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Lavaughn Selvon PPM/Technical Asst - Maintenance & Engineering| Yara Trinidad Limited Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago
Been curious about this and decided to throw out the question here...hopefully some of you would know the answer. Do you think a diploma in project management is repetitive of education attained for CAPM certification?
See below an example of course outline for Diploma in PM:
Manage project scope
Manage project time
Manage project quality
Manage project cost
Manage project human resources
Manage project information and communication
Manage project risk
Manage project integration
Build and sustain an innovative work environment
Facilitate Continuous Improvement
Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
Lead and manage team effectiveness

If so, then what would you recommend in addition to CAPM for someone not directly involved in project work, wanting to move career to project management?
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Lavaughn Selvon PPM/Technical Asst - Maintenance & Engineering| Yara Trinidad Limited Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago
May 07, 2018 5:50 PM
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Diploma has more in depth concentration on project management processes than CAPM. Both are good and in both cases you need experience to advance in the PM Field.
Rami, by chance you meant to say that you 'don't' need project experience for both? Cause I qualified for CAPM based on education. Also I'm not seeing experience required for diplomas. That's actually why I'm thinking to start there.

Actually the reason I pursued CAPM is that I do interact with projects but it's not doing projects. So it's interaction with CEPs for capital projects and portfolio reporting, user admin in various project software tools. CAPM was to get full picture of what I'm dealing with, which has indeed helped significantly in my interaction with the project portfolio.

I just wanna be directly involved in projects.
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May 07, 2018 7:42 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Lavaughn, I did not say you need experience FOR both. I said you need experience to advance in your career as both are knowledge based certifications and will put your foot into the project management field but to advance in it you need experience. Hope this explains.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
May 07, 2018 7:38 PM
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Rami, by chance you meant to say that you 'don't' need project experience for both? Cause I qualified for CAPM based on education. Also I'm not seeing experience required for diplomas. That's actually why I'm thinking to start there.

Actually the reason I pursued CAPM is that I do interact with projects but it's not doing projects. So it's interaction with CEPs for capital projects and portfolio reporting, user admin in various project software tools. CAPM was to get full picture of what I'm dealing with, which has indeed helped significantly in my interaction with the project portfolio.

I just wanna be directly involved in projects.
Lavaughn, I did not say you need experience FOR both. I said you need experience to advance in your career as both are knowledge based certifications and will put your foot into the project management field but to advance in it you need experience. Hope this explains.
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May 07, 2018 7:55 PM
Lavaughn Selvon
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Heh heh. Thanks for the clarification on that.
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Lavaughn Selvon PPM/Technical Asst - Maintenance & Engineering| Yara Trinidad Limited Point Lisas, Trinidad and Tobago
May 07, 2018 7:42 PM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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Lavaughn, I did not say you need experience FOR both. I said you need experience to advance in your career as both are knowledge based certifications and will put your foot into the project management field but to advance in it you need experience. Hope this explains.
Heh heh. Thanks for the clarification on that.
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