Brazil CAPM Task Force Aims
to Develop Qualified Professionals
group of Brazilian volunteers
have created a task force to
encourage professionals to earn
the Certified Associate in Project Man-
agement (CAPM)® certification. Carlos
Augusto Freitas, CAPM, PMP, executive
vice president, PMI Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Chapter, noted that “Brazil has big chal-
lenges [coming up], such as the World
Cup and Olympics, bringing a great need
for qualified professionals in project
management.
A
closing are activities common to all, so
project management skills are impor-
tant in daily lives. The CAPM certifica-
tion helps in these tasks, as it requires
the person to know the processes, tools
and techniques presented in A Guide
to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), which can
be easily applied in life.”
Giving training in project management
to team members brings great gains,
especially in supporting teams’ goals,
increasing organizations’ project man-
agement maturity and gaining better
results, noted Mr. Freitas.
“The CAPM® certification can help
many professionals establish a knowledge base,” continued Mr. Freitas.
“This is a great opportunity to develop
youth potential and prepare the next
generation of team members and
project managers.”
The volunteer group includes members
from all 14 Brazilian PMI chapters and
is coordinated by Mr. Freitas and supported by the PMI Global Operations
Center and Juliano Reis, PMP, PMI
representative for Brazil.
In 2011, the task force had
these achievements:
n Aligned all Brazilian chapters with
information on the credential;
n Defined the target audience for the
dissemination of information about
the certification;
n Worked with universities and local
professional communities.
A panel discussion about project management in the future and the CAPM credential. From left is
Ralph Moller, CAPM, PMP, Carlos Augusto Freitas, CAPM, PMP, Juliano Reis, PMP, and Eduardo Ramos,
dean at INFNET Institute.
Mr. Reis said the number of CAPM certification holders in Brazil grew 47 percent
in 2011, reaching 308 professionals.
“One of the task force’s activities is to
support all (mostly students and professionals) who wish to learn about project
management,” he said. “More and more
people worldwide use project management as a tool in life. Planning, conducting, controlling and monitoring, and also
Participants in a CAPM Workshop at UNIFOR University, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil and students in an
MBA in project managment program. Shown in the center are Carlos Augusto Freitas, CAPM, PMP,
executive vice president, PMI Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Chapter, Raquel Ximenes, PMP, director at PMI Foraleza Ceara Brazil Chapter and Facundo Barboza, director at PMI Foraleza Ceara Brazil Chapter.
