Every month I get a copy of PMI Today and I annotate 3 data points: New PMP® for the month, new PMPs year-to-date (YTD), and total number of active PMPs. The trend continues, with the new number of PMPs in March totaling 5,344. Year-To-Date total is 12,779. There are a total of 375,959 active PMPs.
The current trend predicts PMI will hit 400,000 active PMP credential holders this year.
Though I congratulate those who just got their certifications, I'm still worried we're rapidly reaching a tipping point. I have two hopes. [1] These new PMPs continue to look for new ways to provide value to their customers. [2] That I am wrong about the prediction that so many PMPs in the mix will create a devaluation of the certification.
Personally, I would like to know how many of the PMPs certified in March prepared for the exam via boot camps and how many organically prepared. Does it matter if someone went to a PMP bootcamp?
What do you think? Let me know.
| December (2009) | January | February | March | |
| New PMPs (Monthly) | 5,403 | 3,714 | 3,713 | 5,344 |
| New PMPs (YTD) | 3,714 | 7,429 | 12,779 | |
| Total Active PMPs | 361,238 | 367,619 | 371,014 | 375,959 |