PMP is traditionally among the ten most sought-after IT certifications in the west. This fashion is slowly moving to the CIS countries, some companies are already beginning to write shyly in the “PMP credential is a plus” vacancies. In addition to increasing the value of PMA in the labor market, the preparation and delivery of PMP in themselves provide useful knowledge and experience.
Under the cut - step by step instructions for obtaining PMP based on PMBOK4.
Requirements
In order to accept your application for the delivery of PMP, you must fulfill the following conditions:
- To get higher education.
- Get 3 years (4500 hours) project management experience.
- Spend 35 hours (PDUs) on project management training.
You can try to pass the PMP with a secondary education, but in this case the requirements for experience are stricter - 5 years (7500 hours).
Plan
- Register on the PMI website.
- Pay a membership fee of $ 129.
- Apply for PMP change.
- Pay certification $ 405.
- Read PMBOK4 once.
- Read Rita PMP Exam prep 6 Edition for the first time.
- Pass the Rita Fast Track tests until the result exceeds 75%.
- Set the date of delivery in the test center Prometric.
- View Rita PMP Exam prep 6 Edition a second time.
- Pass at least 2 more extraneous dough.
- View Rita PMP Exam prep 6 Edition for the last time.
- Come to the test center and pass the exam.
All this took me 3 months and ~ $ 600.
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PMI Membership
This is an optional item, but with it the total certification costs are slightly lower. Plus, as a member of PMI, you are entitled to the free electronic version of PMBOK.
Filing an application
When applying, it will be necessary to describe in detail what projects your experience consists of. The procedure is tedious and takes several hours, but in a different way you will not identify the necessary PM experience. Also, you will need to specify how you dialed your 35 PDUs. All sorts of trainings and conferences in which you participated are suitable. No matter external or internal - if your PMP certified colleague conducted a two-hour risk management training, this is an honest 2 PDU.
Verification of the application
PMI may randomly select your application for an audit. In this case, you will need to collect written evidence of your education, experience and training and send it by mail. I was lucky in this regard, my application for an audit was not affected.
Materials
You get the PMBOK for free, but it’s not enough to prepare one, be sure to get Rita PMP Exam prep. A good list of free tests can be found
here .
Surrender
The exam consists of 200 questions, with 4 answers for each. Exam duration is 4 hours, answers can be flagged to return to them later. For a successful delivery, you must answer 61% of the questions correctly. The working strategy is to answer all 200 questions, flagging those that you are not sure of, and then go through the marked ones. The first pass takes about 3 hours and, with good preparation, leaves about 60-70 questions marked, which is enough for the remaining hour.
According to the results of the exam, you get a printout of your results and, if all is well, the very next day you will be able to find yourself in the
PMP registry .
Good luck!