Project Management Professional

The title of Project Management Professional ( PMPSM ) is awarded by the Project Management Institute ( PMISM ). It represents the second - is the certification level of the PMI and qualification is standard with the CAPM ( Certified Associate in Project Management) - and most important.

Overview

The exam for the PMP exam is conducted by PMI as a computer test. It is based on the PMP Examination Content Outline. While the underlying Standard " A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge " ( PMBOK Guide ) are process-oriented, the Examinierungsrichtlinien geared to each task of the project manager.

Following successful completion of the test, the graduates are entitled to wear the abbreviation PMP behind the name.

31 July 2009, approximately 360,000 were certified PMPs worldwide. Most certified PMPs in Europe there are in Germany.

The PMP certification is by the ISO in accordance with the ISO / IEC 17024 standard for certification of persons - recognized (conformity assessment General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons ).

Requirements

The Project Management Institute ( PMISM ) has two categories of test candidates defined, which differ in terms of education and experience in project management:

Category 1:

The candidate at the time of the request a Baccalaureate Degree equivalent qualification ( in Germany: (technical) university degree or higher).

The candidate has in the period of 8 years back from the date of the application of experience gained in a leading position in project management:

  • Activity in project management: at least 36 months
  • Experience: at least 4,500 hours

Category 2:

The candidate at the time of the request is not a Baccalaureate Degree equivalent qualification ( in Germany: ( skilled) high school or apprenticeship)

The candidate has in the period of 8 years back from the date of the application of experience gained in a leading position in project management:

  • Activity in project management: at least 60 months
  • Experience: at least 7,500 hours

Both categories: The candidate must demonstrate at least 35 hours of specific project management education.

Examination

Course

Within four hours 200 questions (multiple choice) to be answered. There are four possible answers, of which one is right for each question. Sometimes multiple answers seem to be correct. Is there more than one answer that is right in principle, the question accordingly, eg select the best possible. The participants must answer a corresponding percentage of questions correctly by a weighted scoring system. This Passing score is no longer published by the PMI since 2006. By 2006 it stood at 69%, up to date ( 2009) he is (unconfirmed because no longer published) at 81 %. Of the 200 questions are ranked 175. The remaining 25 questions are new questions of the PMI, which may be included at a later stage in the test question pool. At the time of examination, the candidate will not know to what it is - all 200 questions must be answered. The test result is given to the participants immediately after completion of the test. Participants who do not pass the exam at first given the opportunity to a Wiederholtest without re- approval process.

Content

The knowledge of the PMBOK Guide is on the one hand necessary to answer the questions in the exam. On the other hand, transfers from the real project work are necessary. For example, a project situation is described, from which one must deduce what stage according to PMBOK is currently. Only with this knowledge you can then select the correct answer. In the third request field questions need to be answered regarding topics of general knowledge from the other topics of project management. One such topic could be for instance the hierarchy of needs of Maslow.

Language of examination

The official examination language is English. Translation tools are available for the following languages:

  • German
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Portuguese (Brasil)
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Arabic

Examination periods

The exam date can be agreed largely randomly during normal working hours. For processing the exam questions are 240 minutes available.

Code of Conduct

Certified PMPs will comply with a code of conduct of the PMI ( Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct ).

Validity

Status as PMP is awarded for a period of three years. During this period, PMPs 60 PDUs ( Professional Development Units ) must collect in order to extend their status for the next PDU cycle of three years.

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