application of methodology or process to project management which can be learned on the job. When I look at job adds, I work on the assumption that if I have 80% of what they are looking for, I can apply.
 
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thx for the input Lauren, I would agee with you on that.
 
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I dont know what you consider cheap or fast, but the block release course
from the IPMI www.projectmanagement.ie is 2 days per month for 6 months, and caost around 6K I think
 
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Jeez, that's big bucks for a 6 month course a couple of days per month..... I think you also have to 're-certify' with the PMI every few years, so it looks like a bit of a spinner to me....
 
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In my experience there is no hard and fast rule regarding PM qualifications - I think that PM qualifications are looked for more on iT projects and no so much on Business projects - I know that HP want all their PM's to have Prince and in the UK even on the business side more and more companies are looking for Prince certification

The rationale behind this is if a PM has a qualification it is one less thing for an employer to worry about
 
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The PMP exam from www.pmi.org is well recognised internationally as the benchmark PM qualification. In theory, he can do the exam at any time. In practice, he'll find it hard to pass (regardless of how much experience he has in the real world) unless he does a fair bit of preparation.
 
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The Dublin Busines School is doing evening course in this.
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The aim is the PMP exam prep.
14 weeks, Tuesday evenings cost is €1145. Was thinking of doing it myself.

D8L
 
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Hi cerberos,

I saw this advertised in todays Irish Times Business section.

University of Limerick are offering two courses, Masters and Diploma, in Proj Mgmt by Distance Education over 2 years each.
 
I'm interested to pursue a career in project management but I'm not sure what training I do should yet. I'm looking at
http://www.irishtraining.ie/business/project.html but it is not known if the Accreditation/Diploma is widely recognised by companies here in Dublin. Does anyone know?

Also, it would be greatly appreciated if someone can give me a list of training options for project management.
 
UCD have an MBS (Project Management) option in the Smurfit business school. Project management is normally covered in most MBA courses.
 
The Dublin Business School runs an evening diploma in Project Management - I'm hoping to do this one in Feb. ([broken link removed])
 
As a matte of interest, what does a qualification in Project Management allw you do? What are the benefits? Is it an instant pass to jobs/success etc?
 
A PM Qualification or even PM Certification, does not guarantee success when going for a role but it is an advantage. It will be your experience that gets you the job but qualification and/or certification (PMP/Prince 2/IMPA/...) may get you an interview.

I have IPMA Level C and it has certainly helped me move across industries more easily than if I did not have the certification.
 
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