1. Project Management Professional (PMP)®
PMI

2. What is PMP?
The Project Management Professional (PMP)® is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers.

3. Why PMP?
You can find PMPs leading projects in nearly every country and, unlike other certifications that focus on a particular geography or domain, the PMP® is truly global. As a PMP, you can work in virtually any industry, with any methodology and in any location.
The PMP can also provide a significant advantage when it comes to salary and earning potential. Among survey respondents to PMI’s Earning Power Salary Survey, those with a PMP certification garner a higher salary (20% higher on average) than those without a PMP certification.

4. Who Should Apply?
An experienced project manager who meets the following requirements:
Perform their duties under general supervision and are responsible for all aspects of the project for the life of the project
Lead and direct cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources
Demonstrate sufficient knowledge and experience to appropriately apply a methodology to projects that have reasonably well-defined project requirements and deliverables.

5. Gain and Maintain Your PMP
The PMP application will require you to organize your work experience.
The certification exam has 200 multiple-choice questions, and you have four hours to complete it.
To maintain your PMP, you must earn 60 professional development units (PDUs) every three years.

6. Price
Member: US$405.00
Non-member: US$555.00

7. Prerequisites Having: OR:
Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
7,500 hours leading and directing projects
35 hours of project management education
OR:
Four-year degree
4,500 hours leading and directing projects

8. Application Tips Demonstrate that you have:
Led and directed cross-functional teams to deliver a project within the constraints of schedule, budget, and scope
Applied a suitable approach to managing the project to fulfill requirements and deliverables
Performed these duties under general supervision but were responsible for all aspects of the project
Tip: Within the application, specifically explain what you did and were responsible for to demonstrate these actions (not what the project team did).

9. Application Tips
During the application process you will be required to individually detail each project you managed professionally. In your description you should include:
A brief summary of the project objective
Your responsibilities and project deliverables by process area (e.g. initiating, executing, etc.)
A brief summary of the project outcome
Tip: You can use abbreviations for the process groups (e.g. IN for initiating) to allow more space for your description.

10. Application Tips Confirm your project management education
At least 35 hours of formal project management education is necessary to qualify for the PMP. This education must be:
Consistent with topics included within the PMP Exam Content Outline
Demonstrated through successful completion of courses, workshops, and/or training sessions that include some form of assessment or certificate of completion
Obtained in advance of submitting your application but could have been accrued at any point in the past.
Tip: Do not include forms of self-directed learning or attendance at meetings/presentations as contact hours – these will not be accepted.

11. Timeline of the PMP Certification Process

12. Reference
PMP Handbook
(available at pmi.org)

13. How to prepare?