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Let 2020 be the year you earn your CAPM or PMP certification through PMI Willamette Valley (PMIWV)!

This is an excellent opportunity to earn a certification that will set you apart from others. With increasing frequency job postings are requiring a certification in Project Management. In 12 weeks, you will complete the certification exam prep course before taking either the CAPM or PMP certification exams.

For our Spring 2020 CAPM & PMP exam prep course, we will continue our commitment to a quality instructor staff, comfortable and safe facilities, and proven Velociteach materials for you.

Our commitment to you:

• Provide a high focus learning experience with fellow experienced project managers.
• Promote continuous learning through effectively usage of the Velociteach material and class accountability.
• Promote a safe and high-impact learning environment.

Materials provided with registration:

• Velociteach All-in-One Kit, 6^th Edition
• Text book, flashcard app, audio and video streaming, and online access to practice exams through Velociteach 
• PMBOK Guide and Agile Pratice Guide Book, 6^th Edition
  • What’s changed in the new PMBOK edition?

Schedule:

Tuesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, January 28, 2020 through April 21, 2020. No Class on March 24, 2020 due to Spring Break

Location: 

Participants should expect:

• PMP certified instructors
• PMBOK Guide and Agile Practice Guide Book, 6^th Edition
• Weekly homework assignments
  • Class participation exercises, slides, flashcard apps, audio and video links, condensed reference materials with formulas, pop quizzes, online instruction, practice exam question access, and a mock exam.

Course Decorum:

• Arrive on time to respect others
• Cells either off or on vibrate, no texting during session
• Arrive with completed assignments
• Notify instructor or project manager if you are going to be late or absent
• Sign in at each session
• Participate in all classroom exercises
• Complete a course evaluation
• Complete a PMI PMP Certification exam application if sitting for a certification exam
• Food and drink are allowed during sessions

Contact Hours earned:

Participants earn a maximum of 3 Contact Hours for each of the weekly 12 sessions attended. If all sessions are attended this will satisfy 36 Contact Hours for PMP application and 23 Contact Hours for CAPM application. Contact Hours earned are verified by your signing the class attendance sheets each week.

PMIWV does not provide make-up weeks for participants who miss classes. The Project Manager may use GoToMeeting to stream the session online. It is the participants’ responsibility to arrange this with the project manager. Otherwise, there is the option for participants to take online courses through MindEdge to fulfill their required education contact hours at their own costs.

Instructors:

The course is based on PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP) Examination Content Outline, dated June 2015.

Note: The list of instructors is committed to teaching topics on the designated date. However, life can happen that may change the instructor list.

Registration:

Registration is from October 15, 2019 to January 12, 2020. Registration closes on January 12, 2020.

PMI and PMIWV Registration Recommendation:

It is recommended that participants be a PMI member and PMIWV member before course registration to take advantage of membership discount. In addition, those participants who plan to take their CAPM/PMP Exam, have to be PMI members to register for their exam date and location.

PMIWV does NOT offer complimentary memberships to PMI or to PMIWV for the CAPM/PMP Exam Preparatory Course participants.

2019 CAPM / PMP Preparation Course Fee Structure:

Pricing:

• Non-PMIWV Member $1,199.00
• PMI and PMIWV Member $1049.00
  • For PMI-Portland Chapter members to receive PMIWV member pricing, please contact the project manager, Bob Frank at vptechnology.salem@pmiwv.org before registering.

Note 1: If you register after JANUARY 4, 2020, you are responsible to provide the current materials we will be instructing to which are the 6th Ed PMBOK, Agile Companion, and 6th Ed Velociteach All-in-One Student kit. 

Please contact Velociteach at 888-568-2527 for current pricing of 6th Ed All-in-One Student kit. You will need a 6th Ed PMBOK and Agile Companion Book. As a PMI Global member, you can download a free copy as part of your membership benefits.

Note 2: Auditing the class is NOT allowed.

What about the dateline for the Exam Changes? With PMI changing the PMP Examination Content Outline from June 2015 to December 2019, how does this impact the timing of my PMP application and Exam Date?

PMI has pushed the December 2019 date to July 1, 2020. This provides PMP applicants time to complete this course and prepare their application for the PMP Exam. Here's what Customer Care of PMI recommends:

"We would suggest that as soon as the course is completed, the students should then start submit for the PMP exam through our online application. They will only be able to submit this application after completing the course but can spend time preparing the rest of the application ahead of time.

Details about their work experience and other attained education information that is required can be filled out prior to submitting the application and then they can return to this application later to provide the course information once it is done.

Once they have submitted, it may take 5 days about to review unless they are chosen for the random audit. If chosen for random audit, they will need to provide supporting documentation by mail."

In addition, we will advise you throughout the course on preparing your application, review your application with you, and mentor you through this process, to ensure you submit your PMP application in a timely fashion. We will also mentor you on how to build your documentation in case you are randomly selected for an audit. The course ends April 21, 2020 and the deadline to take the exam is June 30, 2020. That is a 70-day window. 

For questions regarding the course, please contact the  project manager, Bob Frank at vptechnology.salem@pmiwv.org.