Personal advice questions are always impossible to answer and you have to answer that yourself. It all depends on your aspirations. If you want to grow your career in project management then any additional education / learning will be good. What is the Benefit to Cost Ration - tough to answer.
One point to highlight here - I know many of the PMP advocates may think the PMP can help end global warming and world hunger but it is just a basic certification in project management. Therefore, IMHO, a master degree in project management can expand your horizon since you can get into more depth than a PMP boot camp course will offer you.
The challenge is that the master in project management has to be from a reputable university and not a university that just following a business trend.
You know - you can do a great deal of self learning as well.
That is my humble and professional opinion. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Besides high valuable Mounir comment above, there is something it is hard to understand for me: how an university could seriously offer a master or doctorate in project management? If you ask me, you have to take training in business administration (MBA), finance or something related to strategy but related to project management you can take training in regular courses. And remember: the best training is the practice, at least in this field. Saving Changes...
Amrita JoshiTechnical Project Manager| CapgeminiEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Thanks Mounir and Sergio for sharing your thoughts Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I personally would do both the PMP and Masters in Project Management but in campus, not online. Masters of Project management online is not useful at all as when talen in campus, the interaction between like-minded colleagues is what gives this program value and benefit.
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3 replies by Ahmed Fouad Sedky, Amrita Joshi, and Michelle Daigle
Feb 19, 2016 6:12 PM
Amrita Joshi
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Thanks Rami.
Feb 21, 2016 5:06 AM
Ahmed Fouad Sedky
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Rami I agree with you, yet depending on the online deliver method, you can reach an in class experience but of course this depends on your budget and time.
Online is more reliable now than before due to the tech advancement
Mar 07, 2016 7:06 AM
Michelle Daigle
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Hi Rami,
I did my Project Management Certificate through University of British Columbia a decade ago. They had an online and classroom version. I chose the online version and can say they found ways for extensive collaboration and sharing of ideas through forums and other tools. It was a highly valuable course, though done online, for me.
Michelle
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Amrita JoshiTechnical Project Manager| CapgeminiEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Feb 19, 2016 5:45 PM
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I personally would do both the PMP and Masters in Project Management but in campus, not online. Masters of Project management online is not useful at all as when talen in campus, the interaction between like-minded colleagues is what gives this program value and benefit.
I gained my PMP before going into my MBA degree and I had the option to do a course in Project Management but the professor said if you have a PMP it's not necessary to take the course. At the end of the day though, a masters in project management would probably cover more than PMP and in England, PRINCE2 is the more recognized certification for project management
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Feb 20, 2016 9:28 AM
Amrita Joshi
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Thanks Tayo for sharing your thoughts.
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Amrita JoshiTechnical Project Manager| CapgeminiEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Feb 19, 2016 7:21 PM
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I gained my PMP before going into my MBA degree and I had the option to do a course in Project Management but the professor said if you have a PMP it's not necessary to take the course. At the end of the day though, a masters in project management would probably cover more than PMP and in England, PRINCE2 is the more recognized certification for project management
Thanks Tayo for sharing your thoughts. Saving Changes...
Ahmed Fouad SedkySenior Claims Consultant | Systech CanadaToronto, Ontario, Canada
Feb 19, 2016 5:45 PM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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I personally would do both the PMP and Masters in Project Management but in campus, not online. Masters of Project management online is not useful at all as when talen in campus, the interaction between like-minded colleagues is what gives this program value and benefit.
Rami I agree with you, yet depending on the online deliver method, you can reach an in class experience but of course this depends on your budget and time.
Online is more reliable now than before due to the tech advancement
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2 replies by Amrita Joshi and Rami Kaibni
Feb 21, 2016 5:36 PM
Amrita Joshi
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Thanks Ahmed
Feb 22, 2016 12:05 AM
Rami Kaibni
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I never tried online courses before but you have a point. I usually prefer in class courses.
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Amrita JoshiTechnical Project Manager| CapgeminiEdinburgh, United Kingdom
PMI too has few online trainings , not sure though how good / worth they are.
How is Coursera? It seems most cost effective considering my limited availability in an already busy schedule..
Any opinions please...
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1 reply by Paolo Cornali
Feb 23, 2016 12:31 AM
Paolo Cornali
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I attended other courses on Coursera and I find it very useful and well designed.
I know that there is the following specialization:
but I don't have attended it yet. Anyway I think that these courses can give you a basic and theorical knowledge but if you want to deepen the subject I think that is more useful to take a Master in campus or enroll in a PMI Chapter that give you the opportunity to share practical knowledge as someone has suggested in another thread.
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Amrita JoshiTechnical Project Manager| CapgeminiEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Feb 21, 2016 5:06 AM
Replying to Ahmed Fouad Sedky
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Rami I agree with you, yet depending on the online deliver method, you can reach an in class experience but of course this depends on your budget and time.
Online is more reliable now than before due to the tech advancement
Thanks Ahmed
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1 reply by Ahmed Fouad Sedky
Feb 22, 2016 12:39 AM
Ahmed Fouad Sedky
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Amrita,
I am doing my masters with a Scottish University, Robert Gordon University. Also Liverpool is known for Online Masters. Old Dominion in Norfolk, VA have online live classes.
So you can go with what suits your schedule.
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