PMP Bootcamp Classes Reviewed.

Here is a quick view of my experience with PMP Bootcamp Classes. I will give you the information and let you be the judge. A company called Project Weavers, was contacted by me to attend a class. They offer a veteran discount and they offer classes in many locations. They do not guarantee that the class run and in my case 2 classes were cancelled. I contacted the number from their website and it is an answering service and they transfer the messages to the owner and he will contact you. I contacted them about materials, books, or cheatsheets and recieved one e-mail with a "terms" list form the back of the PMBOK.

The first class was cancelled 3 days before it ran. Cancelled on a Friday intended to run on a Monday. The next class I was not aware it was cancelled until I looked it up on the website. I then emailed the address from the website and was told the owner would call me back. The owner called me back and said that he would check what e-mail he sent the notification of cancellation, He then said I could take their Online class, to which I said I still have no materials to study at all. He told me that everything was online and he could send me links....I then asked why I had no links and I have been signed up for 3 weeks.

To make a long story short I requested a Refund and decided to go elsewhere. I was told I would receive notice of the refund the next day and it is now 5 days later and I still have no notification and am still in contact with the company.

The new class is reviewed in the next post

Certifications and what is worth pursuing. Anymore there are a million certs out there, IT certs of every type and style and so many that your not sure which one is good and which one is bad. To tell you the truth NONE are bad, and all have their place in helping you get hired. Each have their own merit for being considered and they show that in fact you take things at least serious enough to try and prove yourself against thier standards. Whatever those standards may be. Recently I myself have needed to prove myself, in the area of Project Management. SO what better way than to attain the PmP Cert.

If you're not familiar with this cert it is a pretty challenging cert, with questions at the expert level and many based on scenarios in which you need to know the "Best" answer out of 4 answers that are typically all right.

My challenge was to be able to break away and study. Many Project Managers cannot just get away, or dedicate their nights to studying without having a forcing mechanism to help them "pencil" in the time. Time is truly the enemy and if you are busy and a dedicated professional well Time is just something we need more of.

SO, in order for me to "get away" and find time. I decided to attend a Project Management Professional(PMP) Exam Cert Bootcamp. This is typically a 4 day dedicated class that focuses on polishing off your knowledge and getting you ready to take the test. They typically are not designed to teach you everything you need to know they are focused on taking your existing knowledge and studying and truly dedicating 4 full days on channeling it into a test prep that should end in getting your Cert.

I haven't went into an overview of the class that I am attending, however I will do a reveiw once I return. One thing I do know is that I will give you information, and you can decide whether it is positive or negative. I will tell you there are different reveiws and levels of "quality" when it comes to bootcamps. I have two experiences from two different classes that need sharing and I will give you an update in a few weeks.