![]() ![]() My interpretation of leading and directing is that you don't have to be designated as "the PM", but you do need to have been performing some sort of leadership activity on the project. At least that's how it was in 2009 when I documented my experience. Not every project you document needs to cover every process group, but the sum total of all your experience needs to cover all the PMBOK processes. is a slightly dated version of the type of template you could maintain if you wanted to get a leg up. ![]() Fortunately, we are typically pretty good about setting up charge numbers for various activities on a project, so the translation from charge numbers to PMBOK process area.Īlso this way, if I was audited, I already had the source material I could use as justification. Since I wasn't as forward thinking as you, I ended up asking my company financial admin staff to print me a report of every project I had billed for the last 5 years. managing the project and what percentage of that time was spent on various activities in each Process Area, organized by the process groups. When you fill out the experience portion of the PMP Application, you will be asked to provide the total number of hours you spent "leading and directing", i.e. Most of your hours will probably fall into the execution area that's probably what they expect. Project manager, sponsor, developer, and customer on X small project.I passed the audit, and I had projects like: That makes it easier to subdivide into the process areas and processes later you can "budget" those hours until they add up to approximately the same amount.īy the way, PMI really wants just project work experience, whether leadership or not. do you agree with this? (Yes/No) and any other comments?" So no real documentation is necessary as long as you are honest, your experience is valid.Īlso, for tracking, I would do it in a spreadsheet list projects and an approximate number of hours spent on each project. It will say "XYZ said they worked on this project for these many hours (by process area). Once you enter your hours, if you get audited, you will get a letter to sign for each project, from the manager of that project (or co-worker, or subordinate). I was also audited, so I know that they accepted my experience. I'm a software developer by experience, so I had to scrounge various projects to get my 4500 hours. They will ask you to break the hours down into five process areas (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing) and then into various process activities. Documentation required is pretty scant on the 4500 hours. ![]()
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