Product Management
Worldwide Standard Certifications

The 280 Group has partnered with the AIPMM (Association of International Product Marketing & Management) as an authorized testing partner to provide their Certified Product Manager Certified™ (CPM) and Agile Certified Product Manager™ (ACPM) examinations. The 280 Group courses cover all of the core material, and exams may be taken after completing the 280 Group’s self-study or in-person training programs. The CPM and ACPM certifications are the most widely recognized in the industry, and are designed to be a vendor-independent worldwide Product Management standard that ensures that recipients have thorough knowledge of the topics covered.
                             

The CPM, CPMM and ACPM credentials granted by the AIPMM cross industry barriers as they focus on strategies and skills considered best practices throughout many disciplines. The programs outlines core thinking and skill sets, which can be applied to any product at any time within the product life cycle.

Rather than relying on any particular methodology, the AIPMM program sets the standard with proven methods and processes drawing from a variety of best practices. The training and testing programs ensure that those who pass the test have demonstrated a thorough understanding of theory as well as the practice of product management . This includes the underlying concepts, principles and terminology used. It also ensures that they can evaluate and implement all aspects of product management across the entire lifecycle, from startup organizations all the way up to Fortune 500 companies.

Course options to prepare for certifications:

Certified Product Manager (CPM) recommended courses of study:

• Less than three Years Product Management experience:
  • Optimal Product Management & Product Marketing (in-person public or private onsite course)
    AND one of the following:
  • Certified Product Manager Intensive Prep Course & Exam (in-person public or private onsite course and exam)
  • Certified Product Manager Self-Study Course & Exam (self-study on your computer and take the exam online)
• More than three Years Product Management experience
  One of the following:
  • Certified Product Manager Intensive Prep Course & Exam (in-person public or private onsite course and exam)
  • Certified Product Manager Self-Study Course & Exam (self-study on your computer and take the exam online).
    Note: you may wish to take the Optimal Product Management & Product Marketing in order to brush up on your knowledge and/or recent developments and best practices.

Certified Product Marketing Manager (CPMM) recommended courses of study:

• Less than three Years Product Marketing experience:
  • Optimal Product Management & Product Marketing (in-person public or private onsite course) AND one of the following:
  • Certified Product Marketing Manager Intensive Prep Course & Exam (in-person public or private onsite course and exam
• More than three Years Product Marketing experience:
  • Certified Product Marketing Manager Intensive Prep Course & Exam (in-person public or private onsite course and exam)

Agile Certified Product Manager (ACPM) recommended courses of study:

• Agile Product Management Excellence (in-person public or private onsite course and exam
  OR
• Agile Certified Product Manager Self-Study Course & Exam  (self-study on your computer and take the exam online)

The 280 Group is an Authorized Testing Partner
for AIPMM Certification

Certification benefits for Product Managers:

• Advance your Product Management career
• Get a great new job or promotion
• Open up new opportunities in growing market
• Increase your salary dramatically over your entire career
• Differentiate yourself from others
• Prove your domain mastery
• Study at your own pace (CPM Self-Study Course)
• Take the test at your convenience from your own computer anywhere in the world

Certification Benefits for Directors/VPs/Executives:

• Increase team skill sets and effectiveness
• Help your employees grow their careers
• Increase team satisfaction
• Ensure planning efforts are geared towards profitability and the voice of the customer

Certification Benefits for HR Departments & Professionals

• Provides employees with widely-respected credentials
• Self-contained offerings that can be delivered in-person worldwide taken any time anywhere
• Eliminate the need to develop your own in-house training program
• Eliminate the cost of bringing a trainer onsite or sending attendees to training (Self-Study Course)

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