For $99 bucks, it looks like good information whether you get the cert or not. - If you want to get the cert, the PMP is very good to have. The CAPM is kinda like a PM in training cert. - Stuff you gotta have for the the PMP - 4500 hours of actual PM experience that you can document and is auditable. They pull 15 percent of applications and verify the info on them from former bosses and co-workers. -35 hours of class room work that is focused on the PMP exam. - Filled out application. - Its a nasty 20ish pager - Pay your $400 bucks and get an exam date. -No matter what you do, the exam is a bear, and you would need to study your ass off. There are online practice tests and you should do plenty of them before going for the real thing. There may be a PMI chapter where you live and you should hook up with them. - Join PMI.org and get going. In the long run, it will pay off. -------------------------- - Adding from note with Tonik, yeah 99 bucks is absurdly cheap, typically you will spend $2800 -$4000 to get this done.