How can I produce an accurate determination of hours spent on projects in the past when I didn't record the time spent at the time?
I used to own my own business putting on concerts in the Seattle area for 5 years. This included:
- Initiating the event (event concept, date)
- Planning the event (choosing venue, booking artists, renting sound, renting security, contacting investors, contacting designers for marketing materials),
- Executing the event (Managing promotions team, managing production team day of show), and
- Closing the event (Paying investors).
However I didn't explicitly record the exact amount of hours spent on each step for every event.
ORIGINAL POST: First time poster, I'm taking a family friend's advice and pursuing a career in Project management and he suggested that I go for the PMP certification first. Now I'm taking classes now on Project Management and I'm not worried about taking the test but I am concerned about the 7500 hour requirement (I currently have a 2 year AA degree). I feel like I meet the hour requirement with my previous business experience. I used to own my own business putting on concerts in the Seattle area for 5 years. My job included initiating the event (Event concept, date), Planning the event (choosing venue, booking artists, renting sound, renting security, contacting investors, contacting designers for marketing materials), Executing the event (Managing promotions team, managing production team day of show), and closing the event (Paying investors). So within the Project Management framework it should qualify however finding the exact amount of hours spent on each step for every event is impossible and if I were to be audited I wouldn't have anyone else that could verify my Project Management experience other than my business partners. Do you think this will be a problem? or should I just estimate my hours spent on each project (event) and go ahead and take the test?