Do It Yourself PM Certification: How to Document Your Skills & Get the Credibility You've Earned without Jumping Through Someone Else's Hoops

So what’s the difference between competence and certification? And, if there is a difference, why should it matter? In this report, I examine these issues and then try to help you answer two questions you might ask yourself:
1) “Instead of jumping through some artificial hoops erected by one or another certifying organization, why shouldn’t I simply bestow upon myself my own, unique PM certification based on my experiences and my track record?”
2) “How can I easily construct a ‘do-it-yourself’ PM certification so that it is a completely credible, detailed, accurate, and defensible representation of all the PM skills I possess?”

Here's the detailed outline:

* Competence and Certification: What’s the Deal?
- Competence: Almost Everyone is Competent at Some Level
- Competence without Formal Certification or External Validation
- The Forces Conspiring Against Do-It-Yourself Competence
- All PM is Local: So Shouldn’t PM Certification Be Local?
- How Certifications Are Created & Sold
-- Creating a Certification: 10 Steps
-- Acquiring Credibility & Power for the Certification
-- Marketing the Certification
-- So… Should you Certify Yourself?

* How to Create Your Own PM Certification
- Benefits of Building Your Own Customized PM Certification
- Do-It-Yourself PM Certification: The Specific Steps
(Note: This process is not a quick-and-dirty substitute for “real” certification. The steps outlined here are derived from my own professional work in this arena, for which I have been paid large sums of money! If you follow these steps, you will produce a solid, credible certification – one you can defend and use to prove you have the same PM skills acquired by people who have PM certification initials after their names.)

* Conclusion
- Some Final Thoughts for HR People
- Suggested Reading