I'm interested in acquiring the PMP certification but I'm not sure if I'm on the right track towards finishing the 4500 hour work experience requirement. I currently work in the aerospace/manufacturing industry as a Financial Analyst and a year ago I worked for two years in a Quality Assurance/Engineering role. I earned my Six Sigma Black Belt three years ago and I'm hoping I could use the experience I have leading six sigma/improvement projects to meet the hours requirement. I'm fairly confident that six sigma covers most aspects of the five phases of project management. What do you think?
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Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
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Hello Julian,
I have no experience with SixSigma yet and therefore can't answer your question directly, BUT if you are able to describe your project work with the language out of the PMP Content Outline you should be fine.
I would say to pre-document your experience while using the Vocabulary out of the PEPCO and if that makes sense to you and your "contact persons" you should be fine.
To assure that you can contact the PMI customer care center before submitting your application and discuss with them. They are always very helpful.
Because of how you are required to report your experience, I recommend that you start filling out the online application, or at least reviewing it to see if your experience fits what PMI is looking for. There's no fee to start the application, and if you find that you need more time to finish it, PMI has told me that you can get the time extended - the default, once you start the application, is one year.
Keep in mind that PMI is not expecting you to have significant hours in every process group/knowledge area, but you do have to be able to explain how your experience is in line with what PMI expects from a project manager. Saving Changes...
You're better off filling out the application. Even some of the initial drop down menus will allow you to see if you qualify or not. Mainly the screen that asks you to list the project name, dates, etc...
PMI customer service will even advise you the same. They cannot tell you what qualifies or not. The application itself will be a reflection of that. Having specific dates and all of that information is mainly for them to decide if the criteria listed is solid or if there's an audit that needs to take place. Saving Changes...
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