Project Management Certification

For managers of IT-projects, there are several types of certification, which is not so easy to understand. To make it easier for you - combine the information on them into one table. Included in the types of certification that is quite common in Russia, and can help you in your career. If you speak in general, then there are 3 areas of certification:

• project management - a common approach to project management. The most famous certification - Project Management Professional (PMP)
• software life cycle (Application Lifetime Management, ALM) - includes software development approaches such as RUP and MSF
• separate project management software

Type of training	Description	Requirements for project management experience	Tongue	Estimated certification costs	Timing	Where to view information
PMP	International Project Management Certification	3 years of project management	English Russian	From 20000r to 60000r	1.5 - 3 months	pmi.org pmexpert.ru pmi.ru
PME	Russian PMP equivalent	not	Russian	From 7000r. If you were trained in pmexpert - from 3000r	1.5 - 3 months	pmexpert.ru
IPMA A / B / C / D	European Project Management Certification	IPMA C - 3 years of management	Russian	IMPA C - cost of the exam 25 000r	1-3 months	sovnet.ru
MCTS 70-632, 70-633, 70-634	Microsoft certification for using MS Project / Server	Not	English	From 1700r.	1 - 2 months	microsoft.com
ITIL	IT Service Management Certification	Not	English	Basic level of ITIL Foundation - 6600r	1-2 months	itexpert.ru
CompTIA Project +	Project management	Not	English	From 9000r	1.5-3 months	certification. comptia.org
MCP 70-301	Microsoft Solution Framework (clean!)	Not	English	From 1700r	1.5-3 months	microsoft.com

If you have any questions on how to pass this or that certification, write to the LAN. I can advise on getting PMP / PME and MCTS. Both are certified through Prometric . You can take PMP at least in Moscow and St. Petersburg. MCTS 70-632 in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk, Biysk, Bryansk, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk and a number of other cities (full information on the Prometric website).

For ALM certifications:

• Certification RUP includes a fairly large number of species. I personally could not fully understand them)). A complete list of RUP certification is http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/rl_index.shtml . As I understand for beginners, RUP needs certification. IBM Certified Solution Designer - Rational Software Architect
• MSF certification now includes one type - 70-301 - “Managing, Organizing, and Delivering IT Projects by Using the Microsoft Solutions Framework 3.0” . This certification has nothing to do with the Microsoft Project MCTS. And this certification will go away in March 2009, so either you need to get ready for it very quickly, or not to pass it at all. According to Microsoft, the new MSF 4.0 certification will probably be divided into 2 parts - by Agile-based approaches and CMMI.
• There is currently no certification for Scrum; in fact, it is planned to be introduced from April 2009. You receive Scrum degrees http://www.scrumalliance.org/training simply by passing their training. There are no certified trainings in Russia now - so you have to fly to Europe.