With over 400,000 Project Management Professionals (PMPs) in today’s competitive IT market, it is no wonder that many IT professionals are eager to obtain their certification. In fact, PMP certified professionals generally earn a higher annual salary (up to 10% more) – certainly well worth the initial investment in training and exam fees. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), even PMPs worldwide seem to agree, as they consistently recommend this particular certification to their peers. Similarly, employers also highly encourage their IT professionals to pursue this certification, as it has provides them will additional skills and knowledge for exceling in their projects. In addition, the PMP Certification has become a requirement for marketable Project Managers, providing them with instant credibility in the business industry. If you are serious about pursuing your career as a Project Manager, the PMP Certification is your ticket to ensuring your success.
ACRA Training has partnered with TenStep Project Management to deliver our PMI Registered Education. With over thirty years of experience in the project management business, TenStep specializes in consulting and training in business methodologies. It has a wealth of information as well as solid project management tools and techniques that they can pass on to you through our courses. Through our PMP Certification Courses, ACRA Training along with TenStep can address all of your training needs from entry level through to executive level, small projects to large complex projects.
TenStep is a Global Charter Project Management Institute Registered Education Provider! This means PDUs may be earned by attending our educational programs. Please refer to each individual outline to find out about PDU equivalency amounts.
Consisting of 200 multiple choice questions, the PMP Certification Exam can be quite daunting for those who have not been adequately prepared. Keeping this in mind, ACRA’s PMP Certification Preparation Course has been designed for those IT professionals who intend to take the PMP Certification Exam, but whose formal job title may not necessarily be project manager even though they possess significant on the job experience performing project management tasks. In addition to being a helpful springboard for applying to the PMP Certification, this particular course is also appropriate for those IT professionals seeking to develop professionally, increase their project management skills, apply a formalized and standards-based approach to project management, and advance their career by moving into a formal Project Manager role.
During our PMP Certification Course, trainees will be guided through the steps necessary for preparing for the most important exam of their career. Trainees will go through the entire cycle of managing a project successfully, from initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing the project. By the end of the 15-lesson curriculum, trainees will be able to apply the generally recognized practices of project management acknowledged by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) to successfully manage projects.
PMP Certification has become highly regarded as the gold standard in the field of Project Management. As the IT industry continues to evolve, the exacting guidance of certified Project Managers will be increasingly needed to ensure the proper development, implementation and roll-out of progressive technologies intended to reduce organizational costs and improve overall efficiency.