PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROCESS The Project Management Institute, commonly called PMI, grants the Project Management Professional certificate. PMI is also an active advocate for project management, managers, and standardization of the field. They provide membership opportunities to help connect managers to helpful resources. As of this writing, their web address is www.pmi.org. You should check out the website before taking the test to decide whether to become a member. While it won’t have any impact on your ability to become certified, there are benefits to becoming a member before you are certified, such as a reduced fee for the test and access to test study materials and the Project Management Book of Knowledge, or PMBOK. The certification is recognized worldwide within many different types of industries. A lot of different types of companies prefer new project manager hires to be PMP certified. This helps companies ensure their managers understand the many different facets of project management, giving a measure of assurance in the applicants’ management skills, and helps ensure a consistent approach from all the company’s project managers. You must have some experience managing projects and at least a secondary, or high school, education before you can become certified. If you completed secondary school, you must have 7500 hours of managing experience. If you have a college degree, you only need 4500 hours of managing experience. Regardless of your education level, you will also need 35 hours of professional development training in project management. Please see Table 1 in your followalong pdf guide for a summary of these requirements.
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