How would I report my involvement on a project if it was Co-Led with another person?
For example: Planning & Managing the initial and subsequent upgrades of a large non-profit website and intranet. There are two of us that want to claim "ownership" of this as project managers for the purpose of documenting hours for PMI. Person "A" was the liaison with the organization (aka stakeholders), and person "B" was the manager of the resources and completed work. These two people overlapped nearly 80% in both stakeholder and resource meetings. Both of us are studying for our PMP.
I am person "B" who worked under person "A," but my involvement easily reached 20 hours per week for 2 years on this one part of what is essentially a "portfolio" of tasks assigned to the marketing department.
If I understood this specific project was managed in partnership with another person, therefore, person A and person B had specific objectives and deliverables, your reporting should be based on what was asked of you in line with the project. Person A was the interface with the stakeholders [front end] and Person B [back end] no doubt both of you were working closely together to enable progress and for you to manage the resources for delivering the work. Your roles are specific as described below, however, in my opinion you are both Project Managers and both should document hours for PMI - it is not unusual to have 2 project managers on one project with shared responsibilities. Saving Changes...
Alan CaseySenior Project Manager| Ford Motor Credit CompanyDewitt, Mi, United States
David,
No worries, Just explain that multiple PMs worked in this project's project office. In very large projects (the type I tend to work) this is a very common occurance. It takes a team of PMs to handle projects with very large scope. Titles may by Program Manager, Project Manager, Project Quality Manager, Project Delivery Manger, Implementation Vendor Project Manager, etc.
From PMI's perspective if you are doing Project Management work, the efforts qualify to count towards your certification requirements.
Hope this helps.
Alan Saving Changes...
Taralyn Frasqueri-MolinaSenior Project Manager| Independent ContractorPasadena, Ca, United States
When logging project hours through PMI in an effort to achieve credentials, there is no question asked about how many PMs worked on a project.
PMI wants to see how many hours you (and only you) spent on specific processes in the five process groups, regardless of shared project time.
In the "Experience Verification Form - Part II" section, you can see what PMI is looking for. How many hours you spent on each process listed in the process groups. Saving Changes...
