Pmhub

PMHUB is a free (not for profit) virtual community of professional project managers, who recognise the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (or briefly PMBOK) project management standard. Whilst a number of the members have already earned their PMP (Project Management Professional) certification, the majority of the community is comprised of those who aspire to become PMP or CAPM-certified.

Site Purpose

PMHub is a study resource which aims to assist managers around the world to study for their PMP or CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) certification exams, based on PMBOK Third Edition.

Site Resources

PMHub maintains archives of "lessons learned” from project managers who have passed their PMP exam or CAPM exam with the help of project management experts. Also included are downloadable files and study guides, sample questions, tips and tricks, and advice from people who have passed the exam. Its website archived more than 500 PMP Exam questions accessible to all.

PMHuB maintains around 25 PMP, Project Management and CAPM forums [ [http://pmhub.net/forums/ PMHub Forums] Accessed 23 June 2006.] . The most commonly visited forums are: Lessons Learned/exam tips and Tricks, CAPM and the PMHub Discussions on PMP Certification Yahoogroup Forum (which archived more than 20,000 questions and answers since 2001), and Jim Owens PMP Exam Tips & Columns. Newest feature: daily PMP and CAPM Tip of the Day

Much of the information on the site has been updated to PMBOK Third Edition, which is the current version.

PMHub History

The PMHub community was founded on June 4, 2001, initially as the Yahoo group, "PMPCERT".

In 2005, the community was expanded to include a website and also a phpBB Forum based community which is in sync with the original Yahoo group.

In early August 2005, the sitename was changed to PMHub, comprising of:

# [http://groups.google.com/group/PMHUB PMHUB Google Group, latest newcomer in the PMHUB community, 2/2, 2007] with 4,800 members
# [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMHub/ PMHUB Yahoo Group, with 19,500 members] (starting June 4, 2001)
# [http://forums.pmhub.net PMHUB Forums - forums.pmhub.net, with more than 30,000 members] (starting April 20, 2005)
# [http://pmhub.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=44&sid=bda4778811f2941f9c0950ecb91cbebc CAPM Forum - part of PMHUB Forums]
# [http://forums.pmhub.net/admin/index.php?admin=1&sid=1ed43852c9fae5c433a60254c90290fb PgMP Forum - part of PMHUB Forums]
# [http://pmhub.net PMHUB homepage - pmhub.net - more than 700,000 hits per month]
# [http://pmhub.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=64&sid=1ac5e07fcd8e96f9963641ba81a22457 PMI-SP Forum - part of PMHUB Forums]
# [http://forums.pmhub.net/viewforum.php?f=65&sid=9413d3c80faa36e635cf77565a549bdd PMI-RMP Forum - part of PMHUB Forums]

Other functions

PMP aspirants may post questions in the appropriate forum that cannot be answered elsewhere, and these questions are answered by volunteer project management "gurus", and by other PMP students. The site also facilitates the formation of real or virtual study groups, so students can "meet" others in their own town or city, or scattered all over the globe.

There is also a news section on the PMHub home page for PMP and CAPM related issues, such as PMI’s upcoming credential for program managers and program directors, the OPM3 maturity model and other topics.

PMHub Columnists

The recommended method of interacting with PMHub is via the PMHub homepage. The homepage features project management and PMP related columns, by PMHub columnists: Jim Owens PMP, Eric Nielsen PMP, David J. Lanners PMP, David Kohrell PMP, Tony Johnson PMP, Dr. Paul D. Giammalvo and Cornelius Fichtner PMP. Also published are Video lectures on PMBOK 3rd edition and PMP sample exams. The website also contains news and articles on project management topics and PMP certification.

PMP Worldwide

Today there are over 180,000 PMPs in 175 countries, and the PMP, a rigorous, examination-based certification that itself holds an ISO 9001 quality certification, has become the most sought after and highly-valued project management credential in the world. [cite journal | author=Moad, Jeff | title=IT pros flock to PM certifications | journal=eWeek | year=2003 | volume=20 | issue=11 | pages= 52 ISSN 1530-6283] [cite journal | author=Smith, Denny | title=PMI Revises Foundation-Level Credential | journal=Certification Magazine | year=2005 | volume=7 | issue=3 | pages= 10 ISSN 1529-6903]

References

External links

* [http://www.pmhub.net PMHub]
* [http://www.infoage.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1985186449;fp;16;fpid;0 "PMP Certification for the Project Management Professional"] , "Information Age", 13 June 2006, Jim Owens PMP - Detailed information on the history of PMI (the Project Management Institute) and the PMP certification. Accessed 23 June 2006.
* [http://www.pmi.org Project Management Institute]