World is evolving everyday into an industrialized global society. These industries work constantly to be efficient and regularly generate profits. Basic idea of these industries is to offer the best of the best products to the consumer. There’s an entire process behind this aim to be constantly productive and lucrative. Idea generation, deciding the project, working on the project and final product. In the entire process, you may observe something which is a project. Project is the real key here, you might have heard a cliché “from little seeds grow mighty trees”. Metaphorically seeds are like ideas, everyday nourishing is a project and trees are your final product. one of the courses offered by PMI is quite well known, PMP certification is that course. let’s discuss in-depth about the background, need, and other areas of these certificates.

What is a project?

Project plays a major role for all industries.  Every industry around the world is questing for the best professionals to work on their projects. This is where project management comes into the play. It’s a system of work, in which there’s a professional who supervises the entire project. Entire team is divided into sub teams and departments. This reduces the workload on the single individual. The entire process is organised to make it fruitful and productive. This is the role of a  project management. Purpose of project management is to create an efficient product, with teamwork and creativity. In the meantime we need a professional to run and manage this, and that’s where the project manager plays a vital role.

Project Management Institution

PMI is an organisation which offers various certifications for project managers. As we have discussed the importance of a project management earlier, the PMI certificates guarantees a skilled project manager. A PMI-certified professional has great management skills and can manage the project in the best way possible. PMI offers various courses, certificates and project management training these certificates are project centric. In simpler words, PMI certification ensures that they provide certificates for every field in project management. There’s list below containing information regarding the courses and certificates provided by it

• Project Management Professional (PMI- PMP certification)
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
• PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Project Management Professional

PMP certification trains the professionals with the leading skills required for the industry. Primary goal of this certification is to make professionals familiar with all three management methodologies.

• Predictive
• Agile
• Hybrid

These methodologies can create a great working environment and fulfil the technological needs of the industries. Project Management Professional certification is an upgrade to the manager’s portfolio. One could apply for the PMP certification only after satisfying the eligibility criteria. These eligibility criteria have two groups, one is for professionals having a high school diploma and other is for graduates. If you have a high school degree then you need to have 60 months leading project experience. If you are a graduate you need to have 35 months of experience. Thus, one should be eligible before applying for an exam. One can complete the PMP course from online authorized platform and ATP’s.

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

CAPM is one of the popular programs, you can say it’s for freshers who have 3 years or less than 3 years of experience. It makes you industry ready to be associate in project management. If you have this certification, you can apply for PMP certification too. For the eligibility you don’t need to have work experience. Additionally, education isn’t that high either. You need to be a high school graduate and should have spent at least 23 hours gaining education about project management from any of the ATP’s or PMI online course portals.

PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)

PMI-PBA certification is another interesting certificate offered by the PMI. There are several failures caused due to no proper business analysis. Sometimes this causes confusion with things not required. PMI offers you this certification, so that you can polish the skill of business analysis. If you ever worked as a business analyst or project manager for any project, you can apply for the certification. Business analysis is the need of the hour today, as these professionals can minimise the risk of product failure.

Program Management Professional (PgMP)

Program manager professional, you might be unaware about this profession. he or she is the professional, who works at the front. This professional makes sure that the project is getting aligned with the organisation’s strategic goals. With Program management the chances of the success of the project gets a lot higher, then without it. If you have leadership quality, can give directions to the work and can manage multiple projects then you should pursue this certification. Program managers make sure that the entire process, or the entire program just gets aligned with the organisation’s ideas and strategy.

Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)

Entire organisations have a number of programs and projects simultaneously.  Portfolio management plays a key role in the better structure of the organisation’s planning. It plays the role as a bridge between the strategy and implementation. PfMP certification will polish your communication, observing, investment sense and coordination attributes. If you have managed several program’s portfolios, you can apply for it.

PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)

PMI-RMP is another interesting certificate offered by the PMI. This certificate ensures that the professional is capable of assessing and pointing out the upcoming risks. These risks can be waste of money, failure of project and time management. Professional is capable of tackling all these problems and identifying the problem before occurring. If you are project manager, risk manager or functional manager you can apply for the certification.

PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

PMI-SP validates that the professional is skilled in scheduling of the project. Scheduling professionals ensure the schedule of project planning, investment, developing and monitoring. It’s the much needed individual as it works to satisfy the stakeholders.

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

PMI-ACP certification ensures that the professional is highly skilled in the agile practices. Agile is the mind-set, through which one can handle the project in a very specific and simpler way. Agile practices include various methods such as scrums, kanban, extreme programming and many more. This certification validates that the holder have skills in every method and not in only one. Agile certification thus validates your skills.

For being eligible to apply in this course, you should have experience in agile practices and project management. You should have enough project management education hours.

These are the certificates offered by the PMI, if you will go through the entire blog. You will learn that these certificates are good enough for you or worth your effort to earn them.