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{{Grant Application
|Project Title=PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION OPEN TEXT BOOK (PMCOT)
|applicants=Project Management Open Resources
|contact person=Lalit Sabnani, Jacky Hood, Rekha Raman, Pat Furagganan
|coordinator=Lalit Sabnani, Jacky Hood, Rekha Raman, Pat Furagganan
|start date=2010/08/01
|end date=2010/10/31
|Affiliation=PMI, Prince
|Mainurl=http://projectmanagementopenresources.ning.com/
|Affiliated=No
|description=We are creating an open textbook for various types of Project Management certifications (PMI, Prince2, Scrum, ITIL, and others).

The next phase consists of comparison of the various certification requirements and relative importance.
|output=- Text Book, accessible online and downloadable
|community=All aspiring project managers, in any discipline, industry or geographical location, who wish to get certified. We especially want to reach those who cannot afford the high cost of certification material.
|community relationship=We are all project and program managers with many years of experience across a wide array of industries.  We, the Project Management Open Resources are thirty seven seasoned professionals, with a passion for paying forward our learning and experiences to help make available the PMCOT - certification materials. Many of us are certified project managers and some of us have taught this materials. Jacky Hood is the director of the College Open Text Book Program that supports 200 colleges.
|measurement=The PMOR (Project Management Open Resources) thirty seven participants will become more aware of the different certification requirements and will help build a better bridge with other project management professionals and industries. This will help build bridges between certifying organizations, globally and between communities and professionals from different industries. The success will be measured by endorsement from the certifying organizations acknowledging our unifying efforts.
|participants=Twenty Core creators, Thirty contributors external to PMOR, Three or more certifying bodies and at least one thousand project managers worldwide.
We will seek sustained involvement through online professional networks and viral marketing. We will sustain their involvement through excellent online content.
|impact=Since our outreach is global and across industries, we expect a rich cultural diversity and the creativity that flows from it.
|tech needs=Tools used include a customized online social networking tool for collaborative communication and content creation. We also use a web conferencing tool for virtual (live) meetings. Many of our members are engineers and/or computer scientists. We do not have specific technical needs in this phase of the project.
|challenges=Every one on the project is a busy professional. Sustaining adequate amount of time and coordinated effort from the group may be a challenge. We plan to overcome this by offering professional growth prospects and inter group mentoring
|sustainability=We are investigating various business models, including very-high-volume, very-low -price (fortune at the bottom of the pyramid) as well as traditional models like advertisements, donations,subscriptions and grants.
|scalability=This model is highly scalable and can be applied to many other professional fields by replicating our communication and business model.
|resource needs=Workshops on Creative Commons Licensing.
Meeting Facilities in Silicon Valley.
|communication=Through in-network messaging within the online social network and posting on other project management communication forums as well as other online forums totaling more than 10,000 people.
|budget=CC Grant 2010-06-30.xls
|legal=Yes
}}