Seattle, Washington, USA – Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading not-for-profit advocacy association for the project management profession, today announced it has awarded PMCentersUSA its 2006 PMI Professional Development Provider of the Year Award in the Business Category. The award, a PMI recognition category introduced in 2004, honors new professional development provider organizations that integrate project management knowledge and practices into their day-to-day activities and track, through the introduction of clearly-defined measurement standards, their individual and organizational performance.

PMCentersUSA is the 16th PMI global registered education provider (R.E.P.) for its exceptional professional development program(s) in project management. PMCentersUSA delivers complete business solutions in project management. From the initial development of materials by PMI Fellow Walter Bowman to the delivery of courses by world-renowned instructors, PMCentersUSA provides quality products and services that focus on the latest PMI supported philosophies, methodologies and project management tools.

PMCentersUSA’s offerings include public project management training, private/on-site training and project management consulting services consisting of project management maturity assessments, project management office development, executive and manager coaching, project team mentoring, project management consulting and staff augmentation. These service offerings provide comprehensive project management development and support solutions to empower project professionals to achieve and exceed their organizational goals.

The PMI Professional Development Provider of the Year Award in the individual/business category was presented on 21 October during the Awards Ceremony held in conjunction with PMI Global Congress 2006—North America in Seattle, Washington, USA.