Project Management Professional (PMP)
ABOUT THIS COURSE
Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification is the topmost professional certification for project managers offered by the Project Management Institute. LBS, in response to the growing relevance of Agile methodology for Project Managers, is offering Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP®) certification training along with PMP training, which equips Project Managers with the agile principles, practices, tools and techniques across agile methodologies.
First, you should become a PMI member before applying for the PMP® examination. Becoming a member is a fairly straightforward process and can be completed online at www.pmi.org. Make sure you enter the contact details and name correctly. This is important so that you don’t miss any information sent to you later. Also, ensure that the details on the certification are correct.
The duration of PMP® exam is four hours. It covers 200 questions, out of which 25 are considered as pre-test questions and are included by PMI to see how many test takers get them right. Based on this, they might decide to include these questions in a future exam. It is similar to a survey conducted by PMI. Of the 200 questions, therefore, 175 will be scored. All questions are multiple-choice questions, with only one correct answer.
You get one point for every question answered correctly. There is no negative marking for the incorrect ones. You may also mark a question that you are unsure of and revisit it at the end. However, you should attempt all 200 questions in the given time.
PMI grades students on each of the five process groups, and based on the grading, they declare a test taker as PMP® pass or fail. The grades are not disclosed to everyone. Rather, a rating is given in each of the five process groups. The rating can be Below Proficient, Proficient, and Moderately Proficient
The result (pass or fail) is determined by a combination of these grades. The number of grades or points one has to score to pass the PMP® exam is not made public by PMI.
What are the prerequisites for the certification?
To apply for the PMP exam, candidates need to have:
| Educational Background | Project Management Experience | Project Management Education |
| Secondary degree ? High school Diploma, Associate’s degree or global equivalent | Minimum 5 Years/60 months unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 7500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks* | 35 contact hours of formal project management education |
| Or | ||
| Bachelor’s degree or global equivalent | Minimum 3 years/36 months unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 4500 hours are spent in leading and directing project tasks* | 35 contact hours of formal project management education |
| *Leading and directing project tasks as identified in the PMP Exam Specification. Within the total hours of project management experience, experience in all five process groups of project management is required. However, on a single project, you do not need to have experience in all five process groups. | ||