Project team members who:

• • Provide subject matter expertise (e.g. marketing, finance, customer care, processing, fulfillment)
• • Serve as project sponsors, facilitators, liaisons, or coordinators.
• • Serve as sponsors, facilitators, liaisons or coordinators.

• • Those who are responsible for all aspects of a project for the life of a project.
• • Those who lead and direct cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and scope.

• • Those who manage programs that contain complex activities that span functions, organizations, geographic regions and cultures.
• • Those who build credibility establish rapport and maintain communication with stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organization.
• • Those who possess advanced skills in finance, cross-cultural awareness, leadership, communication, influence, negotiation and conflict resolution.

High School Diploma, Associate’s Degree, or the global equivalent

Bachelor’s Degree, global  equivalent, or higher degree
or
High School Diploma, Associate’s Degree, or the global equivalent

23

30

35

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Those with 1,500 hours of work on a project team or 23 contacts hours of formal project management education.

With Bachelor’s Degree or Global Equivalent
Within the past five years a minimum of 3,500 hours of unique, non-overlapping work experience in project scheduling.

With High School Diploma or Global Equivalent
Within the past five years a minimum of 5,000 hours of unique, non- overlapping work experience in project scheduling.

With Bachelor’s Degree or Global Equivalent
Within the last eight years a minimum of three years unique non-overlapping professional experience during which at least 4,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks.

With High School Diploma or Global Equivalent
Within the last eight years a minimum of five years unique non-overlapping professional experience during which at least 7,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks.

With Bachelor’s Degree or Global Equivalent
Within the last 15 years: four years/6,000 hours of project management experience and four years/6,000 hours of program management experience.

With High School Diploma or Global Equivalent
Within the last 15 years a minimum of four years/6,000 hours of project management experience and seven years/10,500 hours of program management experience.

Three-hour, 150 question multiple choice examination

Three and a half hour, 170 question multiple choice examination

Four-hour, 200 question multiple choice examination

Four hour, 170 question multiple choice examination;
Multi-rater Assessment (MRA) to follow examination

• • Review the PMBOK^® Guide—Third Edition
• • Review the CAPM credential handbook — paying particular attention to the CAPM examination blueprint.
• • Participate in Project Management Methods and Mechanics, a web-based self-study course offered by PMI that makes learning the PMBOK® Guide less daunting and more effective
• • Enroll in formal study courses

• • Review the PMI-SP credential handbook
• • Review the PMI-SP Examination Specification
• • Review the PMBOK^® Guide- Third Edition
• • Review the Practice Standard for Scheduling
• • Enroll in formal study courses

• • Review the PMP credential handbook
• • Review the PMP Examination Specification
• • Review the PMP Sample Questions document
• • Review the PMBOK^® Guide- Third Edition
• • Enroll in formal study courses

• • Review the PgMP credential handbook
• • Review the PgMP Examination Specification
• • Review the PgMP Sample Questions documentReview the PMBOK^® Guide- Third Edition
• • Review the Standard for Program Management

CAPM Handbook

PMI-SP Handbook

PMP Handbook

PgMP Handbook