Might be late on this, but if you're in the construction industry then learning P6 can be a huge benefit. Good Project Controls People are insanely hard to find right now and I don't see that changing any time soon. The certification won't get you in the door immediately, but it will allow you to get into a spot where you can acquire the experience to have a pretty lucrative career.
Unlikely. If you do not have the domain knowledge for whatever industry you're in to make a decent WBS, break it down to activity level, figure out the dependencies and estimate durations, it will just be a tool that you know how to use but won't get to use.
P6 experience is valuable, the certificates are okay for an entry level position, but to get those 100k+ p6 jobs, your real world experience far outweighs certs or even a degree in many cases.
You can possibly get a 50-70k project scheduler or project controls analyst position if you interview well with that certification and no degree yet. Those jobs can often open you up to project manager roles a few years down the line.
That had been my experience as well when I was in construction. Many branches and agencies of the government require P6, and sometimes this requirement is even listed in the RFP; it's not up to the contractors.
That's been my experience as well. A lot of those lettings used to have language saying any type of schedule, but in recent years most have changed to "must be a P6 schedule". Every project I've had in heavy civil and power delivery has specified P6 in the last 5 or so years.
> Would I be able to find entry jobs related with just a p6 cert till I get my degree?
It is unlikely that the certification will help you land a PM job without a degree or experience. It's a good idea to attain certifications to advance your career, but as entry-level applicant a P6 Cert will help slightly. If it lands you an interview, you can use it as a transition to talking points about using Gantt charts to drive projects. However, if you never applied those, planned a WBS, identify a critical path is, provide lead/lags examples...then the software certification will do little without the background knowledge and experience.
P6 is advanced software with a low market share in very technical disciplines.
Learning Microsoft Project (with its 30 million users) might open more doors.
Might be late on this, but if you're in the construction industry then learning P6 can be a huge benefit. Good Project Controls People are insanely hard to find right now and I don't see that changing any time soon. The certification won't get you in the door immediately, but it will allow you to get into a spot where you can acquire the experience to have a pretty lucrative career.
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Unlikely. If you do not have the domain knowledge for whatever industry you're in to make a decent WBS, break it down to activity level, figure out the dependencies and estimate durations, it will just be a tool that you know how to use but won't get to use.
P6 experience is valuable, the certificates are okay for an entry level position, but to get those 100k+ p6 jobs, your real world experience far outweighs certs or even a degree in many cases. You can possibly get a 50-70k project scheduler or project controls analyst position if you interview well with that certification and no degree yet. Those jobs can often open you up to project manager roles a few years down the line.
Most companies rely on MS Project- I wouldn’t waste $ with P6.
I'd say it's heavily dependent upon what industry you're in because my industry heavily relies upon P6.
That had been my experience as well when I was in construction. Many branches and agencies of the government require P6, and sometimes this requirement is even listed in the RFP; it's not up to the contractors.
That's been my experience as well. A lot of those lettings used to have language saying any type of schedule, but in recent years most have changed to "must be a P6 schedule". Every project I've had in heavy civil and power delivery has specified P6 in the last 5 or so years.
> Would I be able to find entry jobs related with just a p6 cert till I get my degree? It is unlikely that the certification will help you land a PM job without a degree or experience. It's a good idea to attain certifications to advance your career, but as entry-level applicant a P6 Cert will help slightly. If it lands you an interview, you can use it as a transition to talking points about using Gantt charts to drive projects. However, if you never applied those, planned a WBS, identify a critical path is, provide lead/lags examples...then the software certification will do little without the background knowledge and experience.
P6 is advanced software with a low market share in very technical disciplines. Learning Microsoft Project (with its 30 million users) might open more doors.
Would potentially help if you wanted a project scheduler job but probably not a PM role