Projects are vital for all types and size of organization employing human resource. A PROJECT is an economic activity with well-defined objectives and having a specific beginning and end. A well-planned project includes a correct consideration of alternatives, identification of key issues, broad participation, compactness and enforceability. From the point of view of resource allocation, a project can be considered as a proposal involving capital investment for developing facilities to provide goods and services.

The discipline of PROJECT MANAGEMENT has evolved due to the burden on managers to achieve more from less and so the PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (PMP TRAINING) is provided to managers so that they are able to apply the principles, methods, concepts, skills and techniques of project management for accomplishing organizational goals in the best possible way. Projects consist of diverse set of activities, which need diversified specialist skills and thus break the traditional organizational lines, which required managers to apply same principles in more or less all situations.

PMP TRAINING is provided by PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI) a USA based institute established in 1969, having its headquarters at PENNSYLVANIA, USA. PMI is a globally recognized association that sets and maintains standards for PMP training. It offers two certificates namely:

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP)
• CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (CAPM)

BOSTON UNIVERSITY CORPORATE EDUCATION CENTER (BUCEC) is the charter member of PMI. It is also the only institute that a member of PMI corporate council. It besides providing project management training also issue PMP certification. It helps its students prepare for PMP exam through its special course called "PREPARING FOR PMP EXAM".

The candidates in order to get training must meet the minimum education and experience requirement and should agree to abide by project management institutes code of conduct.

The PMP training not only helps a person in learning fundamentals of project management in terms of scope, time, risk, communication, resource allocation but also help them in becoming better managers and marketing agents.

The BENEFITS of PMP TRAINING include following:

• Learning methodologies for working with project teams formed across traditional, functional and organizational boundaries.
• It teaches how to apply the methods and principles of project management.
• Helps in correctly estimating project cost and time schedules so that deadlines can be set and met.
• Helps in predicting customer needs and therefore helps in facing competition in a better way.
• It helps in overcoming with difficulties that project managers face due to complex nature of project, high risk of failure involved and long-term planning processes.
• It creates an environment of quality consciousness among the organization.