Get more from your PMI membership with PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America, 10-13 October, in Orlando, Florida, USA.
When you attend congress you can:
- Sharpen and update your skills,
- Network with people who may impact your career,
- Get inspired by keynote speaker T. Boone Pickens, and
- Earn PDUs.
This year, you can customize your congress experience to meet your budget and schedule. Chose a one-day, weekend, or full four-day attendance package. Need to renew your PMI membership? Click here.
How to Gain Support to Renew or to Obtain Your Next Credential
Are you interested in renewing or earning another PMI credential but your organization does not support professional development endeavors like this?
The June issue of PMP Passport asked readers if they ever had to convince their supervisor (or organization) to support their pursuit of a PMI credential. The following is one respondent’s advice.
“You must convince yourself first that you will not have deceived your boss when you try to convince him/her [to pay for your credential] because you will be doing a good thing.
“You can convince [your boss] that he will actually be investing in the company by investing on the improvement of the staff’s skills.
“When I read a PMP exam preparation book… I was surprised that what I had known as correct for years was actually wrong. You can use this. You can tell your boss that there are many applications in project management, which are known as correct that are actually wrong [in practice]. Those commonly known but wrong practices cause the people and their projects fail…”
Tutku Ozer, PMP, planning manager of developments at HAJ Project Managers in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Fortuantly Mr. Ozer's boss encouraged the team to obtain the PMP credential.
Did you use an innovation approach to your project management career?
We may publish your input in a future issue of PMP Passport.
E-mail the PMP Passport Editor with your response.
The online Certification and Credential FAQs address topics like:
- PDU reporting,
- Credential exams,
- Credential suspension,
- Application audit, and
- PMI’s new standards.
If you have questions that are specific to your individual certification, you can direct them to PMI’s Customer Care.
Are there project management topics, trends or tips you would like to see covered in PMP Passport? Send us your ideas.
In the Next Issue …
With the next issue of PMP Passport, scheduled for
16 December, you can look forward to improving your knowledge on topics like:
- Bringing Out the Strengths of Your Team Members
- Job Interviewing Tips for PMP Credential Holders
