Is the International Project Manager PMP certificate worth taking?

01PMP is highly recommended, recommended to everyone

Not only would I recommend it to a full-time project manager or a friend looking to move into a "professional manager" position, I recommend it to everyone.

I was a PMP in 2006, and I have renewed my PDU four times later. The teacher who taught me was a Korean who was said to be the first generation of PMI lecturers in China.Because Chinese people are good at exams and other reasons, the gold content of the PMP certificate is decreasing year by year.However, I deeply realize that PMI's systematic study has a huge effect on my future career, and it is the most important one in my study of many certificates.

Project management is the discipline of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing team work to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria.A project is an ad hoc effort to produce a unique product, service, or result, with a definite beginning and end (Wikipedia).In this sense, including a picnic, the knowledge and skills of project management can also be used, which is very practical for everyone in the workplace and life.

02PMP tips for reducing training fees and PDU renewal fees

The cost of PMP is actually not high, and the training fee and PDU renewal fee can be reduced.

First of all, the exam fee for the PMP cannot be reduced or waived.

But there is a possibility to succeed in the self-examination without attending the training course

Suggestions for preparing for the exam

Read as much as possible the original PMP book in English. The logic is smooth and the language is exquisite.The Chinese version of the textbook is like chewing wax and drowsy. You can buy it as a dictionary.Friends who are not very good in English, don't worry, the Chinese and English are compared, and the fourth level of the university is enough.

How to save money with PDU

First of all, for the training provided by the unit, if the course is related to management, remember to ask if you can use the public PDU.

Secondly, qualified and capable project managers can hold "project management" theme salons or sharing sessions and earn PDUs by themselves

Again, you can read management classics and declare PDUs directly.

Remember to file as early as possible before the deadline.Sometimes the PMI direct declaration is successful, and sometimes the audit is rejected.I have reported PDUs many times, and once I have encountered it, I have been asked to supplement materials to prove it.

03 The value of PMP is very high, how high it is, varies from person to person,

PMP certificate, valuable.

But more valuable is the improvement of your "project management" professionalism.

So what is the prospect of "project management" in the Chinese workplace?
I deeply feel that PM has a lot of qualities that are difficult to quantify and cannot simply be clearly marked on paper.But that's where the professionalism of a project manager comes in.For example, professional artists are difficult to quantify and price.

Because project management is both a science and an art.So Project Manager is a very professional position.If only 2 names can be submitted on an architectural monument, then it must be the owner (usually the monarch or sponsor), and the project manager.

On the other hand, I want to emphasize: The theory is very good, but it must be learned and used in practice!

After all, it is an imported concept from the West, and job survival is deeply affected by national conditions and industry background.

To be honest, I have dealt with more than 20 western countries, even if it is a classic theory like PMP, in the West, even in the United States, it is still a different thing from the actual practice!Theory is theory, practice is practice, and the combination of theory and practice is the last word.