How to check PMP Credential Online?

Currently, many projects require that a project manager has to hold PMP certification which is one of the best international certification in Project Management that is provided by The Project Management Institute (PMI). However, in my country some parties in order to win the bid often use 'fake' PMP certification. 'Fake' PMP certification DOES NOT mean other certifications that provided other institutions besides PMI, it means that this certification should be legally provided by PMI, but some parties create their own PMP certificate based on the real one. They easily change the name to put on the certificate meanwhile the person that they put on the certification never take or didn't pass the exam. 

In order to prevent some parties continuously faking the certification, I would to give some information how to check the person who legally hold the certification. You can easily check on pmi website www.pmi.org or click the link certification.pmi.org/registry.aspx .

On the link I mentioned before, you can fill last name of the person that you want to check. You may also filter your search using first name, credential and country. If the person with the correct last name off course is a PMP or other PMI certifications holder, the name is automatically showed on the screen, if s/he does not hold the certification provided by PMI, her/his name will not show. You can an example below

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Project Management Plan

What is Project Management Plan???

In terms of project management in planning process, a Project Management plan is the most important document that needed to perform work. The project management plan is the sole outputs of develop project management plan in integration management. 

Project Management Plan is a formal and approved document that defines how the project is executed, monitored and controlled. It may be in a form of an executive summary or a detailed document, and it may compose one or more subsidiary management plans and other planning documents

Project plan is used to:

• Guide project execution
• Document project planning assumption
• Document project planning decision based on the selected alternatives
• Facilitate communication among stakeholders
• Define key management review 
• Provide a baseline for progress measurement and project control

The keys to understanding the project management plan:

1. The project management plan is formal. It is important to think of the project management plan as a formal, written piece of communication.
2. The project management plan is a single document. It is not 15 separate plans. One those separate documents are approved as the project plan, they become a single document.
3. The project management plan is approved. In other words, there is a point in time at which it officially becomes the project plan. Who approves it is going to differ based on the organizational structure and other factors, but typically it would be the project manager, the project sponsor, the functional managers who are providing resources for the project.  
4. The project management plan defines how the project is managed, executed, and controlled. This means that the document provides the guidance on how the bulk of the project will be conducted.
5. The project management plan may be summary or detailed. 

Components of Project Management Plan:

• Change Management Plan
• Configure Management Plan
• Scope Management Plan
• Time Management Plan
• Cost Management Plan
• Quality Management Plan
• Process Improved Plan
• Human Resources Plan
• Communication Management Plan
• Risk Management Plan
• Procurement Management Plan
• Requirements Management Plan
• Scope Baseline
• Cost Performance Baseline
• Schedule Baseline

 

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Project Scope Management

Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.

Remember, Scope Management means:

- Constantly checking to make sure all the work are completed
- No additional work include in the Project Charter
- Preventing extra work or gold platting

Process in Project Scope Management:

1. Collect Requirements, the process of defining and documenting stakeholder’s needs to 

     meet the project objectives

     Key Inputs: Stakeholder Register

     Key Tools & Techniques:  Facilitated Workshops, Group Creativity Techniques

     Key Outputs: Requirement Documentation, Requirement Traceability Matrix

2.  Define Scope: the process of developing a detailed description of project and product

     

     Key Inputs:Project Charter, Requirement Documentations

     Key Tools & Techniques:  Alternatives Identification

     Key Outputs: Project Scope Statement

3.  Create WBS: the process of subdividing project deliverable and project work into smaller 

     and more manageable components

     Key Inputs:Project Scope Statement

     Key Tools & Techniques:  Decomposition

     Key Outputs: WBS, WBS Dictionary, Scope Baseline

4.  Verify Scope: the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverable

     Key Inputs:Project Management Plan

     Key Tools & Techniques:  Inspection

     Key Outputs: Accepted Deliverable, Change Request

5.  Control Scope: the process of monitoring project status, product scope, and managing 

     changes 

     Key Inputs:Project Management Plan, Work Performance Information

     Key Tools & Techniques:  Variance Analysis

     Key Outputs: Work Performance Measurements

Differences between Verify Scope and Perform Quality Control

Verify Scope:

- Is often performed after Perform Quality Control

- Is primarily concerned with completeness

- Is concerned with the acceptance of the product by the project manager, the sponsor, the 

  customer and others

Perform Quality Control:

- It is not unusual for these processes to be performed at the same time

- Is primarily concerned with correctness

- Is concerned with adherence to the quality specification

Important Note: 

If the project is canceled before completion, Verify Scope should be performed to document

where the product was in relation to the scope at the point when the project ended 

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Project Integration Management

Project Integration Management is the processes required to ensure that the various project elements are coordinated effectively. Integration management is the practice of making certain that every part of the project is coordinated.

Process Group	Integration Management Process
Initiating	Develop Project Charter
Planning	Develop Project Management Plan
Executing	Direct and Manage Project Execution
Monitoring & Controlling	Monitor & Control Project Work Perform Integrated Change Control
Closing	Close Project or Phase

Process	Key Outputs
Develop Project Charter	Project Charter
Develop Project Management Plan	Project Management Plan
Direct and Manage Project Execution	Deliverables Work Performance Information Change Request
Monitor & Control Project Work	Change Request
Perform Integrated Change Control	Change Request Status Updates
Close Project or Phase	Final Product, Service, or Result Transition

DEVELOP PROJECT CHARTER
Project Charter is used to authorize a project to begin and to provide the project manager with the authority necessary to execute the project. The Project Manager should be identified and assigned as early in the project as is feasible, but always prior to project planning and preferably during project charter development. The project charter should be issued by project sponsor or other persons at a level sufficient in the organization to commit funding.
Input:

• Project Statement of Work (a written description of the project's product, service, or result)
• Business Case
• Contract
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Organizational Process Assets

Project Charter outline: business need, product description, constraint, assumption, statement of authority and accountability, project manager authority, project manager responsibilities.

DEVELOP PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN

Project plan is used to:

• Guide project execution
• Document project planning assumption
• Document project planning decision based on the selected alternatives
• Facilitate communication among stakeholders
• Define key management review
• Provide a baseline for progress measurement and project control

Inputs to the develop project management plan process:

1. Preliminary project scope statement
2. Project management process
3. Enterprise environmental factors
4. Organizational process assets

Tools and techniques used to develop the project management plan:

1. Project management methodology
2. Project management information system
3. Expert Judgement

DIRECT AND MANAGE PROJECT EXECUTION

The purpose of the direct and manage project execution is to execute the work defined in the project management plan in order to achieve the project requirements detailed in the project scope statement. In this phase, the majority of the project’s budget is spent.

Tools and techniques for the direct and manage project execution process

1. Project management methodology
2. Project management information system

Outputs from the direct and manage project execution process

1. Deliverables
2. Requested changes
3. Implemented change request
4. Implemented corrective actions
5. Implemented preventive actions
6. Implemented defect repair
7. Work performance information

MONITOR AND CONTROL PROJECT WORK
The process of tracking, reviewing, and regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the Project Management Plan
Input

• Project Management Plan
• Performance Reports
• Enterprise Environmental Factors
• Organizational Process Assets

Tools & Techniques

• Expert Judgement

Output

• Change Request
• Project Management Plan Updates
• Project Document Updates

PERFORM INTEGRATED CHANGE CONTROL

means coordinating changes across the project. The process includes reviewing requests, approving changes and controlling changes to the deliverable (any unique and verifiable product, result or capability to perform a service that is identified in the project management planning documentation and must be produced and provided to complete the project).

Output

• Change Request Status Update

Tools & Techniques

• Expert Judgement

Concerned with:

• Influencing the factors that create changes to ensure that changes are agreed upon
• Determining that change has occurred
• Managing the actual change when they occurs

CLOSE PROJECT OR PHASE
The process of finalizing all activities across Project Management Process Groups to formally complete the project or phase.
Close Project or Phase is all about shutting the project down properly. This includes creating the necessary documentation and archives, capturing the lesson learned, ensuring that contract is properly closed, and updating all organizational process assets.
Output

• Final product, service, result transition

Tools & Techniques

• Expert Judgment

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