Today there is a greater awareness on capacity building among progressing nations. Local economies can develop only if it can leverage on opportunities by channeling investment in the right manner. To encourage investment, trade and enhance competitiveness in the economy, every nation must address the quality of its workforce. Progress is built on the foundational building blocks of every society - its people.

Strengthening this workforce with the capability to do more with lesser resources, better cost management and enhanced teamwork is the key to progress. It is the collective whole that makes an organization and a nation competitive. We help you achieve this through our certification programs. The CKE -Project Management certification helps you adopt project management techniques in your everyday life.

Why? Because everybody is an accidental project manager - though not always by designation. All of us work with schedules, budgets / profit lines and limited resources. If we could learn how to apply project management techniques to work more efficiently and deliver results consistently, it would definitely improve productivity and competitiveness.

This is not limited to the IT industry alone. You will be able to use these techniques in any industry, at any level of experience and improve your productivity. Discussing the 2007 annual IT Salaries survey conducted by the research firm that tracks skills and pay for IT workers, David Foote, the firm's co-founder and president noted that presently it is assumed that an IT pro will have project skills. "Now it's a condition of hiring" says David. This observation is not different in other industries we have surveyed. Everybody needs someone who can work smarter, efficiently and can communicate effectively.

According to PayScale, a market leader in global online compensation data holding the world's largest database of individual employee compensation profiles, project management certifications have a significant say in your salary compensation. The chart below shows the median salary for individuals holding a project management certification across various roles in different industries.

While there is no silver bullet for all the challenges in the project management practice area, ICCKE endeavors to provide a practitioner's perspective by highlighting methods, tools and techniques popularly used by project managers worldwide to deliver successful projects.

The objective is to impart knowledge on practical solutions to common challenges faced by professionals. When you prepare for the CKE-PM certification, you experience our 'learning-by-doing' methodology, which helps you gain a broader perspective and nurture personal growth. We adopt a holistic approach to imparting skills and capabilities. This helps a qualified professional make informed decisions and perform better at his work. A higher thinker and a better doer ~ in other words a ''knowledge expert'.

CKE PM Certification is for all professionals who want to acquire and demonstrate competency in their work life. Using ICCKE's 'learning-by-doing' approach, you will acquire skills from a practitioner's perspective and take back reusable knowledge that can enhance your performance and make your workplace more effective.