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How PMP Project Management skills / certification can enhance your career in L&D
JEFF FURMAN, PMP, CompTIA CTT+
Certified PMP Project Management Instructor Certified CompTIA CTT+ Presentation Skills Trainer Book Author (Publisher: Management Concepts)
Website: www.Jeff-Furman.comEmail: [email protected]: The Project Management Answer Book LINK: www.PMAnswerBook.com
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Why PM Skills / Certifications for... Training Managers / Training Directors / Trainers?
2. Improve your Project Batting Average3. Similar challenges for Training Managers
as Project Managers?4. Increase your skill-set /
efficiencies / promotability5. Boost your resume / salary6. MANY! opportunities for trainers
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Resume – for PMs
The PMP (Project Management Professional, from PMI) is the leading and most portable certification for project managers on today’s job market.
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Resume – for L&D people Q. But why are PM skills often requested nowadays
on job specs for L&D management roles?
“Project Management skills / experience preferred.”
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Reason #1 - To align training with project goals & metrics...
PMs want training directly tied to their project’s success.
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Reason # 2 - Similar challenges / skill-sets for: Training Managers & Project Managers?
Following are the 9 knowledge areas for PMsfrom PMI’s P M B O K:
Q. How many look like your L&D challenges?
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PMI’s 9 Knowledge Areas (How many look like your L&D challenges?)
Integration - cross-managing interdependent teams/processes
Scope - keeping your project on-scope (avoiding scope creep)
Time - coming in on-schedule
Cost - staying on-budget, tracking metrics
Quality - delivering quality results to your customer
HR - managing & leading your team
Communications - managing the information flow on projects
Risk - anticipating and managing risks to your project
Procurement - working effectively with procurement / vendors / legal
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Your Handout
Here is what 4 ASTD NATIONAL LinkedIn Group members (PMPs)told me about the connections between L&D & PMP skills...
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Peter McAliney, CMC, PMP
“Most organizations are becoming ‘projectized,’ which means that all roles have some aspect of projects associated with them. For example, IT or HR could be responsible for identifying a new ERP systems supplier, HR would need to put together a plan to coordinate an international virtual training seminar, HR would be asked to develop a plan to realign job roles after M&A activity etc. HR professionals who have a systems, strategic-oriented perspective will manage projects. Those who don't will be members of project teams driven by other areas within the organization.”
- Author, Painless Project Management - President, Chenery & Company, Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland area)
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Lynne Warren, PMP Instructor
“In my role as training manager, I had multiple roles as most of us do these days. Part of my responsibility was the ongoing, daily management functions - similar to any other manager: budgeting, human resource management, administration, etc. However, each training program was absolutely a project. There was a beginning and an end, something unique was being created, and they had to be initiated, planned, executed, monitored and controlled, and eventually closed.
One thing I find very interesting as a PMP instructor is that most all of the concepts involved in Project Management are used in nearly every management role. We all plan what we're going to do, our team executes the daily activities, and as managers we monitor and control all aspects of the planning and execution. The only difference is that those ongoing activities aren't temporary.
So, I definitely feel that training managers apply all aspects of the PMP Principles, processes, and knowledge areas to their operational / functional activities in their role related to developing and administering specific training programs. But I believe that they also apply many of them in their ongoing, repetitive activities as managers also.”
- Senior Faculty, Project Management Exam Prep at VMEDU (PMStudy)
- Owner at WTS Group (Consulting) / Warren Tree & Landscape (Tampa / St. Petersburg, Florida area)
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Mary Ann Crow, PMP Professsional Services Trainer/Coach
“When I am either training or analyzing client training needs, I use many PMP/PMI skills:
Work with Human Resources, Company Supervisors and Directors to bring training for improved organizational effectiveness (HR management)
Create and manage a project plan for implementing or enhancing learning and development programs through scoping the training requirements, schedule, cost, resources and manageassociated issues and risks (Scope, Cost, Time, and Risk Management)
Proactively provide clear and honest communication about the company/client training needs to state reality of needs (Communication Management and Professional Responsibility)”
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Mary Ann Crow, PMP Professsional Services Trainer/Coach
“Contract with business stakeholders for training needs and follow-up on the effectiveness of the eventuallydelivered learning initiative. (Procurement Management, Stakeholder Management)
Build high-quality training content with required design from conducted research and benchmarking activities (Quality Management)
And let's not forget our Integration Management to bring it all to a successful conclusion!”
- Owner, MACrow LLC - Professional services trainer and consultant, MACrow LLC (Austin, Texas area)
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Christiana Houck, M.Ed, PMP
“PMP is applicable for me in the instructional design process because I.D. is a project. Typically, vast and involving many inputs and outputs.
Trainers can use PM in the classroom prep and in the acquiring of knowledge in preparation for delivering training.
I would recommend PMP for training people!”
- Curriculum Developer at Aristocrat Technologies- ASTD Tribute To Learning “Overall Best” Award at Aristocrat (Las Vegas, Nevada area)
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Reason # 3 - Many training opportunities in PM
Currently 300,000+ PMI members
PMP is being taught all over the world (classroom, e-Learning, virtual)
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Reason # 3 - Many training opportunities in PM
Currently 300,000+ PMI members
PMP is being taught all over the world (classroom, e-Learning, virtual)
Greatly increasing in U.S. government (DC & NY)
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How I personally use the PMP & CTT+ certs PMP cert – Train a great many PMs
CTT+ cert – Lead Train-the-Trainer workshops,
helping instructors attain 3 certs:
1. CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer (CTT+) -- For teaching A+, Network+, Security+ 2. Microsoft Technical Trainer (MCT) -- For teaching many Microsoft products
3. Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI)
-- For teaching Adobe Photoshop
Book
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Many training opportunities in PM: (5 certs from PMI)
CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management, from PMI PMP - Project Management Professional, from PMI PgMP - Program Management Professional, from PMI PMI-SP - Scheduling Professional, from PMI PMI-RMP - Risk Management Professional, from PMI
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Many training opportunities in PM:(5 certs from PMI)
CAPM - Certified Associate in Project Management, from PMI PMP - Project Management Professional, from PMI PgMP - Program Management Professional, from PMI PMI-SP - Scheduling Professional, from PMI PMI-RMP - Risk Management Professional, from PMI
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Many training opportunities in PM:(Here are 6 additional PM certs from other vendors)
6. Project+ - From CompTIA (also based on PMI’s PMBOK)
7. MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
8. MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional
9. Prince2 - Similar to PMP, popular in Europe
10. ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library
11. Six Sigma - Quality Management (1 of the 9 PM knowledge areas)
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Many training opportunities in PM:(Here are 6 additional certs from other vendors)
6. Project+ - From CompTIA (also based on PMI’s PMBOK)
7. MCTS - Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
8. MCITP - Microsoft Certified IT Professional
9. Prince2 - Similar to PMP, popular in Europe
10. ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library
11. Six Sigma - Quality Management
(each can open different doors!)
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Any questions for the Q&A?
