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A year
ago, Donna Perkins, director of the graduate
project management program, began the task of
applying to the Project Management Institute
(PMI) to become a Global Registered Education
Provider for PMI. Her diligence in
pursuing this process paid off earlier this
year, when Perkins was informed that the
Master of Science in Project Management
curriculum had been reviewed and accepted by
PMI and UW-Platteville is now listed as a
Global Registered Education Provider with PMI.
The Project Management Institute was
established in 1969 and today boasts a
membership of more than 80,000members in 125
countries. PMI has become, and continues
to be, the leading professional association in
project management. Today, PMI provides global
leadership in the development of standards for
the project management profession. This is
accomplished, in part, through publications,
research, education/training, professional
development, and certification
programs. In 1999, PMI became the first
organization to have its certification program
attain the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) 9001 recognition.
The PMI Registered Education
Provider (R.E.P.) Program enhances the ongoing
professional development of project managers
by identifying providers of appropriate
project management learning activities and
products. Organizations can be
recognized as a Basic, Global, or
Corporate/Government Registered Education
Provider and must adhere to the R.E.P.
criteria. Because UW-Platteville's
project management program is available
completely online, we can serve people
throughout the world, thus making us eligible
to be recognized in the Global category.
The benefits of being accepted as a
Global Registered Education Provider are
many. Since being added to this list,
Donna Perkins has been contacted by several
companies that are interested in pursuing
educational opportunities with UW-Platteville
in the area of project management. In
addition, other universities that offer some
project management courses are interested in
partnering with UW-Platteville to make our
degree program available to their
students. Another benefit is being able
to tell potential students (and their
employers) about how our curriculum fits into
the PMI guidelines. Because this organization
has a positive impression in the business
community, it helps lend additional
credibility to our project management program.
UW-Platteville is now listed on the PMI website and
will be an exhibitor at the PMI annual
symposium in Nashville, Tennessee, in early
November. Watch for future articles about
the annual symposium, which Donna Perkins and
Dawn Drake will be attending.
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