There are the following possible qualifications in the field of project leadership and project management through project leader and project management training:

• qualified project manager NDS HF
• Project manager with federal diploma (industry-specific)
• Project manager with a federal certificate (general or industry-specific)
• internationally recognized certifications such as IPMA
• Certificate courses with school diplomas

In certain sectors, there is higher vocational training in the form of a professional examination (BP) or higher professional examination (HFP) to become a project manager. In most cases, there is no specific training. In other sectors, courses or specific further vocational training are offered that qualify a person for this function upon completion. There are also various training providers that offer general training in project management. However, internationally recognized certifications such as that of the IPMA (International Project Management Association) are also becoming increasingly important nowadays. In some sectors, however, a tertiary-level qualification (federal professional examination or higher professional examination, higher technical college, university of applied sciences, university of applied sciences) or further training at postgraduate level is a prerequisite for the role of project manager. In most cases, project managers must have professional experience in the respective professional field.

The following requirements are set for a project management course with Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), e.g. as a Web Project Manager:

• Specialist certificate or diploma of higher vocational education in the fields of IT, organization or sales or equivalent certificate and at least 3 years of professional experience in web project management since graduation

or

• Degree from a Universities in the fields of computer science, organization or sales or equivalent degree and at least 3 years of professional experience in web project management since acquisition

or

• Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training in the fields of mediamatics, information technology, organization or sales, a high school diploma or equivalent and at least 5 years of professional experience in web project management since obtaining the diploma

and

• Proof of the required module qualifications or certificates of equivalence

After completing the Direct Marketing Assistant course and passing the MarKom certificate examination (MZP), graduates have been awarded the title "MarKom Assistant" since January 2017.

• Communication in the native language
• Communication in a foreign language
• Information management
• Organization and project management
• Entrepreneurial understanding

• German
• French
• Computer science
• Accounting
• Legal knowledge
• Economics
• Business administration

Participants in the online project management continuing education, further training to become a federally certified Web Project Manager will develop their skills in all areas of digital projects. They are able to communicate professionally and take on the management of project staff whose further training measures they supervise. Their tasks include systematically solving complex problems, implementing solutions and conceptualizing business ideas, as well as selecting visual design approaches and designing web projects. Online project managers develop mobile and e-business strategies, use Google Anaytics, social media and SEO, calculate projects, present projects and analyze mobile and internet-based ICT systems.

The continuing education, further training to become a direct marketing assistant (dipl. Marketingassistent/in, MarKom-Zertifikat, Sachbearbeiter/in Marketing und Verkauf) teaches the content required to pass the MarKom-Zertifikatprüfung (MZP). This includes basic knowledge in the following subjects:

• Business Administration (Business Administration)
• VWL (Economics)
• Marketing and communication
• Sales and distribution
• Law
• PR

Eligible to take the Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (AFPE) in Online Project Manager (Web Project Manager) are persons who either have a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training, Advanced Federal Diploma, Advanced Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training or University Diploma in Information Technology, Sales or Organization and have subsequently worked in Web Project Management for at least three years, or who have a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training in Mediamatics, Information Technology, Sales or Organization, a high school diploma or a comparable qualification and at least five years of professional experience in Web Project Management.