Eligibility Requirements - PMP® Candidates

Candidates who prepare for the PMP® certification exam with Point Advantage should meet the education and experience hours required as part of exam eligibility. Our online training will give you more than the 35 hours of formal project management education that can be used to meet just one of the exam eligibility requirements. You must have all completion certificates showing you earned 35 hours or more of training before final submission of your exam application to PMI®. If not, your current and future eligibility for a PMI® certification can be negatively (severely) impacted.

QUALIFYING.

Category 1: If you have at least an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university, here are the requirements. You must have 4,500 hours of project management related experience spanning the past 8 years, with qualifying hours of experience in 36 months during this timeframe. Important: For each project submitted on the application, an individual MUST have led, directed, or managed at least one of the following:

• Initiating
• Planning
• Executing
• Monitoring & Controlling
• Closing

The final eligibility requirement for both Category 1 and Category 2 applicants is to have 35 contact hours of project management education or training. These contact hours can be earned through qualifying training classes related to project management (with or without a focus on exam preparation). Earn 50+ hours with our ACHIEVE online project management training program - exceeds the 35 hour exam eligibility requirement from PMI®.

When you enroll in our online course now, we will provide you with a template and instructions for totaling all your experience and hours.

APPLYING.

Candidates applying for the PMP® exam should allow 5-10 business days to receive notice of approval from PMI®. The approval process can take an additional 20-30 business days or more if audited. So, get started on your exam application early. Even though you may be waiting to earn your completion certificates for the formal project management training courses we can provide, most of the work to fill out the application is related to your experience. You should budget anywhere from 4 - 20 hours to complete the task of expressing your experience and breaking down the hours based on the PMI® application guidelines.

TEST LOCATIONS & SCHEDULING.

For planning purposes, you can find test locations at www.2test.com or www.prometrics.com. Many testing centers offer the exam daily M-F, and several on Saturdays.

Once approved by PMI®, go to www.2test.com or www.prometrics.com to schedule an exam date.

EXAM FEES.

Members pay only $405, while non-members pay $555. The primary consensus is that it makes sense to become a member since the annual membership fee is only $120.

PASSING SCORE.

The PMP® exam consists of 200 multiple-choice questions, of which 25 non-scored questions are randomly placed (this is how PMI® "tests out" new questions before being added to the population of questions that do count towards the passing score). The passing score is now based on a proficiency ranking in each test group on the exam, and is no longer based on a single percentage score. How tests are scored is proprietary information (and confidential, too) of PMI®.