Individual Certifications

PMI – Project Management Institute

• PMI stands for the Project Management Institute, a not-for-profit professional
membership association for project managers and program managers.

• PMI is the organization that oversees the documentation of the Project Management
Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) within the PMBOK Guide.

• As the world’s leading authority on project management, PMI empowers people to make
ideas a reality.

• Launched in 1984, PMI's first credential was the PMP. It has since become a standard
certification in project management.

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PMI – Project Management Institute – Certifications offered
• 1984: Project Management Professional (PMP)
• 2003: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
• 2007: Program Management Professional (PgMP)
• 2008: PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)
• 2008: PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)
• 2011: PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• 2014: PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)
• 2014: Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
• 2020: PMI Project Management Ready
• 2020: Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM)
• 2021: Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM)
• 2021: Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant (DAVSC)
• 2021: Disciplined Agile Coach (DAC)

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CAPM – Certified Associate in Project Management*
• CAPM is a vendor-neutral certification geared towards entry-level project managers, or
those interested in a project management career.
• The CAPM exam is considered less rigorous than the PMP exam.
• It provides fundamental knowledge and training in how to manage complex projects and
guide a project team.
• It covers a range of topics varying from project management, project environment, the
roles of project manager as well as scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, and risk
management.
• The CAPM certificate is valid for five years from the time of exam passing with
certificate holders required to earn a minimum of 15 Professional Development Units
(PDUs) every three years.

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PMP – Project Management Professional*
• A PMP is an internationally recognized professional designation offered by PMI.
• A PMP certification emphasizes on three aspects:
• People: Emphasizes the soft skills you need to effectively lead a project team in
today's changing environment.
• Process: Reinforces the technical aspects of successfully managing projects.
• Business Environment: Highlights the connection between projects and
organizational strategy.
• These aspects are looked at using three key approaches: Predictive, Agile and Hybrid.
• Predictive: Focusses on planning and analysing the projected future in-depth for
anticipated risks by relying on early phase analysis.
• Agile: It breaks a project into several phases and involves constant collaboration
with stakeholders providing continuous improvement at every stage.
• Hybrid: Combines two or more project management methodologies.

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PMP – Project Management Professional*
• PMP adds value: A PMP certification demonstrates you have the specific skills
employers seek, dedication to excellence and the capacity to perform at the highest
levels. If you are an associate, you require 60 months of experience to be eligible.
• PMP provides Industry Recognition: While many certifications focus on a specific
domain, PMP is global and works with any industry and any location.
• PMP provides networking opportunities: With over 1.036 million PMP certified
individuals around the world, PMI arranges frequent meetings to help members get
PDUs that are needed to fulfil continuous credential requirements (CCRs). These
opportunities ensure people are at the top of their domain.
• PMP delivers benefits: The median salary for project professionals in North America is
25% higher than those without it.
• PMP proves you work smarter: It shows you have the skills to drive business results
and increase your organization’s impact in the office and around the world.

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PgMP – Program Management Professional*
• PgMP is the next step after PMP ceritification.
• As a program manager, you would be a senior-level practitioner on the forefront of
advancing your organization’s strategic goals.
• You manage multiple, related projects in a coordinated way, achieving benefits that
could not occur if the projects were handled separately.
• If you have the proven ability to manage multiple, related projects and navigate complex
activities that span functions, organizations, regions or cultures and to align results with
organizational goals, then you’re a potential PgMP.
• Getting a PgMP certification develops a strong leadership approach to managing and
navigating complex activities and projects.
• The PgMP is a visible sign of your advanced experience and skill and gives you a
distinct advantage in employment and promotion.

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ACP – Agile Certified Practitioner
• Agile approach is one of the three approaches used by PMPs.
• ACP Certification formally recognizes one’s knowledge of agile principles and their
skill with agile techniques and tools across various methodologies.
• Organizations that are highly agile and responsive to market dynamics were shown to
complete more of their projects successfully
than their slower-moving counterparts.
• The PMI-ACP spans many approaches to
agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme
programming (XP) and test-driven
development (TDD) thereby increasing one’s
versatility, wherever their projects may take
them.

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PBA – Professional in Business Analysis
• Business analysis has become a competency of critical importance to project
management.
• Becoming certified as a business analysis (BA) expert can move your career in a fresh
direction while opportunities for BAs are on the rise.
• The PMI-PBA certification not only highlights expertise in business analysis but also
spotlights one’s ability to work effectively with stakeholders to define their business
requirements, shape the output of projects and drive successful business outcomes.
• It certifies practitioners who perform various business analysis including project
managers, business analysts, process analysts, business intelligence analysts as well as
business architects.

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How are these certifications useful for a company?*
• It adds value: For example, a PMP certification demonstrates that an employee has the
specific skills employers seek including a dedication to excellence and the capacity to
perform at the highest levels.
• It provides industry recognition.
• It provides networking opportunities: This ensures the company are at par or above their
competitors in their domain.
• It improves professionalism: Employees with knowledge of their responsibilities adhere
to the company’s vision and act in a professional manner
• It reduces hiring risk: Certified practitioners are reliable when it comes to performing a
task assigned to them.
• It advances the knowledge in the organization.
• It improves project outcomes.

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ASQ – Master Black Belt
• A certification from American Society for Quality, now called ASQ, is considered as a
mark of quality excellence in many industries.
• A certified master black belt is aimed at individuals who possess exceptional expertise
and knowledge of current industry practice.
• Traits of MBB include:
• An ability to teach, facilitate, and communicate effectively.
• To act as an organizational change agent.
• To be competent in strategic planning, leadership, enterprise-wide planning
• Possess strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to recommend alternative solutions and translate complex concepts into
simplified and understandable examples.
• Have outstanding leadership ability, are innovative, and demonstrate a strong
commitment to the practice and advancement of quality and improvement

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ASQ – Master Black Belt
• The six sigma master black belt is the highest certification level in six sigma
methodology.

• Eligibility criteria for MBB are:

• At least five years of experience in the role of a SSBB (or)
• A portfolio of 10 completed Six Sigma Black Belt projects.
• The Portfolio is then reviewed.
• Exam must be taken and cleared.
• Must be recertified every 3 years.

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Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGBs)*
• The Six Sigma Green Belt operates in support of or under the supervision of a Six
Sigma Black Belt, analyses and solves quality problems and is involved in quality
improvement projects.
• A Green Belt is someone with at least three years of work experience who wants to
demonstrate his or her knowledge of Six Sigma tools and processes.
• For a company,
• CSSGBs can assist the company in identifying current problems and their scope, and
develop solutions to those problems.
• CSSGBs help achieve the much-needed process improvements leading to cost
savings, higher quality, improved delivery, and increased profit margins.
• Using Six Sigma approaches can improve an organization’s products or services to
increase marketability. By employing a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, a company
will increase the efficiency and utilization of resources within the organization

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Six Sigma Yellow Belt*
• The Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification is aimed at those new to the world of Six Sigma
who have a small role, interest, or need to develop foundational knowledge.
• Yellow belts can be entry level employees who seek to improve their world or executive
champions who require an overview of Six Sigma and DMAIC model.
• Those who know Six Sigma understand dozens of different methods to reduce costs,
increase revenue, streamline business processes, and improve employee buy-in, all of
which leads to a better bottom line.
• Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belts contribute by:
• Supporting projects that are led by Green Belts or Black Belts.
• Assisting GBs and BBs in data collection, analysis, and process mapping.
• Implementing tools, techniques, and practices to achieve cost reduction and quality
improvement.
• Improving overall quality through consistent compliance to defined quality standards

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ASQ - CRE – Certified Reliability Engineer
• A CRE is a professional certified by ASQ, who understands the principles of
performance evaluation and prediction to improve product/systems safety, reliability and
maintainability.
• It also requires the ability to develop and administer reliability information systems for
failure analysis, design, and performance improvement and reliability program
management over the entire product life cycle.
• Companies value CRE because Optimal reliability engineering can:
• Increase the useful lifetime of products, reduce the time to market, and improve
service, reduce the equipment downtime, life-cycle costs and costs of failure and
warranty.
• Determine and correct the causes of failures before failures occur, increase customer
satisfaction through fewer unit failures and improve safety through risk reduction.
• Maintain reliability during the rapid evolution of new material, methods and systems

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ASQ - CSQE – Certified Software Quality Engineer
• The Certified Software Quality Engineer stays committed to quality and brings in a
positive impact in the quality of the organization.
• The engineer understands, tracks development and implementation, software inspection,
testing, verification and validation, and implements software development and
maintenance processes and methods.
• This certification will makes an individual to stand out, since he/she will have an
enhanced skill set of checking the quality using software application.
• Companies value CSQE and invest in this area for better tools, training and processes
because CSQEs help improve software quality and drive real business benefits.
• They possess advanced skills that enable them to prevent low-quality software
performance while troubleshooting problems and evaluating potential solutions.
• They ensure that new products work before they are released to the customer and that
they software adheres to the standards set by the development company as well.

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ASQ - CQA - Certified Quality Auditor*
• The Certified Quality Auditor is a professional who understands the standards and
principles of auditing and the auditing techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating
and reporting to determine a quality system's adequacy and deficiencies.
• The CQA analyses all elements of a quality system and judges its degree of adherence to
the criteria of industrial management and quality evaluation and control systems.
• A CQA adds the following values to the company:
• Provide confidence that processes and procedures are assessed consistently in order
to better implement effective changes.
• Allows companies to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of actions taken by the
auditee.
• Provides insights to management on critical issues and effectively monitors
compliance with standards.
• Ensures that company's policies, procedures, and practices meet the standards and
requirements of customers and regulators.
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ASNT Certification Programs*
• ASNT stands for American Society for Non-destructive Testing.
• Their certifications are internationally recognized professional credentials that
represents a level of excellence in the nondestructive testing (NDT) industry.
• ASNT certifications are a powerful demonstration of requisite NDT knowledge, skills,
and ability.
• They are also an impartial validation of the competence of NDT personnel in the field.
• ASNT conducts four different certifications:
• ASNT NDT Level II
• ASNT NDT Level III
• ASNT Central Certification Program
• ASNT Industrial Radiography Radiation Safety Personnel Program (IRRSP)

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ASNT NDT Level II
• It is recognized that the effectiveness of nondestructive testing (NDT) applications
depends upon the capabilities of the personnel who perform NDT.
• The ASNT Level II program provides third-party examinations for NDT personnel
whose specific jobs require appropriate knowledge of the NDT method(s) for which
certification is sought.
• The ASNT Level II certification shall be valid for a period of (5) years.
• An ASNT Level II inspector:
• Is qualified to set up and calibrate equipment and interpret and evaluate results as
per applicable codes, standards and specifications.
• Should be familiar with technique limitations.
• Should organize and report the results.
• Should exercise assigned responsibility for on-the-job training and guidance of
trainees and Level I personnel.

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ASNT NDT Level III
• The ASNT NDT Level III program provides third-party certification for non-destructive
testing (NDT) personnel whose specific jobs require knowledge of the technical
principles underlying the non-destructive tests they perform, witness, monitor or
evaluate.
• The program provides a system for ASNT NDT Level III certification in NDT in
accordance with Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A.
• An ASNT Level III inspector:
• Is qualified to develop, qualify and approve procedures, establish techniques,
interpreting codes and standards.
• Should have sufficient practical background in applicable materials, fabrication and
product technology.
• Should be capable of training and examining Level I and II personnel.

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ASNT IRRSP
• The Industrial Radiography Radiation Safety Personnel (IRRSP) program provides
third-party radiation safety certification that meets the certification requirements of both
Title 10 Part 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10CFR34), and the suggested State
Regulations for Control of Radiation.

• Three IRRSP certification examinations are available:

• Radioactive materials (RAM), for personnel using gamma sources only;
• X-Ray, for personnel using x-ray machines only; and
• Combination (“Combo”) for personnel working with both RAM and x-ray devices.

• The IRRSP certifications are also valid for a period of 5 years.

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ASNT ACCP Level II and III
• The purpose of the ASNT Central Certification Program (ACCP) is to provide the NDT
industry with personnel who have achieved a high standard of NDT qualifications by
examination, and independent, transportable NDT certifications.
• The program promotes national and international acceptance of NDT certification and
reduce the need for multiple audits of certification programs.
• It aids to
• Develop skills and knowledge to set up and calibrate equipment
• Conduct tests, interpret and document results
• Be capable of directing the work of trainees and personnel.
• Be able to organize and report NDT results.
• Be capable of developing an NDT instruction in conformance with a procedure.
• Qualification exams are conducted for Magnetic Particle Testing (MT), Liquid Penetrant
Testing (PT), Radiographic Testing (RT), Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Visual and Optical
Testing (VT), and Electromagnetic Testing (ET).
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CEA Certifications
• CEA – Certified Energy Auditor – is a person who undertakes energy efficiency
assessments of large buildings and industrial facilities.
• Audits are conducted based on predefined codes and standards such as ASHARE
Standard 211-2018 for commercial buildings.
• They aim to provide clients with detailed survey results, risk mitigation analysis,
implementation plans and final investment-grade analysis.
• The certification program requires fundamental knowledge across several core
principles and practices specific to energy auditing in buildings and facilities like:
1. Developing an Energy 6. Heating, Ventilation & Systems
Audit Strategy & Plan Air Conditioning 9. Building Envelope
2. Energy Use Analysis Systems 10. BAS, PAS, and EMCS
3. Data Collection & 7. Domestic Hot Water 11. Alternative Generation
Analysis Systems & Storage
4. Economic Analysis 8. Motors and Drives & 12. Transport
5. Lighting Systems Compressed
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