UH and PMI Certification
In addition to the UH graduate certificate earned in this program, the student can choose to pursue formal Project Manager Certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI), or other equivalent groups. The UH course material is strongly aligned with the PMI view of project management.
Through involvement in the UH program participants will be well prepared to tackle the PMI certification process. More importantly, they will gain a working understanding of successful project management techniques and how to execute those in a real life project.
Although the certificate program focus is on technology related projects, the general management concepts discussed are derived from A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) sponsored by the Project Management Institute. In this regard the material is relevant to any project environment.
About PMI
Established in 1969 and headquartered outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded in 1969 by five volunteers. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania USA issued Articles of Incorporation for PMI which signified the official inception of the organization. During that same year, the first PMI Seminars & Symposium was held in Atlanta, Georgia USA and had an attendance of 83 people. Today, PMI is the most recognized project management professional organization with over 200,000 members worldwide and approximately 120,000 members with Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. PMI is the leading nonprofit international professional association in the area of Project Management.
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Further information on PMI and its programs can be found on the organization's web site: www.pmi.org