How to becoming a PMP

Your PMP Resource
1. PM Framework and standard for project management

To be eligible for a PMP credential, you must meet specific guidelines that objectively measure experience, education and professional knowledge.
Eligibility
• Applicants must have 35 hours of specific project management education.
• With a Bachelor’s Degree (or the global equivalent): Applicants must have a minimum three years’ professional project management experience, during which 4,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application.
• Without a Bachelor’s Degree (or the global equivalent): Applicants must have a minimum five years’ professional project management experience, during which at least 7,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application.
Additionally
You also must agree to adhere to the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and pass a rigorous multiple-choice examination that assesses your abilities in project management.

Examination preparation tips:
The PMP Credential ExaminationThis four-hour examination composed of 200 multiple-choice questions measures your ability to apply knowledge, skills and techniques used in project management. The examination is developed by groups of individuals from around the globe who hold the PMP credential and is routinely reviewed and revised to ensure the best and consistently objective assessment.

• Review the PMP credential handbook, the PMP Examination Specification and the PMP Sample Questions document (not for commercial use).
• Study the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition and other texts that discuss the management of communications, cost, human resources, integration, procurement, quality, risk, scope and time, as well as a project manager's social and professional responsibilities.
• Enroll in formal study courses.


Steps to Obtaining a PMP Credential:
1. Complete an online application or download an application and submit via mail (faxes not accepted).
2. If you meet the eligibility requirements, you will receive an e-mail explaining how to schedule the exam.
3. Individuals who attain a credential from PMI will be added to PMI's Online Credential Registry and may immediately use the credential designation after their name.