Pine Valley Furniture In an effort to better serve the various departments at Pi
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Pine Valley Furniture
In an effort to better serve the various departments at Pine Valley Furniture, the PVF information systems department assigns one of its systems analysts to serve as a liaison to a particular business unit. Chris Martin is currently the liaison to the purchasing department.
After graduating from Valley State University, Chris began working at Pine Valley Furniture. He began his career at PVF as a Programmer/ analyst I. This job assignment required him to code and maintain financial application systems in COBOL. In the six years he has be at PVF, he has been promoted several times; his most recent promotion was to a junior systems analyst position. During his tenure at PVF, Chris has worked on several important projects, including serving as a team member on a project that developed a five-year plan that would renovate the manufacturing information systems.
Chris enjoys his work at Pine Valley Furniture and wishes to continue moving up the information systems ladder. Over the past three years, Chris has often thought about becoming certified by the Project Management Institute. He has taken several courses toward his MBA, has attended three technology-related seminars, and has helped the local Feed the Hungry chapter develop, implement, and maintain its computerized information system.
While eating lunch one day, Juanita asked Chris about the benefits of becoming a project management professional. Briefly state Chris’s case.
What are the project management professional eligibility criteria for Chris? What documentation must he provide?
Assume Chris has obtained his certification. What are PDU’s on the Project Management Institute’s website. Identify these categories. In which categories would you place Chris’s experience?
Explanation / Answer
For Graduates
35 contact hours of Formal Project Management Education: Typically Four Days Classroom training /40 Hours E-Learning Program.
When submitting an application, you do not need to send any documentation. However, you will be required to send supporting documentation (copies and not original as PMI doesn't take any responsibility/guarantee of returning them back)about your experience , formal training and education if your application is selected for a random audit.
PDU stand for Professional Development Units : To stay certified, you’ll need to participate in professional development activities, and earn and report professional development units (PDUs.). Certificate requires you to earn certain amount of PDU's in 3 years cycle . For PMP the number is 60 .
means in 3 years you have to earn 60 PDU's and normally 1 hours = 1 PDU .
To earn PDU's , you’ll need to follow the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) program and earn professional development units (PDUs.) . Here the goal is to ensure that your certified competencies stay relevant and up-to-date.
The new structure ( few changes came into existence three to four months back) is comprised of the following six categories.
Education Categories:
For the following categories project managers can earn one PDU per one hour of class or study.
Giving Back to the Profession Categories:
Certification holders can earn a total of 45 PDUs in the combined Giving Back to the Profession categories.
Chris Experience comes from
Category B : where he attended some technology related seminars
Category F
Category E where he helped the Local Feed