PMI Kerala Chapter is now extending preparatory sessions for members aspiring for PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification in Kozhikode, besides Trivandrum and Kochi. The first set of four sessions was conducted in November 2017 and attended by eight chapter members.

On 3 December and 13 January, the chapter conducted refresher sessions for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® and PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certifications, besides PMP certification in Trivandrum and Kochi. For PMP aspirants who have attended training in PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Fifth Edition and are keen to take the certification examination before the pattern changes on 26 March 2018, the chapter conducted two refresher sessions on those two days. PMI India Champion Dileep Viswanath supported the chapter in these initiatives.

Since project managers deal with a huge amount of data, they need to be skilled in using Microsoft Excel. The chapter organized a workshop on 3 February to help members understand how best to use this tool for handling, analyzing, and presenting data. The session was conducted by Rajesh Nair, who has rich experience in IT and IT-enabled services, and is a PMI volunteer from the PMI Chicagoland Chapter Board. Around 30 professionals from multiple industry sectors attended the session.