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Professional Qualifications?? Are There Any

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Patrick Gaughan
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Hi people

I am wondering if there is anything planning wise to rival say Prince2 qualifications or Institute of Chartered Project Managers.

Is there an equivalent qualification for us planners, if not can anybody recommend decent training & qualifications to aim for.

I am thinking of doing Prince2 or APMP purely because of the lack of decent project planning specific courses & qualifications.

Any info would be greatly received.

Thanks

Pat Gaughan

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warren bonandrini
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i discovered that the AACE(the association for the advancement of cost engineers) does the psp (planning and scheduling professional) accreditation - search for them on the web - they should have the details for the accreditation body in your country
warren bonandrini
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i discovered that the AACE(the association for the advancement of cost engineers) does the psp (planning and scheduling professional) accreditation - search for them on the web - they should have the details for the accreditation body in your country
warren bonandrini
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i discovered that the AACE(the association for the advancement of cost engineers) does the psp (planning and scheduling professional) accreditation - search for them on the web - they should have the details for the accreditation body in your country
James Barnes
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I was asked in an interview once if I have PSP. "sure" I said and whipped it out. "not that kind of PSP" ;-P

Someone asked about this qual a week or so back, is it any good / reaonably priced for us independants to go after? More importantly is the content interesting?
michael crawley
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Try searching for the planning & Scheduling professional (PSP) qualification. However it does have a high level of failure to pass rate.
Chris Oggham
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Hi Pat,

It really depends on what you want, PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM Certification are both good, but may not have exactly the emphasis that you require. The only thing that I can suggest is that you have a look around; try for example some of the courses offered by The Planning Engineers Organisation. There are also useful courses offered by the Project Management Instutute.

There are some courses run by the International Project Management Association, but I’m not sure of the venues.

Hope this is useful.

Chris Oggham