The document outlines the requirements to become a Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). There are two categories of requirements - Category 1 requires a bachelor's degree and 4,500 hours of project management experience over 36 months, while Category 2 requires 7,500 hours of experience over 60 months for candidates without a bachelor's degree. Both require 35 hours of project management education and training. The application process involves submitting verification of work experience and education hours along with payment. Applications are approved within 48-72 hours online or 4-6 weeks by mail, and an eligibility letter must be received before scheduling the certification exam.
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The process to become a PMP is relatively straight forward. You begin by obtaining enough professional experience and the appropriate number of contact hours and submit your application including the experience verification form. About three (3) or four (4) weeks after you submit your application you will receive a letter from PMI. If you have been approved, and last year over 2,000 applications were not, your letter will include your test ID. Once you have that ID you can call the test center to schedule your exam. There are a number of test sites in the area however, these are external sites are not run by PMI. Generally, you can expect it to take at least two (2) weeks to get in to take the test.
According to PMI, “The number of hours on the Experience Verification Form(s) must total at least 4,500 hours within the six (6) year period prior to the application. This time frame extends from the date of the application to the corresponding month six (6) years prior.” Additionally, PMI requires that “The number of months on the Experience Verification Form(s) must total at least thirty-six (36) non-overlapping (unique) months within the six (6) years prior to the application . Non-overlapping means individual months can only be counted toward the 36 requirement once. This applies if the applicant worked on multiple projects during the same month.
The Experience Verification Form is used by candidates to properly document and report project management experience. Each project submitted with the application must be listed on a separate Experience Verification Form. Project Management Experience submitted without being documented on an Experience Verification Form will NOT be accepted. Candidates must indicate the number of hours they worked in each of the process areas for each project on the form. The Project Management experience hours can be organized into one or more of the following process areas: Initiating Planning Executing Controlling Closing
According to PMI, “The number of hours on the Experience Verification Form(s) must total at least 7,500 hours within the eight (8) year period prior to the application . This time frame extends from the date of the application to the corresponding month eight (8) years prior.” Months without Project Management experience cannot be counted. Note: “non-overlapping” means individual months can be counted toward the 60 requirement once. This applies if the applicant worked on multiple projects during the same months.
Now the Examination Application requires: Address information Phone number and other contact information Payment information Education information The totaled experience hours and months from the Experience Verification Form(s) Other demographic information Remember facsimile or electronic mail submissions will not be accepted.
PMP Candidates applying for certification must verify at least 35 contact hours of specific instruction that addresses learning objectives in project management. These hours must include content on project quality, scope, time, cost, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and integration management. Applicants can satisfy this requirement by successfully completing courses, workshops and training sessions through one or more of the listed activity type. There are six (6) different groups of activities that count for contact hours. This course counts as 21 contact hours.
Take 10 minutes to go through the entire application and ask participants to take notes on their copies.
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