Do you know if you qualify for PMP? And what actually are the eligibility criteria
for the Project Management Professional exam? In this video are going to walk you
through the PMI requirements that you need to comply with if you want to apply
for the Project Management Professional exam. And by the end of the video you'll
know if you qualify for the test. And stay till the end because there I have a very
special tip for you. So let's get started! If you want to be notified about the
weekly videos that I post in my project management blog every Wednesday don't
forget to subscribe and hit the bell. Hey there, what everyone? This is Kris
and you are in my space project manager and for those who are willing to
become one of these guys. I'm in project management since 2015. I'm PMP
certified and I have other globally recognized certifications, and now I'm gonna
share some tips with you regarding the Project Management Professional exam
requirements. So let's dive directly to the chase. First of all I would like to
outline that there are two ways how to qualify for the Project Management
Professional exam and actually they depend on the education that you have behind. So
number one - we are looking for the education that you have under your belt. First
way is if you have the Bachelor's degree or a four-year degree. If you do, great! If
you don't and if you have paused your education after the high school diploma,
no worries. You still can qualify for the PMP. Criteria number two - is the years
of the professional experience. And here we can notice this dependency. If you
do have a Bachelor's degree or a four-year degree under your belt, PMI
would require you to earn 36 months of the professional experience which is
equal to three years in project management. While if you do not have a
degree, PMI requires you to earn 60 months of the professional experience
which equals five years in project management to qualify for the
project management professional exam. And here I would like to give you some heads up on
the professional experience that is required to be eligible for the project
management professional exam. Here is the thing. PMI requires you to earn your
project management experience within the last eight years of your career.
Which means if for instance you have been a project manager eight years ago
then you have switched the field and now for some reason you decided to get
certified, this experience would not work unfortunately. However if during
these last eight years you have been executing some activities that are
overlapping with project management in some level, for instance if they are
related to 49 processes that are outlined at the project management body
of knowledge, let's say procurement for instance, you could still be eligible for
the exam. Tell me in comments how many years of professional experience you
have and what actually you do projects? Now, criteria number three - and here
we have come to a very interesting point. We have already discussed the education, the
professional experience, and now we have come to the professional education.
This is kind a different thing. Again here PMI provides you two options to act.
First one is to complete the professional courses where you will be
prepared for the exam. This course last about
35 hours and should provide you actually with 35 contact hours which you are
going to count for the Project Management Professional exam application.
We could probably discuss it in some other video with more details regarding the
courses and how to pick them. So, for application you would need to provide a
certification of the course completion. Or, another option is to supply your CAPM
certification which is Certified Associate in Project Management
certification and it is also provided by the Project Management Institute. This
certification is given to the rising professionals in project management
who is willing to start their career in this field but still do not have
professional experience. Now let's have a look at the full PMP eligibility
criteria and make an overview of those requirements. I have built a road map for
you that you can follow in order to define if you qualify for the test.
First of all we look at the education. If we do have a four-year degree we are
moving to the filled where it is required to earn three years of the professional
experience. Otherwise, if we have paused after the high school diploma, we need to
earn at least five years of the project management professional experience.
Now we have defined about the qualifications, and next thing to
consider is the professional education. Here we are again going to choose
either to take the professional course or utilize our CAPM project management
professional certification. The absolutely amazing and awesome news that
I have promised you in the the video. PMI now allows
taking the PMP exam remotely from home. I'm gonna put the link to the official PMI
website below in the description to this video. Now you know it exactly how to
verify your eligibility for this PMP exam. If you are planning to start your
professional career in project management, or you want more valuable
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