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What Are PMP Certification Prerequisites !! by prikshitv: 8:23am On Sep 24, 2019
The Project Management Institute (PMI) provides a good, brief overview of the PMP prerequisites needed to sit for the exam. To ensure you meet these prerequisites, PMI created a formal application process, which asks you to outline your background in the following areas: education, work experience, and project management education. Employers benefit as well. When more than one-third of their project managers are [url=https://www.mercurysolutions.co/pmi/pmp-project-management-professional-certification-course?utm_source=Nairaland%20(SK)&utm_campaign=24-09-19]PMP-certified[/url], organizations complete more of their projects on time, on budget and meeting original goals.

PMP Prerequisite are:

Education: To qualify for the PMP, you must have at least a secondary degree (classified by PMI as a high school diploma, GED, or associate’s degree) or a postsecondary 4-year degree. Depending on either your secondary or postsecondary degree, you’ll face different requirements for work experience. Your secondary or postsecondary degree can have any focus, and it does not have to be related to project management.

Work Experience: Work experience is arguably the most important part of your application process. If you have a secondary degree, you must then provide evidence that you have led projects for 7,500 hours. If you are like me and don’t think about work in hours, but instead in days, weeks, months, or years – 7,500 hours is roughly 3 ½ years of project management experience.

Finally, when documenting work experience within the application process, you need to provide the following:

The name of the project you led
The timeline, including the hours you spent leading the project
The contact information of your supervisor on this project

When completing this section please consider this important fact: PMI randomly selects students for audit, if you are audited, the contact you provide per project must be able to sign off on the experience you outlined! Don’t jinx it, keep this section honest!

Project Management Education: Now on to your actual project management education. Regardless of degree obtainment or work experience, you must have at least 35 hours of project management education.
There are multiple ways in which you can obtain theses hours, PMI even provides a handy list of programs that count towards this PMP prerequisite:

PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s)
PMI local chapters certification prep programs
Employer-sponsored programs
Training companies or consultants
Distance-learning companies, which include an end-of-course assessment
Higher education programs and continuing education programs


If you are ready to take the next step in your project management career but are worried that you do not have the work experience necessary, here is an excellent option for you. PMI has a first step credential called a Certified Associate in Project Management. There are lesser requirements for this certification, including a secondary degree. All of these requirements will eventually translate to the PMP application.

All the Best !!

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