Project Management Professional (PMP)^® is a professional credential for project management specialists, based on a rigorous examination and meeting the highest standards in the project management profession. The PMP^® Program supports the international community of Project Management Professionals and is designed to objectively assess and measure professional knowledge. The certificate is recognized by the majority of large companies and government institutions all over the world. More and more organizations explicitly require all members of project teams to be certified as PMP^®.

The Project Management Institute sponsors a project management certification program. PMI^® is an independent non-profit association founded in 1969 in Philadelphia, which associates thousands of project management professionals all over the world (it has more than 250,000 members). PMI^® is a world leader in setting project management standards and endorses the methodology based on the experience of its members. The methodology is documented in "Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK^® Guide), a book which constitutes an industry standard recognized all over the world.

MT&DC constantly broadens its portfolio of trainings in the area of Project management in order to be able to prepare the attendees to the PMP^® examination at the highest level.  Besides the training related to specific areas of knowledge in the field of Project Management described in the  PMBOK^® Guide we also offer the intensiv workshop "PMP^® Boot Camp Preparation Course ", during which the participants get familiar with techniques and methods of passing the exam successfully.
 

MT&DC was the first Polish training company that has been granted Project Management Institutes (PMI)^® permission to administer Project Management Professional examination. The first PMP^® examination ("paper & pencil") in Poland took place on 7 December in Falenty. Currently in Poland the PMP^® exam is available in the on-line version. You may take the examination in the Centrum Egzaminacyjne  Promeric (Promeric Exam Center) in Warsaw, by PJWSTK, on 84/86, Nowogrodzka Street, 3 rd floor, room 306.

You will find more related information on:  www.pmi.org

Requirements

To achieve PMP^® certification, each candidate must satisfy all educational and experiential requirements established by PMI^® and must demonstrate an acceptable and valid level of understanding and knowledge of project management that is tested by the Project Management Professional Certification Examination. In addition, those who have been granted the PMP^® credential (certificants) must demonstrate ongoing professional commitment to the field of project management by satisfying PMIs Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Program. PMP^® holders are required to attain no less than 60 professional development units (PDUs) during each certifiation (CRR) cycle (3 years). PMP^® holders are also required to pay a reneval fee to maintaine their credential ($60 for PMI^® members, $150 for nonmembers).  Candidates applying for certification as a Project Management Professional must satisfy the educational and experiential requirements for category 1 or category 2 and agree to abide by the Project Management Professional Code of Professional Conduct found on page 22 of this handbook. .

Category 1
At the time of application, the candidate holds a baccalaureate or global equivalent university degree* and has a minimum of 4,500 hours of project management experience within the five project management process groups. The number of hours on the Experience Verification Form(s) must total at least 4,500 hours and the project dates must indicate that the candidate has at least three years of project management experience within the six-year period prior to the application. Candidates must indicate at least 36 unique (non-overlapping) months of project management experience on the Experience Verification Form(s) to satisfy the three-year requirement. Additionally, at the time of application, the candidate has obtained 35 contact hours of project management education. Candidates can document all project management education hours regardless of when they were accrued. The hours must include content on project quality, scope, time, cost, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and integration management.

Category 2
At the time of application, the candidate does not hold a baccalaureate or global equivalent university degree, but holds a high school diploma or equivalent secondary school credential and has a minimum of 7,500 hours of project management experience within the five project management process groups. The number of hours on the Experience Verification Form(s) must total at least 7,500 hours and the project dates must indicate that the candidate has at least five years of project management experience within the eight-year period prior to the application. Candidates must indicate at least 60 unique (non-overlapping) months of project management experience on the Experience Verification Form(s) to satisfy the five-year requirement. Additionally, at the time of application, the candidate has obtained 35 contact hours of project management education. A time frame is not associated with this requirement; therefore, candidates can document all project management education hours regardless of when they were accrued. The hours must include content on project quality, scope, time, cost, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and integration management.

How much does the PMP^® certification examination cost?

The cost of PMP certification examination is:

1. FOR PMI MEMBERS: 405 USD

2. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT PMI MEMBERS: 555 USD

Preparation for the PMI ^® certification exam

Note! Intensive preparation course for PMP ® exam is not a part of George Washington University Certification path.