PMP Certification FAQ (What is the PMP Certification exam?)

What is the PMP Certification exam?

PMP stands for Project Management Professional certification exam. This is an exam offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is one of the most respected and recognized certification for project manager. The PMP certification demonstrate that the candidate have the experience, competency and education to successfully direct and lead the projects of any field.

PMI is an organization?

The PMI was founded in the year 1969. It is largest non-profit membership association for the project management profession in the world. The goal of PMI is continuous development in the field of Project Management. PMI started the PMP certification exam in the year 1984. PMI has representative in the form of PMI chapters all across the globe.

What other certification exams are offered by PMI?

Now PMI offers 8 different exams related to the discipline of Project Management. These are –

• CAPM: Certified Associate Project Manager
• PMP®: Project Management Professional
• PMI-ACP: Agile Certified Professional
• PgMP: Program Management Professional
• PMI-SP: PMI Scheduling Professional
• PMI-RMP: PMI Risk Management Professional
• PfMP: Portfolio Management Professional
• PMI-PBA: PMI Professional in Business Analysis

What is the procedure to get PMP certified?

First you will need to find if you are eligible to take the PMP certification or not.

Eligibility Criteria

For Bachelor Degree holder or Equivalent

• Three years or 36 months+ of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience
• The candidate has to have 4500 hours of Project management experience.
• The candidate has to have 35 contact hours of project management education

For Non bachelor/Diploma holders

• Five years or 60 months+ of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience
• The candidate has to have 7500 hours of Project management experience.
• The candidate has to have 35 contact hours of project management education

The detailed eligibility criteria are written in PMP Certification handbook.

If you meet the criteria, then you can file the application at PMI site.

What is the Form Submission Procedure — is it complex?

No it is not. After meeting all the eligibility criteria the candidate has to submit the form online. PMI generally takes five working days to review the form. Once it gets approved they will ask to make the payment for your PMP certification exam.  Randomly PMI select 5% candidates for audit and you will come to know whether you are selected for the audit just after the payment. If everything goes smoothly, in a few days you will receive an acceptance letter/e-mail from PMI. After this you can schedule your exam by visiting or by calling the Prometric Center.

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What if I am selected for Audit?

After submission of you’re the PMI take approximately five working days to review your form and then they will ask you to make the payment. Just after the payment the software randomly selects candidates for the audit. If you are one of them then do not worry or panic. All the procedure will be mentioned in step-by-step method. You just have to follow them and complete the audit procedure. Audit generally takes few days to complete the required formalities. Once the formalities are completed then PMI will take few days to review it and then you will receive an acceptance letter/e-mail from PMI and then you can schedule your exam.

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What are the mode of the Exam?

Most of the candidates select computer based exam which is conducted in the Prometric testing centers Online. There are other options available too which you can find in the PMI handbook.

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