PMP® certification as a core competency: Necessary but not sufficient

Project Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-41

  Starkweather, Jo Ann ^a   Stevenson, Deborah H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT executives; PM competencies; PMP certification; Project management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955973772     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.20174     Document Type: Article

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