Online Project Management Course Research

Team Members:Eric CarpenterMatt Ellavsky

Andy Schmeling

Team Website:http://webpages.charter.net/eicarpen/

Completion Date:12/09/03

Table of Contents

1.0 Project Report.......................................................................21.1 Description..........................................................................................................21.2 Purpose...............................................................................................................21.3 Deliverables........................................................................................................31.4 Project Management Tools...............................................................................41.5 Successes.............................................................................................................51.6 Complications.....................................................................................................51.7 Lessons Learned.................................................................................................6

2.0 Project Management Documentation.................................72.1 Project Charter..................................................................................................72.2 Scope Statement.................................................................................................82.3 Team Contract.................................................................................................102.4 Responsibility Assignment Matrix.................................................................112.6 Actual Hours Worked.....................................................................................132.7 Second Status Report......................................................................................142.8 Final Presentation............................................................................................16

3.0 Project Website...................................................................233.1 First Page of Team Web Site..........................................................................233.2 Individual Course Data...................................................................................243.3 Final Spreadsheet.............................................................................................35

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1.0 Project Report

1.1 Description

Our project identified and analyzed several different online project management

certification courses. Our group began by narrowing our scope from all online

project management courses to those that offered certificates or served as PMP

preparation courses. The traditional university courses were filtered out because they

were too different from the certification courses to provide a useful comparison.

After our scope refinement, we selected all the appropriate courses and began our

online research. We complimented this online research through a telephone survey,

which enabled us access to more detailed unpublished data. Following the data

acquisition, our group compiled and presented our findings in a user-friendly efficient

website table. Our final deliverable can be utilized by potential students/instructors

as an easy way to compare metrics among existing online project management

certification courses.

1.2 Purpose

The purpose of our group’s project was to enable easier analysis and comparison

of online project management courses. Currently there is no centralized

documentation related to online project management courses. Because of this lack of

consolidated information, it is very time consuming to track down and compare

course offerings from different educators. One is forced to search course-by-course

looking through many different sources of online data, which is usually incomplete

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anyway. Consolidation of this data will enable students and or businesses a quick and

definitive way to choose the most appropriate course for their needs. By checking

how their most important metrics are answered on our consolidated table they can

quickly choose the course best suited for them. This data can also be used by

instructors that want to create or improve their own online project management

course offerings. Posting these results on the local MN PMI website would provide

good visibility and ensure that potential students or instructors see value in this

project.

1.3 Deliverables

The HTML enabled course consolidation table was the main deliverable produced

in our project. Throughout the semester, data pertaining to several online project

management courses was acquired. Some of this data was acquired through online

research. This required identifying appropriate online courses and then obtaining as

much data as possible from their external website. This method provided the basic

information about most courses.

We generated a telephone survey to answer several other questions that were not

addressed on the courses external websites. Combining both sets of data we were

able to create a powerful set of information. We now needed an efficient manner to

distribute this information.

Our group had planned to use some type of spreadsheet. We quickly decided that

an HTML table would provide us the most flexibility. This table would allow us to

provide a quick and clear view of the important data for each school. Several

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columns in our table which could provide more detailed information included a

hyperlink to additional consolidated data pertaining to that school. We found this to

be the most efficient method for communicating the large amount of data. HTML

was also the preferred medium for our final data because it would allow easy

integration with the local MN PMI website if they chose to post our results.

1.4 Project Management Tools

Microsoft Project 2002 was the primary project management tool used to assist

with our group’s project. We used Project 2002 to help create and organize our work

breakdown structure. Our group made detailed use of the predecessor column within

Project. Nearly all tasks were related in some manner to one or more tasks. This

helped us ensure that all dependencies were accounted for and helped us remain on

task throughout the life of the project. The use of Project 2002 helped prevent our

group from being overloaded with work at the end of the project cycle. The Gantt

Chart and Tracking Gantt Chart provided excellent visuals of how our project was

planned and how we performed throughout the project. Our group was able to

closely follow our original schedule with some extra time added to the collection of

survey data. Because of our small group size we did not utilize the resource

management utilities within Project 2002. Finally, Microsoft Word and Excel were

the primary means for our group’s project documentation. All of this documentation

is included later in our notebook.

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1.5 Successes

There were several successful components driving our project. Our group’s most

obvious success was our ability to work effectively as a virtual team. Acting as a

virtual team could easily lead to poor communication or lopsided contributions.

However, our team established clear communications immediately through email,

telephone conferences, and meetings. This enabled our group to remain on schedule

and ensure equal participation. Another project success was our course identification

strategy. We needed to filter out courses which did not satisfy our scope, while not

missing or eliminating appropriate online project management courses. This success

helped drive our list of the top online project management certification courses. The

final success which is apparent is the user-friendly nature to our HTML table

deliverable. This not only presents all of the data collected on our courses, but it

presents the data in a very efficient and easy to read fashion.

1.6 Complications

There were limited unexpected problems that our group encountered while

progressing on our project. The largest problem that our group encountered was a

poor survey response rate. Early on we anticipated this problem and decided to

proceed with telephone surveys as a proactive measure. However, we experienced

difficulty contacting the “right” people in some cases. Additionally, we played

phone-tag or received delayed call returns from several other contacts. These

problems required our group to push out our schedule for our completed survey

results by one week. This caused us to fast-track several tasks that had this data as a

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dependency at the beginning of our project. Finally, we experienced schedule set

backs because of team member’s illnesses and vacations. These set backs were

compounded by our groups small size, only three members strong. Despite these

complications our group was able to successfully complete the project we began at

the beginning of this semester.

1.7 Lessons Learned

Our group has already alluded to several important items that we have learned

throughout our work on this project. Some of our groups learning has been though

our successes and other portions have been the hard way, though our problems. We

learned that we needed to be even more proactive or aggressive with our survey data

collection. Although, the accelerated schedule of this project would have made that

difficult to improve. Our group learned first-hand the effectiveness of

communication among a virtual team. This is a very important lesson in today’s

business environment. Especially in larger corporations there is constant cross-site

development. Communicating effectively between team members in different states

and countries is an important skill to have. Finally, our group learned and followed a

very organized Project Management oriented project. This was evident when

compared to some of the poorly managed/disorganized projects that we have seen in

our careers.

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2.0 Project Management Documentation

2.1 Project Charter

Project Title: Online Project Management Courses Research

Project Start Date: 10/14/03 Projected Finish Date: 12/09/03

Project Manager: Matthew Ellavsky, (507)-292-5902, ella0002@umn.edu

Project Objectives: The objectives are to research current online project management

courses, placing emphasis on short duration courses which provide training to pass the

PMP examination. The analysis will include data metrics on what the cost of each

program is, how many hours of training are provided, how many students are in each

class, how many hours of training (if any) are done in person, how testing and grading is

done if applicable, and is there any supplemental information like software, CD’s, or

videos related to the courses. There will be additional focus on acquiring qualitative

information from instructors on what they like and dislike related to the online nature of

their courses. The information we compile can be used to help create or enhance an

online project management course into an efficient and user-friendly learning

environment.

Approach:

Create survey and send to current online project management course contacts to obtain quantitative and qualitative information about their courses.

Research online documentation and information on current project management courses through internet searches.

Present compiled data on current courses in a user-friendly environment from our team website.

Roles and Responsibilities

Role Name Contact Information Signature

Sponsor Kathy Schwalbe schwalbe@augsberg.edu

Project Manager Matt Ellavsky ella0002@umn.edu

Website/Research Eric Carpenter carp0141@umn.edu

Research Andy Schmeling schm1176@umn.edu

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2.2 Scope Statement

Project Title: Online Project Management Courses ResearchDate: 10/20/03 Prepared by: Matt Ellavsky

Project Justification: Kathy Schwalbe, the project’s sponsor, proposed this project because of the growing demand to learn about project management. More and more employees and individuals are focusing on the project management field. Employees are driven by employers who want them to have PMP certification. Individuals are driven by the growing demand for certified project management professionals in the job market. Several colleges and private companies have started courses designed to introduce people to project management. Many of these courses are geared towards helping the students receive the 35 training hours and information needed to pass the PMP exam. Our sponsor would like our team to analyze the market related to current online project management courses. We will be compiling both quantitative and qualitative data on these existing courses. This will provide our sponsor with the best and most effective attributes from the existing online courses. This information can then be provided to any organization interested in creating or altering their online project management course.

Product Characteristics and Requirements:

1. Compile quantitative data (generated from online research):o how much each course costso how many hourso how many students per courseo is it entirely onlineo is there any supplemental info (software/videos/etc)o how is testing/grading doneo is the course accreditedo etc

2. Compile quantitative data (generated from a survey):o how much student/instructor interaction is thereo what do instructors like most/least about their online courseso what do students like most/least about their online courses

3. Create website for project notebook and as a means to display all required presentation data.

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Summary of Project Deliverables

Project management-related deliverables: project charter, team contract (with communications management plan), scope statement, responsibility assignment matrix, Gantt chart (WBS), status reports, final project presentation, final project paper, and project notebook (website).

Product-related deliverables: 1. Online Instructor Survey 2. Team Website3. Excel spreadsheet containing a summary of each investigated online courses’ key

metrics (listed above)4. Team analysis of compiled data with recommendations on how to best design an

online project management course (contained in the final project paper)

Project Success Criteria:

o Project must be completed 12/09/03o The project must satisfy the project sponsor’s expectations for gathering all

required data related to the online project management courses (A happy sponsor is a successful project!)

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2.3 Team Contract

Project Name: Online Project Management Courses Research

Project Team Members Names and Sign-off:

Name Sign-off on Team Contract

Kathy Schwalbe

Matt Ellavsky

Eric Carpenter

Andy Schmeling

Code of Conduct: As a project team, we will:

Respect each team members’ ideas and opinions.

Build off each others unique backgrounds.

Work proactively to insure the project remains on schedule with the desired content.

Participation: We will:

Make a commitment to complete all deliverables at the assigned date.

Provide the opportunity for equal participation.

Communication: We will:

Have all deliverables posted on the team website and notify all team members when a deliverable is completed and posted.

Respond in timely manner to all emails and or phone messages.

Notify all team members when any questions arise or an email is sent.

Attempt to have short weekly phone meetings on Tuesdays to insure that we remain on track

Problem Solving: We will:

Use teamwork by breaking problems up so that multiple team members can focus on unique parts

Encourage unique solutions that vary from the norm

Meeting Guidelines: We will:

Meet weekly in a telephone-conference on Tuesday evenings.

Stay on task during meetings and have required deliverables completed prior to the meetings.

2.4 Responsibility Assignment Matrix

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Original Matrix (Final Results are listed in the Actual Hours Worked section)

 Eric Andy

Matt (PM)

Task  

Website      Creation X    

Maintenance X    Survey      

Contact list   X  Content creation     X

Distribution   X XCompilation      

Follow-up   X XOnline research X X X

Presentations      Status Report #1      Status Report #2      

Final Presentation X X XDeliverables      

Paper      Rough Draft X X X

Final X X XProject notebook (website)      

Total Days 0 0 0

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2.5 Final Gantt Chart (Excel Actuals)

Our Actual and Final Planning Gantt Charts (Project Files) can be found on our website

ID Name Duration Start Finish1 Website 37 days 10/18/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:002 Creation 1 day 10/18/2003 8:00 10/19/2003 17:003 Website Accessible Online 0 days 10/20/2003 8:00 10/20/2003 8:004 Maintenance 35 days 10/21/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:005 Improve Appearance 5 days 11/1/2003 8:00 11/8/2003 17:006 Update Content 35 days 10/21/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:007 Survey 27 days 11/8/2003 8:00 12/16/2003 17:008 Content creation 0 days 11/8/2003 8:00 11/8/2003 8:009 Distribution 15 days 11/15/2003 8:00 12/5/2003 17:00

10 Initial Contact 15 days 11/15/2003 8:00 12/5/2003 17:0011 Subsequent Contacts (if necessary) 0 days 12/5/2003 17:00 12/5/2003 17:0012 Compilation 12 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/16/2003 17:0013 Enter Survey Data in Spreadsheet 6 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0014 Follow-up 6 days 12/8/2003 17:00 12/16/2003 17:0015 Survey Results Completed 0 days 12/5/2003 8:00 12/5/2003 8:0016 Online research 24 days 11/4/2003 8:00 12/5/2003 17:0017 Identify Courses 6 days 11/4/2003 8:00 11/11/2003 17:0018 Acquire Spreadsheet Data 19 days 11/11/2003 8:00 12/5/2003 17:0019 Online Research Completed 1 day 12/5/2003 8:00 12/5/2003 17:0020 Presentations 36 days 10/19/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0021 Status Report #1 0 days 10/19/2003 8:00 10/20/2003 8:0022 Project Charter 0 days 10/19/2003 8:00 10/19/2003 8:0023 Scope Statement 0 days 10/19/2003 8:00 10/19/2003 8:0024 Team Contract 0 days 10/19/2003 8:00 10/19/2003 8:0025 Communications Management Plan 0 days 10/19/2003 8:00 10/19/2003 8:0026 Responsibility Assignment Matrix 0 days 10/20/2003 8:00 10/20/2003 8:0027 Report #1 Completed 0 days 10/20/2003 8:00 10/20/2003 8:0028 Status Report #2 0 days 11/9/2003 8:00 11/10/2003 8:0029 Gantt Chart Finalized 0 days 11/9/2003 8:00 11/9/2003 8:0030 Project Changes 0 days 11/9/2003 8:00 11/9/2003 8:0031 Project Challenges 0 days 11/9/2003 8:00 11/9/2003 8:0032 Work Completed 0 days 11/9/2003 8:00 11/9/2003 8:0033 Report #2 Completed 0 days 11/10/2003 8:00 11/10/2003 8:0034 Final Presentation 6 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0035 Power Point Slides 3 days 12/4/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0036 Create Final Spreadsheet 6 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0037 Final Report Completed 0 days 12/8/2003 17:00 12/8/2003 17:0038 Deliverables 6 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0039 Paper 5 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/6/2003 8:0040 Rough Draft 0 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/1/2003 8:0041 Final Draft 0 days 12/6/2003 8:00 12/6/2003 8:0042 Final Paper Completed 0 days 12/6/2003 8:00 12/6/2003 8:0043 Project notebook (website) 6 days 12/1/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:0044 Project Completed 41 days 10/14/2003 8:00 12/8/2003 17:00

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2.6 Actual Hours Worked

Eric:-4h Course Research -2h Course Contacts -2h 1st webpage -3h 2nd webpage -2h Spreadsheet Structure -3h Spreadsheet data entry and course page creation -7h meetings

Matt:-5h Course Research -2h Course Contacts -4h Creating Initial Project Documentation – Used in First Status Review-3h Creating Project Information and Presentation Used in the Second Status Review-7h Creating Project Notebook and Writing Final Paper -7h meetings

Andy:-6h Course Research -3h Course Contacts -5h Creating Final Presentation-7h meetings

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2.7 Second Status Report

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2.8 Final Presentation

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3.0 Project Website

3.1 First Page of Team Web Site

http://webpages.charter.net/eicarpen/

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3.2 Individual Course Data

School/Company Name Western Carolina University ONLINETelephone: 1-800-928-4968 Course Name PMP Prep and Certificates Cost $1,750 Course Duration 15 weeks Course First Offered 1998 Students per Course 10-40, 3 times per year Students since Inception About 300 Instructor Interaction Email, bulletin board, fax, online chat Supplemental Materials Textbooks (Student is responsible for obtaining these texts) Practice Exams Yes, full-length PDUs 90 Proof of Completion Letter grade Percentage Taking PMP Exam Estimated at 90% Percentage Passing PMP Exam 100% of students providing feedback Course Access Interactive (WebCT software)Miscellaneous The course is extremely interactive and team-based. Each learning activity is preceded by a pre-lesson assessment exam and then followed by a post-lesson exam to make sure lesson objectives were understood. Case studies are a key part of the learning experience.

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School/Company Name Boston UniversityContact: Melanie SavageTelephone: 1-800-288-7246x307 Course Name Project Management Online Training Cost $895 per course (5 total courses) Course Duration Each course is self-paced with a 65-day access limit Course First Offered 2002 Students per Course Not applicable since courses are self-paced. There are, however, discussion boards where students can talk about the courses. Students since Inception About 50 Instructor Interaction Not interactive. If a student has a question, they can email a PMP-certified contact and receive a response within 24 hours. Supplemental Materials None Practice Exams One of the 5 courses is dedicated to preparing for the PMP, where each student develops his or her own personal study plan. PDUs 50 for all 5 courses Proof of Completion Certificate with letter grade if needed Percentage Taking PMP Exam Unavailable Percentage Passing PMP Exam Unavailable Course Access WebCT. An adaptive learning approach is used, where the software analyzes how the student learns best and then offers the rest of the course in that style. Styles are step-by-step, case study, and example. Material is presented through text, audio presentations, and video lectures.Miscellaneous The Boston University Corporate Education Center is the only PMI chartered course availble; BU is on the PMI corporate council.

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School/Company Name Bellevue UniversityContact: Rick KochTelephone: 1-402-682-5206Course Name Online PMP Prep Program Cost $5,400 total Course Duration 4 consecutive 6-week courses (24 weeks total) Course First Offered 2000 Students per Course 10-14; the course is offered about 3 times per year Students since Inception About 40 Instructor Interaction Through the Cyber-active Learning environment (email, discussion boards) Supplemental Materials All provided, including a copy of the PMBOK, software with over 1,600 PMP-related questions, and a PMP-prep workbook. Practice Exams Yes, full-length PDUs 120 total (30 each course) Proof of Completion 4 separate letter grades (the course can also be used for graduate credit at Bellevue) Percentage Taking PMP Exam Unknown Percentage Passing PMP Exam 100% of those providing feedback Course Access Interactive through Cyber-active Learning. This is like a virtual classroom, with pages dedicated to assignments, lectures, and email.Miscellaneous Ability to chat live with your PMP-certified instructor, along with many real case studies. There is a large amount of peer interaction through the Cyber-active Learning environment.

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School/Company Name IIL InternationalContact: Scott McCaanTelephone: 1-800-325-1533Course Name PMP Prep{They also provide 31 other project management core classes}Cost $750{Cost varies for other project management courses}Course Duration The PMP preparation course is composed of 4 three hour sessions. There is a start date and time and the courses meet once a week at that day/time. Course First Offered The PMP Prep has been offered since August 2000 Students per Course 12- 15 Students since Inception 5000 + for all of their project management online courses. They estimated the PMP Prep course at about 450 students since 2000. Instructor Interaction Courses are offered through streaming video so that there is constant interaction between instructors and students. Supplemental Materials IQ CDROM contains supplemental information and practice test questions. They also provide a course workbook and an audio headset/microphone for the lecture portion of the course. Practice Exams There is a database of 1200 PMP exam questions that students have full access to use. PDUs 12 for the PMP Prep course{PDUs vary for the other project management courses}Proof of Completion Course Completion Certificate and letter grade if needed, provided by NYU (New York University). Percentage Taking PMP Exam Unavailable Percentage Passing PMP Exam Unavailable Course Access Courses are provided over streaming video, where students and instructors have constant interaction. Courses are lecture based with weekly homework assignments. Miscellaneous IIL has a partnership with NYU (New York University) related to these project management courses.

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School/Company Name ESI InternationalContact: Winston RodriguezTelephone: 1-888-374-8884Course Name PMP Exam Preparation (PMP 510){They also provide 9 other project management core classes}Cost $895{Other classes range from $1095 - $1345}Course Duration Each course is self-paced with a 42-day access limit Course First Offered Courses have been available online since 1999. No specific date was given for the PMP 510 course. Students per Course Not applicable since courses are self-paced. Students since Inception 209 since January 1, 2003. They did not provide data before that date. Instructor Interaction There are 2 online seminars required for each course. Other students and the instructor have interactive access to each other. The instructor is always accessible through email. Also individual assignments receive instructor feedback. Supplemental Materials Yes, the PMBOK is provided to all students. Practice Exams There are unlimited practice exams. They did not have the number of questions that were stored in their database however. PDUs 12 for the PMP 510 course{The core courses range from 18 - 28 PDUs}Proof of Completion Course Completion Certificate Percentage Taking PMP Exam Unavailable Percentage Passing PMP Exam Unavailable Course Access ESI's Flash™ based e-training courses provide extensive content resources and numerous assessment opportunities within the context of fictional, but realistic, project management case studies. Students can access information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Students submit homework assignments and have a final exam.Miscellaneous N/A

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School/Company Name Villanova UniversityContact: Wayne BrantleyTelephone: 1-866-776-4647Course Name PMP Prep{They also provide 4 other project management core classes}Cost $1295 ($995 if taken with another course){Cost varies for other project management courses}Course Duration The course is 8 weeks long and there is access 24 hours a day. Course First Offered The PMP Prep has been offered since September 2002 Students per Course N/A Students since Inception 1500 students have taken the online PMP Prep course and 10,000 students have participated in either of the online project management courses offered. Instructor Interaction There are chat sessions setup once a week for instructors and students. Students can post a question on the class message board 24 hours a day. Lectures are streaming video, but not live. Supplemental Materials They provide videos, flash case studies, and power point slides. Practice Exams There is a database of 1300 PMP exam questions that students have full access to use. PDUs 35 for the PMP Prep course{PDUs vary for the other project management courses 35 - 60 per course}Proof of Completion Course Completion Certificate and letter grade if needed. Percentage Taking PMP Exam Unavailable Percentage Passing PMP Exam Unavailable Course Access Courses are provided over streaming video. Students have access to lectures and slides 24 hours a day. Miscellaneous N/A

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School Name: Global Knowledge

Course Name: Project Management Essentials for IT Professionals

Cost: $1395 for Virtual, and $1895 for in class

Course Duration: 3 Days, 10 hours a day with breaks

Course First Offered: 1998

Students per Course: 25-40 people includes virtual and in class.

Students since Inception: Thousands

Instructor Interaction: In person, Via phone, Via Instant Messanger

Supplemental Materials: All materials included

Practice Exams: N/A

PDUs: 18

Proof of Completion: Grade and Course Certificate

% Taking PMP within 1st year: N/A

%Passing: N/A

Course Access: On-Line Interactive

Miscellaneous: N/A

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School Name: Global Knowledge

Course Name: Project Management Essentials for IT Professionals

Cost: $1395 for Virtual, and $1895 for in class

Course Duration: 3 Days, 10 hours a day with breaks

Course First Offered: 1998

Students per Course: 25-40 people includes virtual and in class.

Students since Inception: Thousands

Instructor Interaction: In person, Via phone, Via Instant Messanger

Supplemental Materials: All materials included

Practice Exams: N/A

PDUs: 18

Proof of Completion: Grade and Course Certificate

% Taking PMP within 1st year: N/A

%Passing: N/A

Course Access: On-Line Interactive

Miscellaneous: N/A

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School Name: University of Management and Technology

Course Name: PMP Exam Preparation

Cost: $1170

Course Duration: Work at your own pace, they recommend 40 hours of study time for this course.

Course First Offered: N/A

Students per Course: N/A

Students since Inception: Thousands

Instructor Interaction: Mail and Email

Supplemental Materials: Textbooks are extra

Practice Exams: Yes

PDUs: 15

Proof of Completion: Grade and Course Certificate

% Taking PMP within 1st year: N/A

%Passing: There is a guarantee to pass the PM Exam by the second try, or your money back.

Course Access: On-Line interaction via email. Students work through modules and send them back to professor for grading.

Miscellaneous: University of Management and Technology also has many other “work at your own pace” courses, and three on-line courses that are 11 weeks long where students may also receive credit for their work.

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School Name: University of Texas at Dallas

Course Name: Project Management Preparation Course

Cost: N/A

Course Duration: 3 Day Course

Course First Offered: January, 2004

Students per Course: 20-30

Students since Inception: 0

Instructor Interaction: Email, phone, Instant Messaging

Supplemental Materials: All materials included

Practice Exams: Yes

PDUs: 30

Proof of Completion: Grade and Course Certificate

% Taking PMP within 1st year: N/A

%Passing: N/A

Course Access: On Line, real time interaction.

Miscellaneous: Jim Joiner is the Program Director and Currently setting up the class. His email is jamesj@utdallas.edu and his office phone is 972-883-2652. He would be happy to answer any questions he has regarding how he set up the program.

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School Name: Velociteach (Velociteach.com)

Course Name: 3 Day PMP Course

Cost: $1795

Course Duration: 3 Days, 27 hours total

Course First Offered: N/A

Students per Course: 25 students or less

Students since Inception: Thousands

Instructor Interaction: In person, Via phone, Via Instant Messanger

Supplemental Materials: All materials included

Practice Exams: Yes

PDUs: 30

Proof of Completion: Grade and Course Certificate

% Taking PMP within 1st year: N/A

%Passing: Guaranteed to Pass or Full refund

Course Access: On-Line or In person

Miscellaneous: Currently, they have a deal where if you take the class, they will pay for your PM Exam.

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3.3 Final Spreadsheet

School/CompanyCourse Name

Cost

Course Duration

Course First Offered

Students per Course

Students since Inception

Instructor Interaction

Supplemental Materials

Practice Exams

PDUs

Proof of Completion

% taking PMP within 1 year

% Passing

Course Access

Miscellaneous

Western Carolina University

PMP Prep and Certificates

$1,75015 weeks

1998 10-40About 300

Info Textbooks Yes 90 Letter grade Info InfoInteractive (Info)

Info

Boston University

Project Management Online Training

$4,475 Self-paced

2002 N/A About 50 Email NoneYes (Info)

50Certificate/Letter grade

Unknown

Unknown

WebCT/Adaptive (Info)

Info

Bellevue UniversityOnline PMP Prep Program

$5,40024 weeks

2000 10-14 About 40 InfoYes (provided) (Info)

Yes 120 Letter gradesUnknown

InfoCyber-active (Info)

Info

IIL International PMP Prep$750 12 hours 2000 12-15About 450

Info InfoYes (Info)

12Certificate/Letter grade

Unknown

Unknown

Streaming-video

Info

ESI International PMP 510 $895Self-paced

1999 N/A209 + (Info)

Info PMBOK Yes 12 CertificateUnknown

Unknown

Interactive (Info)

 

Villanova University PMP Prep$1,295 8 weeks 2002 N/AAbout 1500

InfoYes (provided) (Info)

Yes (Info)

35Certificate/Letter grade

Unknown

Unknown

Streaming-video

 

Global Knowledge

Project Mgmt. Essentials for IT Professionals

$1,395 10 hours 1998 25-40Thousands

InfoYes (included)

Unknown

18Certificate/Letter grade

Unknown

Unknown

Interactive  

mScholar PMP Course

$1,695 Self-paced

Unknown

N/A Thousands

Mail/EmailYes (included)

Yes 45 Certificate/Letter grade

Unknown

Unknown

Interactive Info

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Prep

University of Management and Technology

PMP Exam Preparation

$1,170Self-paced

Unknown

N/AThousands

Mail/EmailYes (not included)

Yes 15Certificate/Letter grade

Unknown

Info Interactive Info

University of Texas at DallasPM Preparation Course

Unknown

3 days 2004 20-30 0 InfoYes (included)

Yes 30Certificate/Letter grade

N/A N/A Interactive Info

Velociteach3-day PMP Prep Course

$1,795 27 hoursUnknown

25 or less

Thousands

InfoYes (included)

Yes 30Certificate/Letter grade

N/A InfoOnline/In-person

Info

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