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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am thinking about taking one or more courses in project management and looking for advice.

My situation: I'm a researcher who has stayed at this company rather longer than I wanted to because of family issues and the economy. Due to the nature of the project I work on (as well as my supervisor's control issues), I have not had the opportunity to advance to a position with more authority. In a couple of years, I will be looking to move somewhere else but I don't have a lot of management experience to show for my years here.  Therefore I'm looking into taking project management courses and maybe going for a certificate.  I'm thinking about Georgetown, Graduate School USA (formerly known as the USDA grad school), or University of Maryland.  So here are my questions for you DCUMers who know more about this area:

Does it make sense to go for a certificate and not just a course?
Is it worth it to take the test for certification from the Project Management Institute?
Do you have any sense of whether an on-line or in-person course is clearly preferable? (GU is more expensive but is on weekends. Grad School USA is either online or weekdays. Intro course would mean four days out of the office. Haven't really explored UMd yet.)
Does anyone have experience with these programs or others that you can share?

Thanks for whatever light you can shed on this! I appreciate it!
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I got my PMP certification through GW university through ESI international. It is an expensive program but my work paid for it.
I would say that the training prepared me to be a good project manager. 
I don't think it matters if you do it on-line or in-person, nobody has actually asked me if I was in the class or not.
I know people that have done the bootcamp and gotten the certifications.

I knwo many government contractor can not work as a project manger without the PMP certification My certification has allowed me to take on projects that would have not been assigned to me without the certifications.

It does not matter if I think certifications are a money makeing sceme like SAT prep, the fact is you need the certification for certain jobs.

Also, you can't get the certification just from taking classes and the test, you also need...

A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent) with at least five years of project management experience, with 7,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.

I make about $125K.[/quote]

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