PMP- Eligibility & Exam tips

From PMI Official Website:

To be eligible for a PMP credential, you must meet specific guidelines that objectively measure experience, education and professional knowledge. You also must agree to adhere to the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and pass a rigorous multiple-choice examination that assesses your abilities in project management.

Eligibility

• • Applicants must have 35 hours of specific project management education.
• • With a Bachelor’s Degree (or the global equivalent): Applicants must have a minimum three years’ professional project management experience, during which 4,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application.
• • Without a Bachelor’s Degree (or the global equivalent): Applicants must have a minimum five years’ professional project management experience, during which at least 7,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application.

The PMP Credential Examination
This four-hour examination composed of 200 multiple-choice questions measures your ability to apply knowledge, skills and techniques used in project management. The examination is developed by groups of individuals from around the globe who hold the PMP credential and is routinely reviewed and revised to ensure the best and consistently objective assessment.

Examination preparation tips:

1. • Review the PMP credential handbook, the PMP Examination Specification and the PMP Sample Questions document (not for commercial use).
2. • Study the PMBOK^® Guide—Third Edition and other texts that discuss the management of communications, cost, human resources, integration, procurement, quality, risk, scope and time, as well as a project manager's social and professional responsibilities.
3. • Enroll in formal study courses.

For more information, see:

• • Examination Locations and Scheduling
• • Examination and Re-examination Fees
• • Certification Appeals Procedures in the PMP Credential Handbook

Steps to Obtaining a PMP Credential:

1. Complete an online application or download an application and submit via mail (faxes not accepted).

2. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will receive an e-mail explaining how to schedule the exam.

3. Individuals who attain a credential from PMI will be added to PMI's Online Credential Registry and may immediately use the credential designation after their name.

The Project Management Institute

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Incorporated in 1969 and situated outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, the Project Management Institute (PMI) was founded by five volunteers. During that same year, the first PMI Seminars & Symposium was held in Atlanta, Georgia USA and had an attendance of 83 people.

PMI is the publishers of the standard PMBOK, "Project Management Body of Knowledge", and offers two levels of certification:

• A Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) has demonstrated a common base of knowledge and terms in the field of project management. It requires either 1500 hours of work on a project team or 23 contact hours of formal education in project management.

• A Project Management Professional (PMP®) has met specific education and experience requirements, has agreed to adhere to a code of professional conduct, and has passed an examination designed to objectively assess and measure project management knowledge. In addition, a PMP must satisfy continuing certification requirements or lose the certification.

As of 2006, PMI reported over 220,000 members and over 50,000 Project Management Professionals (PMPs) in 175 countries. Over 44,000 PMP certifications expire annually; a PMP must document ongoing project management experience and education every three years to keep their certification current.

To cultivate local interests in project management, there are over 240 local PMI chapters of PMI located in 67 countries. There are 30 special interest groups (SIGS). In addition, PMI has two colleges: the College of Performance Management and the College of Scheduling.