The PMP Certification Process and the requirements for becoming a PMP are quite complicated if you haven’t taken any PMI exams (like CAPM® or PMI-ACP®) before. Reading the PMP Handbook alone will not help you much as you will still have some questions unanswered. The PMP Certification Process (An Infographic) We...

Once you have registered an account on the PMI website, you will be able to find the online application form for the PMP Certification under “myPMI” section. Filling the online PMP application form is a project in itself. In addition to filling the personal particulars and details, PMI requires you...

Earning the PMP Certification may cost you a lot of money, time and efforts. It is imperative to estimate whether your budget and study time allows you to take on PMP as your next professional achievement. This article gives will you some ballpark figures on the money, time and efforts required...

According to PMI, the PMP audit process is random based. Every PMP aspirant will have equal chance to be selected for an audit. PMI does not specify the percentage of candidates selected, but from various sources on the internet, it is estimated that around 5% – 25% of candidates from the...

After you have successfully settled the PMP Certification fee or completed the PMP application audit (if you have been unfortunately selected), you will receive an approval email / audit verification confirmation email from PMI. The email contains the PMI Eligibility ID which enables you to schedule your PMP exam session...

After you have submitted your answers in the PMP exam or 4 hours is up, you will not immediately get your exam results but a short survey about your exam experience. After you have submitted your survey answers, the PMP exam result will be shown. Hopefully, with all the hard...

Many PMP aspirants get confused that the PMP exam is about the PMBOK® Guide. The reality is reading the PMBOK® Guide alone is not enough for the PMP exam. Yes, though the PMBOK® Guide is published by PMI and, as its name suggests, it covers the body of knowledge of...

Once you have passed the PMP exam, your 3-year PMP re-certification cycle begins. You are required to accumulate at least 60 PMP PDU in order to successfully renew your PMP status. In general, 1 PDU equates 1 hour of PDU activity participation. But there are limits to certain kinds of...

The PMP training required for Project Management Certification is termed as “35 Contact Hours of Project Management Education” by PMI in the PMP Handbook. If you currently hold the CAPM® Certification, you will be granted an exempt from this 35 Contact Hours of Project Management Education requirement! If you are...

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