SkillSoft Releases Courseware to Support Project Management Institute’s The PMBOK Guide — Third Edition
For the last several months, SkillSoft has also been working on meeting the Project Management Institute’s latest requirements for certifying courseware for continuing education and contact hours. Currently, SkillSoft has 44 courses that have been reviewed and approved for meeting contact hour requirements prior to taking an exam; 289 titles meet continuing education requirements for maintaining PMP certification. SkillSoft also offers test preparation and mentoring services to assist professionals in preparing for project management exams.
“Project management training and exam preparation is a very high priority for many of our clients,” said Lee Ritze, senior vice president of marketing and corporate development. “We believed it was imperative that we pursue an aggressive development schedule in order that our clients could continue to depend on us for this business-critical training.”
For a complete listing of project management courses, as well as a list of those courses that meet contact and continuing education requirements, go to http://www.skillsoft.com or call 800 327 6960, ext. 1.
About Project Management Institute
With over 135,000 members in nearly 150 countries, Project Management Institute (PMI) is the global advocacy organization for the project management profession. PMI is actively engaged in setting professional standards, conducting research and providing access to a wealth of information and resources. PMI also promotes career and professional development and offers certification, networking and community involvement opportunities. For more than 35 years, PMI has advanced the careers of practitioners who have made project management indispensable in achieving business results. For more information, please visit http://www.pmi.org.
About SkillSoft
SkillSoft is a leading provider of comprehensive e-learning content and technology products for business and IT professionals within the Global 2000. SkillSoft’s multi-modal learning solutions support and enhance the speed and effectiveness of both formal and informal learning processes and integrate SkillSoft’s in-depth content resources, learning management platform, virtual classroom technology and support services.
Content offerings include SkillSoft’s business and IT skills courseware collections; ITPro(TM), BusinessPro(TM), FinancePro(TM), EngineeringPro(TM), OfficeEssentials(TM), and ExecSummaries(TM) Referenceware(R) collections by Books24x7(R); and health and safety compliance courseware by GoTrain. SkillSoft’s complementary technologies include SkillPort(R), the company’s learning management platform with its powerful Search-and-Learn capabilities, and SkillSoft(R) Dialogue(TM), the company’s newly introduced virtual classroom offering with associated tools for blended learning solutions. For more information, visit http://www.skillsoft.com.
SkillSoft, the SkillSoft logo, Ahead of the Learning Curve, SkillPort, Search-and-Learn, SkillChoice, Books24x7, Referenceware, ITPro, BusinessPro, OfficeEssentials, EngineeringPro, ExecSummaries, Express Guide and Dialogue are trademarks or registered trademarks of SkillSoft PLC in the United States and certain other countries. PMI, PMP, the PMI logo, PMBOK(R) Guide. Building professionalism in project management, and Making project management indispensable for business results are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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