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Making Things Work During A PMP Audit

By Anna Clark


Every creature great and small needs nutrients. Basically organic life evolved to need to consume and then digest food. In the past, human beings used to acquire food by hunting and gathering. But human society evolved past that. Eventually, humanity settled into agrarian societies. Then those agrarian societies become industrial societies. Then that industrialization shifted into a more information based economy. But in that information based economy, people have to work at computers. Now, in order to work as it should and also to facilitate communication and collaboration between employees and departments, specialized software has to be installed on those computers. Installing said software can be quite the project. To certify that that gets done properly, so that that people can still get their emails and work on computers that are not prone to crashing, someone needs to be in charge of the project. There needs to be someone around to certify that things go as smoothly and as swiftly as possible, which is why companies hire or appoint a project manager. But to make sure that a project manager is fully up to the task, they can check into the background and see if that person is certified as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute. Speaking of which, on occasion, someone who already has certification may be subject to a PMP audit.

Before a person can even receive PMP certification, they must be educated. If a person has a college degree, then they will need fewer hours or project management experience. If they only a high school diploma or an associate degree, they will need a lot more experience. All applicants must also have at least thirty five classroom hours in project management education.

Now, an audit is simply a means to an end for verification, a search for truth. Oftentimes, people may misrepresent themselves or over represent their credentials. An audit simply makes sure that those credentials are entirely truthful. This is particularly important for bodies which certify professionals.

Now, for certain bodies, particularly those that certify professionals, assessments can be random. In fact, for the PMI, the audit is random. No malice or forethought to a particular individual goes into making a decision as to who get audited next.

An audit is like a fire in the sense that one should not panic. Like a fire, there are steps to follow and a limited time to follow them. So, when a person receives notice that they are under review, they should comply as quickly as possible.

In most cases, there will be no grand announcement informing an individual that a review of their credentials has begun. Most people will simply get a notification that said review has commenced. For the most part, individuals will also get a grace period of ninety days to comply with all requirements.

It is easy to fail. If one wants to fail and lose their certification, all they have to do is nothing. Just wait until the ninety days expires and that is it. The appraisal has passed and the person has failed.

Passing is easy. Most of the materials needed to comply with an audit are either provided by PMI or already in the hands of a person. All that is needed is to submit those materials within the ninety day grace period.

People need to work. An individual needs a job in order to buy food. But the people in those jobs should be qualified for them.




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