My employer is paying for an in person 4-day 'boot camp' type course to satisfy the education requirements for PMP Certification. I have all the hours from years of running stuff, I just need the education requirements. I know I could do some of it virtually but better to knock it all out and once IMO.

There are like a million different providers out there - I could go anywhere from New Orleans in the west up to Atlanta in the North or as far East - South as Jax / Orlando / etc. I'm in the Florida Panhandle so looking to drive to and from.

If anyone has experience - recommendations for which of the myriad of providers is the best, please let me know what you recommend.

If you are in Virgina NVCC Loudoun has an online PMP class. It takes longer, but I think you retain more. Plus you can download the materials to use as a reference.

My bootcamp was via velociteach. No complaints, passed first sitting. They have camps all over.

Best is subjective.

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Originally posted by ffips:
Best is subjective.

isn't everything?

Rollins College in Orlando has that.

I can't say if it's the best or not, though.

I'm doing mine online as we speak through Syracuse and it's like drinking from a fire hose.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:

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Originally posted by ffips:
Best is subjective.

isn't everything?

Yep.

My experience was good. Since it was 35PDUs, it was pretty well all of 35 hours crammed into 4 days fitting a lunch hour in each day.

The materials provided helped make material that is tedious be bearable.

The process required quite a bit of focus which suprised me. I thought experience would provide more than it did. You probably know the info, but haven't thought about it from this perspective. I believe taking the practice exam(s) was also helpful, but at some point, the answers came more from repetition (remembering the questions) than knowledge. The exam is "best" answer and sometimes questions are intentionally convoluted. Always fall back to the process and methods taught. Some of it will contradict what you know.

Good luck.

Excuse my ignorance. What positions require this training? I googled and found Project Management Professional.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Excuse my ignorance. What positions require this training? I googled and found Project Management Professional.

Thanks.

More and make it is becoming a requirement to be a project manager on a fed.gov contract.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
Excuse my ignorance. What positions require this training? I googled and found Project Management Professional.

Thanks.

It is a certification that shows the holder knows the methodology taught by PMI (Project Management Institute).

If an employer practices that methodology, then in theory, anyone with the cert could run the project without needing to "learn" the ropes.

More to your question, it is a tool for a manager to help give them a path and plan as they go through a process. It can be applied to many things not limited to mangement.

Similar tools would be Agile and Six Sigma.

I feel like I haven't really answered...

It is for environments that produce widgets to help ensure all parties are fairly represented, quality is maintained, and end goal is met.

My widget factory for the past 17 years has been as a contractor for various electrical utilities around the country doing GIS implementation, asset management, invwntory, and quality control.

For me its really just getting the certification to have the PMP behind my name. I’ve been managing projects for 8+ years in the civie sector and pretty much my entire military careers beyond that.

It simply looks good on a resume and I’m sure I’ll learn a thing or three when gettting the 35 hours of education and prepping for the test.

I’ve procrastinated but since the company is paying, it’s a no-brainer.

ZS, any chance you remember when someone could be in IT without a MSCE or A+ cert? Similar, but different...

One can manage and even manage projects without it but, it's a cert that has some traction that at times is now becoming required by employers or clients.

Thanks for the explanation. I work in health care. I once bid on a Federal contract. It was four hundred pages long with only one page pertaining to the work that was to be performed. I can only imagine what the Federal government requires.

I have heard of Six Sigma.