For release on:
24 April 2008
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Joe Patterson, PMI Public Relations
Project Management Institute
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joseph.patterson@pmi.org
NEWTOWN SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA, USA – Gomez Project and Training Ltd., of Bogotá, Colombia, has become the 1000th Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) for the Project Management Institute (PMI). R.E.Ps are authorized by PMI to offer Professional Development Units (PDUs) to individuals seeking to maintain a PMI credential through continuing education; a PDU is the measuring unit used by PMI to quantify approved learning and service activities.
“Registered Education Providers are PMI's key partners in the growth of the project management profession,” said Michael A. Price, Ph. D., manager of PMI’s Accreditation Programs. “By being very careful who we approve to become R.E.P.s, we help PMI credential holders as well as the public identify effective project management training providers. We congratulate Gomez Project and Training on becoming PMI’s 1000thR.E.P.”
PHOTO: Gomez Project and Training Ltd. staff (standing, left to right) -- Andres Felipe Gomez, general manager, and Sandra Mercado, project manager (seating, left to right) Carolina Rojas, commercial manager and Martha Fierro, management assistant.
To qualify to become an approved R.E.P., a training organization must provide PMI with evidence of quality instructional design, delivery and content of their courses, conferences and/or training products. Each R.E.P.’s program is reviewed every three years by PMI. R.E.P.s are located in 56 countries and include universities, training consultants, government agencies and corporate universities. Over the past three years, R.E.P.s have provided training to more than one million project management professionals worldwide.
“As a Registered Education Provider for the PMI, we assist project managers who are working to earn and then maintain PMI credentials,” said Andres Felipe Gómez, founder of Gomez Project and Training. “The most widely recognized of the PMI credentials is the Project Management Professional or PMP®. Candidates for the PMP are required to earn a minimum of 35 hours of training in project management. Once certified, PMPs must earn at least 60 PDUs every three years.”
Of the approximately 500 people trained at Gomez Project and Training since the firm was founded in 2006, Gómez said most have been information technology managers and personnel of multinational and large national companies. His company also has provided training for Colombian government project managers.
About Gomez Project and Training Ltd.
With project management as one of the fastest growing service industries in Colombia and Latin America, Gomez Project and Training Ltd. provides project management consulting and training services. It also provides outsourcing for project managers. Gomez Project and Training Ltda. has focused its training on basic and advanced project management and Project Management Professional (PMP®) and CAPM® (Certified Associate in Project Management) exam preparation courses. Some of the advanced project management topics are risk management, earned value analysis, project estimation, project financial evaluation and project management simulation. For additional information, please visit www.gomezpt.com.
About PMI
With more than 265,000 members in 170 plus countries, the Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) is the leading membership association for the project management profession and the largest association dedicated to project management in the world. As the leading advocate for the profession, PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, providing a professional career path for project managers and maintaining a family of professional credentials: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), Project Management Professional (PMP®) and Program Management Professional (PgMP)®The PMP, held by more than 267,000 project managers worldwide, is the only project management credential that is globally transferable. Additionally, PMI provides members with access to the knowledge, skills, educational support and networking opportunities needed to drive business results through project management, program management and portfolio management. The Institute is highly regarded for its extensive research capabilities and its program to accredit colleges and universities and Registered Education Providers to teach PMI approved project management courses. PMI was founded in 1969. Please visit PMI.org for more information.