Hi Kirsten,
Our company (PTMC/APMX) has been providing project and program management training for well over 25 years now and I will state unequivocally that like driving a car or SCUBA diving or removing a diseased appendix that you CANNOT learn to be a project manager by studying books of sample questions..... Or listening to podcasts......
Nor does being able to pass multiple choice exams establish that you are competent as a project manager. All passing multiple choice exams validates is you can pass multiple choice exams. Not one thing more.....
The ONLY way to learn to be a project manager is by actually running projects. Preferably under the watchful eyes of a master project manager. And this includes the ever so important SOFT skills, which are IMPOSSIBLE to develop in 3 or 5 day "cram for the exam" courses.
Since the very beginning, our PMP prep courses are 90 days long, graduate level, blended learning courses and they are 100% project based. And our much more technically demanding AACE and INCOSE programs are a full 180 days long. (2 semester long, graduate level, blended learning courses, where the participants have to initiate, plan, execute, control and close MULTIPLE simultaneous projects, with limited resources..... Just like in the real world....
We are one of the very few companies which has "bucked the trend" and instead of "teaching to the exams", we believe that if we develop capable, COMPETENT project managers, that they should be able to pass any of the PMI, AACE, IPMA, INCOSE or any other organizations exams. And given we have remained in business for over 25 years now, stands as strong evidence that our approach has earned the respect of many Fortune 500 clients.
BR,
Dr. PDG, Jakarta, Indonesia
http://www.build-project-management-competency.com
On Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:36:51 PM UTC+7, Shane Kirsten wrote:
Hi Folks,
What are your views on the online PMP training..? Is that good enough or is there a necessity to go for cclassroom programs..some good online providers in your views..
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PMI has announced that the test based on PMBOK5 will not be available until July 2013. And we know from seeing an exposure draft that instead of there being 9 knowledge areas there will be 10. So, more to study. And further, we know that they'll mix up the Inputs, Outputs, Tools and Techniques enough that PMBOK4 will effectively no longer be a useful study tool.
So my advice would be if you have the time and bandwidth to study now, study and take the test ASAP. No reason at all to wait. If you feel like you're missing something by not studying PMBOK5, well the new knowledge area is Stakeholder Management, something currently covered under Communications. So all they've really done is pulled an already existing piece of knowledge out and elevated it to its own knowledge area.