Comparisons of Project Management Qualifications and Discussion of Qualifications Relating to Different Aspects

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Comparisons of Project Management Qualifications and Discussion of Qualifications Relating to Different Aspects Introduction The appeal for project management skills have been growing ever since the economic downturn whereby companies migrate to new sectors and require people with this skill set. Lombardi (2012) states that the hiring demand for project management skills has increased by 51% since May 2010 and IT-related careers were the most common among all the fields. Therefore, differentiating from the crowd to be sourced by big companies eventually becomes more difficult in addition to numerous professional bodies providing many different project management qualifications. This report focuses on current project management qualifications applicable in the market in addition to the techniques, methodologies and approaches used in Project Management. The report is organized in two parts whereby the first section identifies four project management qualification including a comparison and contrast of each qualification based on the relevant factors and the second section discusses each qualifications in relation to project manager, organisation and particular discipline. Discussion Differences of Project Management Qualifications The table below highlights the key differences of each qualification in many aspects. The qualifications included in the comparison are Prince2 Practioner (Project in Controlled Environments), PMP (Project Management Professional), Agile Project Management Practioner and APMP (Association of Project Management Practioner). Aspects | APM(APMP) | PRINCE 2 (Practioner) | PMI(PMP) | AGILE PM Practioner | Project Management Bodies | Association of Project Management (APM) | Association of Project Management Group(APMG) | Project Management Institute (PMI) | APMG International | Syllabus | APM BOK5th Edition | PMI BOK2009 Edition

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