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Do you think PMI is just for engineering and what if I work as decoration project manager; can my experience help me get a PMP?

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Question added by Ola Khanfar , Contracts Administrator , Environmental Technology Company
Date Posted: 2013/05/03
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by Deleted user

PMI covers many fields including Engineering ,IT , marketing ,Finance and Accounting and it is not only associated with the field of engineering.
To get certified you must have a bachelors degree with3 years of experience in project management.
You must also satisfy , continuing education requirements of20 professional development units(PDUs) per year (60 PDU's in3 years) of education requirements to maintain your certification after gaining it.

Sikandar Ali
by Sikandar Ali , Principal Engineer Contracts , Associated Consulting Engineer (Pvt) Ltd

I have seen doctors certified in PMP and excelled their career in hospital management.
I am sure PMP certification will enhance your business management insight.
Go for it!!!!

Yasser Ali
by Yasser Ali , Program Manager , Orange Business Services

PMI methodology (with the PMP certificate) is just a guide for any type of projects, I have experienced many types of projects far away from engineering, and the PMI/PMP methodology was very successful guide.
It is just a way how to organize yourself while you are managing the projects...
you may follow it or part of it...as per the need of your project.
to be eligible to take the PMP exam, you should meet a criteria as described in the following link: you should prove that you have some years of project experience (3 years if you are university graduate), and you have the minimum project management education.
(35 hours study you can take them in1 week course)

Arshad Hussain
by Arshad Hussain , Senior Manager Operations , Pakistan Revenue Automation Pvt Ltd

PMP is a certification and set of guidelines to get a task completed in a professional way...
No matter what your field is PMP applies..

Kashif Hussain
by Kashif Hussain , Project Management Officer , Allied Bank Limited

PMP is a framework that provides guidelines on best practices proven in Project Management.
It can be applied to any field including Engineering, Decorations, IT related projects etc.
etc.
Your experience can help you if you have it in the capacity of a Manager, falling in any one of the knowledge areas currently listed in PMBOK5th edition.
The requirement of basic eduction remains there ofcourse.
Go ahead and submit the application for approval on PMI's website (there is no fee involved for this process), there is no harm even if it gets rejected.
You will get an idea of what sort of experience you should go for in order to appear for the PMP examination.
One important point here is that you can also go for additional trainings focusing on Project Management to gain PDUs that will help you in covering any experience deficiencies.
If your application is approved, then you can proceed with the next procedure of paying your fee and preparing for the exam.

Munqith Alhajaj
by Munqith Alhajaj , Operation Manager , ResCare Workforce Services

PMP Eligibility Overview To apply for the PMP, you need to have either: ■A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent) with at least five years of project management experience, with7,500 hours leading and directing projects and35 hours of project management education.
OR ■A four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent) and at least three years of project management experience, with4,500 hours leading and directing projects and35 hours of project management education.
For more info go to:-

Mahmoud Ezzat
by Mahmoud Ezzat , Deputy Technical Director , UniPower Egypt

Management is a life style, are you organized, are have a goals, how you can catch these goals, what if you faced a problems how you can pass throught it without losing your goals.
involve in the PMP certificate journey to find the best practices to manage your life and to manage your project whatever the project size and type.
PMP applicable for satellite projects and for Wedding day arrangement

Syed Burhan-uddin Abdali
by Syed Burhan-uddin Abdali , Director (Retd)-FRC , Fuel Research Center, PCSIR, Karachi

Every thing is project according to the new definition.
Project Management methodology is applied from simple report writing to a complex engineering project.
Even, marriage ceremony, decoration, any kind of event are project management.
The characteristics of a project re; it should be unique, specific, specific start date and end date and having milestone.
Home decoration consultancy/job full fill the requirement of project management.
There is need to prepare template/task /activities/WBS(work Breakdown Structure) as per business requirement.

Sameer Kamar
by Sameer Kamar , Civil Engineer / inspector , IGT Irrawaddy green tower

Of Course NO, PMP certificate is for all field of specialization.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Salam, Your experience and what you do is all about taking the project team from the present situation to achieving project objectives within a structured framework for the planning, organising and managing of tasks and resources to accomplish a defined objective, usually with constraints on time, cost and quality.
PMI/APM is about a personal choice, but i think APM is a closer match to your requirements.

Gilberto Gener
by Gilberto Gener , SITE ENGINEER , TERNA QATAR l.l.c.

A project is an endeavor that has a goal(product or result), a schedule, a beginning and an end.
Almost all human activities will fall under this description and may be treated as projects so, yes project management is not limited to engineering activities only.
Your work as a decoration project manager will count as experience to comply with PMI PMP certification.
I suggest to those interested in acquiring the PMP certification to look up the PMI website pmi.com

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