EVMP® CREDENTIAL CERTIFICATION ADVANTAGES:

The EVMP® Credential Certification, a Global and Gold Standard Certification, is developed from the listed sources among others which gives it its uniqueness and manifold advantages. The EVMP® credential references the listed below recognized Global Standards and Knowledge Guides:

Global Standards & Knowledge Guides:

(a) EIA- ANSI 748A Industry Standards Guidelines®, 1998 and EIA- ANSI 748B Industry Standards & Guidelines®, 2007 (Global Standard for Earned Value Management) - Referenced in the EVMP® course materials

Each EVMP® Credential Certification program participant receives a copy of the EIA- ANSI 748B Industry Standards & Guidelines®, 2007

(b) United States Project Management Institute®'s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge®, PMBOK®, 4th Ed., 2008; (Global Standard for Project Management); United States Project Management Institute®'s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge®, PMBOK®, 3rd Ed., 2004 (Standard ANSI/PMI 99-001-2004); (Global Standard for Project Management); United States Project Management Institute®'s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge®, PMBOK®, 2nd Ed., 2000 (Standard ANSI/PMI 99-001-2000); (Global Standard for Project Management); United States Project Management Institute®'s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge®, PMBOK®, 1st Ed., 1996; (Global Standard for Project Management);

- Referenced in the EVMP® course materials

(c) United Kingdom's The Association for Project Management's Body of Knowledge, APMBoK

- Referenced in the EVMP® course materials

(d) Japan's Guidebook of Project and Program Management for Enterprise Innovation (P2M)

- Referenced in the EVMP® course materials

Best Practices; Management Science;  Financial  Theory & Management Theory:

(e) Earned Value Management (EVM) Theory, Application & Best Practices

(f) Project Management Theory, Application & Best Practices

(g) Management Theory, Application & Principles

(h) Business Management Application (all areas)

(i) Entrepreneurship

(j) Risk Management & Quality Management

(k) Project Financials & Budgeting Principles

(l) Project Control & Scheduling Principles

(m) Accounting, Financial Economics & Finance Principles

(n)  Engineering Economics

Trademarked Inventions Utilized Across the EVMP® Credential:

(o) The Kwaku Akyeampong Approach to Earned Value Management Excellence®

      (Invented & Developed in 1999)

(p) The Kwaku Akyeampong 7 Keys to Effective Earned Value Management®

      (Invented & Developed in 1999)

(q) The Kwaku Akyeampong Approach to Project Management Excellence®

     (Invented & Developed in 1999)

(r) Earned Value Management Risk & Quality Model®, EVMRQM®

     (Invented & Developed in 1999)

(s) Earned Value Project Management Office®, EVPMO®

      (Invented & Developed in 1999)

EVMP® HOLDER's BENEFITS TO THE INDIVIDUAL:

(a) Become part of a distinguished set of individuals who understand how to effectively manage, control, execute, lead and integrate cost and schedule baselines effectively

(b) Organizations, clients and colleagues are assured that you have the skills and knowledge required to control and manage effective cost and schedule baselines; perform risk management, quality assurance and project management problem solving across projects and programs regardless of size, type, industry, scale and complexity.

(c) Your recognition as an EVMP® sets you apart from the rest in industry

(d) Shows that you understand the lingua franca of project cost management, earned value management and project controls

(e) Increases your marketability to organizations in the global marketplace

(f) Increases chances of winning contracts requiring the Earned Value Management Professional®, EVMP® certification; and showing that you have competency and knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) Methods, Approaches, Analytics, Best Practices and the 32 ANSI-748B EVM Industry Standards

(g) Increases the EVMP® holder’s confidence

EVMP® HOLDER's BENEFITS TO THE ORGANIZATION:

(a) Effective and efficient management of projects and programs because the organization has invested in the training of its resources to acquire the EVMP® credential

(b) Increases the project management maturity level of an organization

(c) Reflects an organization’s commitment to transparency, accountability, oversight and the implementation of effective project controls

(d) Increases an organization’s overall competitiveness and Return on Investment (ROI)

(e) The root causes of project delays and cost overruns can be identified, prevented, eliminated and mitigated

(f) The use of standardized project management and earned value management (EVM) processes, methods, approaches and best practices

(g) The use of standard project management and earned value management metrics across an organization is emphasized

(h) The chances of project or program success are greatly increased and enhanced