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The PM Certification Decision Matrix. 12 pages, 6 role portraits and one scoring exercise you fill in on paper. Every weighting is checked against the current PMI Exam Content Outlines.
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Credentials usually get compared by salary tables, prestige and how hard the exam is said to be. None of that tells you whether you want to do the work the credential stands for.
Every PMI credential rests on an Exam Content Outline. It lists the tasks a holder is expected to do. The matrix puts those tasks in front of you and asks one question per task.
You score appeal, not competence. That keeps the result about the job you want rather than the exam you think you could pass.
6 role portraits show what the work behind each credential looks like day to day. Starter task sets on page 9 save you the search through the outlines.
The scoring exercise sits on page 10. Page 11 shows how to read your result, starting with your lowest score rather than your total.
One sitting, on paper, without looking anything up. Five steps, in this order.
Post three things under the matrix: the credential that scored highest, your lowest single score and the task behind it. Low scores teach more than totals.
Someone in the community has probably done that exact task for years and can tell you what it feels like on a normal working day.
The matrix sits in the Starter Kit of the PM Career OS community. Create a free account and it opens right there. Free accounts stay free. No card, no trial.
If you tick the email box at sign-up, 4 short emails follow over the next 10 days. Each one takes a single page of the matrix a step further. One click unsubscribes you.
Create your free account and the matrix opens in the Starter Kit.
The PM Certification Decision Matrix is an independent tool by PM Career OS. It is not a PMI product and has not been reviewed or approved by PMI.
PMI and the names of PMI credentials and products are marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. They are used here only to name the exams the matrix compares.