The Journey from Idea to Implementation: A PMI Volunteer’s View on the Development of a New Certification
(Part 3)

Beth Ouellette is a Project Portfolio, PgMO & PM Expert, Professional Facilitator, Educator & Coach, and Managing Director, The Ouellette Group.

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In this article series, Beth Ouellette, Chief Executive at the Ouellette Group in New York, talks about her experience working on PMI’s Requirements Management Steering Committee. This group helped to perform the work that eventually created the PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)^SM certification, which officially launched in September, 2014. As Beth explains, the work and planning that goes into the creation of a PMI certification begins long before it’s made public.

Through extensive research and planning, PMI strives to create certifications that bring the most value to the profession. PMI volunteers play an essential part in ensuring that these certifications meet the crucial needs of the business community and are at the cutting edge of the profession.

Part 3: Bringing together professionals from many industries, many backgrounds
Once we were clear on our charter and objectives, we formed a task force. We invited people from different industries, disciplines, geographies and backgrounds--all of whom had one thing in common: they worked with, and had an expertise in, requirements.

The team came from various industries such as finance, healthcare, consulting and government; had differing roles within projects, such as PMs, BAs, engineers and testers; and followed methodologies such as agile, traditional and even hybrid. This …

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