FAC-P/PM & FAC-P/PM IT Managing Government Projects Presenter: Hamid Aougab Watch this webinar on demand at LearningTree.com/Webinars
Q: I have my PMP. Can I get my FAC - P/PM certification or will this help me towards this goal? A: Yes you can, and if you work for the Government, you should get your FAC-P/PM Certification, at the mid or senior level. The PMP is certainly a good certification to have, but the FAC-P/PM complements that by addressing many issues that are specific to large projects/programs in the Government environment.
Q: If you have already taken PM classes with another school, can you apply these CLP’s to this certification? A: T hey should count for something, you will need to check with your Agency’s Acquisition Career Manager (ACM). Q: My agency struggles from time to time with adoption of new strategies, methodologies, etc. Please share your past
performance in supporting this type of change initiative outside the normal certification process. And as most of our PMs are IT PMs, working on IT projects, do your SMEs have just PM expertise, or PM and IT.
A: Most agencies struggle with the same issues of adoption of new strategies, methodologies, etc.
The idea is, like in any improvement initiative, to start with a strategy of adoption, and ensure participation form all the stakeholders and impacted groups. Our SMEs are practitioners in many fields related to IT.
Q: I’m getting pressure to get ML certification completed by the end of the Fiscal Year, what’s the quickest way to achieve the certification?
A: W e have developed a fast track curriculum that covers all the competencies for the FAC-P/PM Certification in 2 weeks (2 5-day courses).
Q: Can you talk about how FAC-P/PM ML and SL are different from Core+? A: T he FAC-P/PM IT program is built on the assumption that the candidates are already regular FAC-P/PM certified at the mid or senior level. The FAC-P/PM IT extend the candidate competencies into the specifics of managing an IT program, and adds the competencies of IT Architecture, and IT Security.
Q: Do you need to have a certain level of certification in order to get the FAC-P/PM IT-Core Certification? A: Y es you need to be FAC-P/PM certified at the mid or senior level, to get your FAC-P/PM IT certification. Who is my contact at my agency for FAC-P/PM Certification?
Questions? Contact:
Each agency has an Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) responsible for managing the requirements for that agency. You can locate the contact information for your ACM by visiting: www.fai.gov/drupal/humancapital/acquisition-career-manager-acm
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