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About the Project Management Institute (PMI®)



Who is the PMI?

Founded in 1969, the PMI® is the leading global association for the project management profession. Working with professionals and businesses in over 180 countries around the world, the PMI® sets the industry standard for project management excellence. With membership at over 300,000, the PMI® dedicates its efforts towards advancing the practice, science and profession of project management, the world over. ESI has been recognised as an official training provider of the PMI® and the Official Learning Partner and Sponsor of the PMI® UK Chapter.

PMI® Industry Certification

PMI® industry certification supports the international community of project management professionals and is designed to objectively assess and measure professional knowledge. These challenging credentials are widely recognised and are a benchmark for many of the world’s largest organisations for advancement and employment within project management. Find out more about the benefits of getting a PMI® Certification.

Train with ESI to become PMI® Certified

Every ESI course you take earns you between 15 and 35 valuable PDUs (Professional Development Units). These PDUs are required by the PMI® to attain and maintain certification. ESI courses are aligned to the PMI®'s 'A Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide' (PMBOK® Guide). This means that every course you sit with us takes you one step closer to PMI® certification. Take a combination of our courses (for more info click here) to satisfy the PMI®’s educational requirements - combine that with the correct experiential requirements and you are ready to take the exam.

To find out which PMBOK® knowledge areas are covered in our courses, look for the numbered guide next to the course descriptions.

PMBOK® Guide Knowledge Areas

1. Project Integration Management: Effective integration of the processes required to accomplish project objectives; includes developing a plan and the project charter.

2. Project Scope Management: Defines and controls what is and is not included in the project; includes the creation of a Work Breakdown Structure.

3. Project Time Management: Examines processes required for the timely completion of a project; includes the development and control of the project schedule.

4. Project Cost Management: Planning, estimating, budgeting and controlling costs to ensure the project can be completed within the approved budget.

5. Project Quality Management: Processes that identify which quality standards are relevant to the project objectives to ensure that the project achieves its goals; includes quality planning assurance and control.

6. Project Human Resource Management: Processes that involve human resource planning; includes acquiring, developing and managing the project team.

7. Project Communications Management: Ensuring project information is collected, communicated, stored, retrieved and disposed of properly; includes performance reporting and managing stakeholders.

8. Project Risk Management: Increasing the probability and impact of positive events and decreasing negative events. These are updated throughout the project; includes qualitative and quantitative risk analysis.

9. Project Procurement Management: Processes to purchase/acquire the products, services or results needed to perform the project work; includes contract management and change control.

 

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Events and News
  • IMPACT 2010
    28-29 September 2010
    Global Virtual online event
  • PMI Benelux Day
    2 October 2010
    Antwerp, Belgium
  • PMI Global Congress, North America
    9-12 October 2010
    Washington DC, USA
  • PMI IPM Day event
    4 November 2010
    Reading, United Kingdom
  • Integrated Programme Management Conference
    8-10 November 2010
    Bethesda, MD, USA
 

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