Is the PMP course useful for Salespeople?

After 8 years of practicing sales, I wanted to develop myself by academically improve my managerial skills, so I contacted Eng. Ehab asking him the above question, and he said " From a general perspective, The knowledge you will obtain from the PMP course will change your mindset and will raise the bar of your skills in management; from a particular perspective, you as a sales practitioner can advise after taking the course." Now, After I become PMP certified I can answer the above question very well and the answer is: Yeeeah it's more thane useful.

Besides the insight and the enormous knowledge, you will gain about how projects are being run and managed, your way of thinking as a sales practitioner will be upgraded after studying some common aspects between sales and management in the PMBOK ( the Project Management Body of Knowledge ).

Common aspects like:

The detailed explanation in the Procurement Management Plan about the relationship between the buyers and sellers is quite valuable for any sales practitioner by studying ( Type of contracts Fixed-price (lump sum) Cost-reimbursable, Procurement strategy, Bid documents RFP-RFQ-RFI, SOW-MSA-LPO, sellers selection criteria, Closed procurements, inspection, Auditing, Delivering, Claiming, Alternative dispute resolution (ADR). ext. ).

The PMI-PROCESS GROUPS ( Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, and Closing ) are pretty much the same as the processes any sales practitioner employing to achieve his Sales Management Plan. 

The Tools and Techniques (T&T) you will learn in the Requirements Management Plan ( Business Analysis Plan ) about how to collect the requirement by understanding the needs of the stakeholders ( The customers ); T&T will guide you on how to handle any kinds of situation you might face with your clients when you generating an inquire from them.

Predictive-Waterfall, Adoptive-Agile, Hybrid, Scrum, User stories, Kanban, Lean, Earned Value Management EVM ( EV, PV, AC, CPI, SPI, EAC, TOCI), Cause-and-effect Diagrams, Histograms, Pareto Diagrams, Gantt Chart, Milestone Chart, Burndown Chart, Burnup Chart, Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Risk, Communication ...., terms like these and more you will grasp in the PMI's foundational professional vocabulary which will empower you to speak the same language professionals speaks.

In addition to all of this, Your name on LinkedIn is looking cool after you add PMI-PMP beside it :)