Certification

PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®

3-5 years of experience
Turn risks into rewards. Risk management is key to avoiding delays, extra costs, and project failures. With the PMI-RMP, you'll gain the expertise to spot problems early, master risk fundamentals, and enhance project outcomes for a competitive edge.

Certification

PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®

3-5 years of experience
Turn risks into rewards. Risk management is key to avoiding delays, extra costs, and project failures. With the PMI-RMP, you'll gain the expertise to spot problems early, master risk fundamentals, and enhance project outcomes for a competitive edge.

About the Exam

Exam length

115 questions

Exam time

150 minutes

Languages

  • English
  • Arabic
  • Chinese (Simplified)

Path to a PMI-RMP certification

Before you apply, make sure you meet one of the following sets of PMI-RMP certification requirements:

Set A requirements

  • High school or secondary school diploma (or global equivalent)
  • 36 months/3 years project risk management experience within the last 5 years
  • 40 hours of project risk management education

Set B requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher (or global equivalent)
  • 24 months/2 years of project risk management experience within the last 5 years
  • 30 hours of project risk management education

Set C requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (or global equivalent) from a GAC accredited program
  • 12 months/1 year of project risk management experience within the past 5 years
  • 30 hours of project risk management education

Before you apply, make sure you meet one of the following sets of PMI-RMP certification requirements:

Set A requirements

  • High school or secondary school diploma (or global equivalent)
  • 36 months/3 years project risk management experience within the last 5 years
  • 40 hours of project risk management education

Set B requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher (or global equivalent)
  • 24 months/2 years of project risk management experience within the last 5 years
  • 30 hours of project risk management education

Set C requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher (or global equivalent) from a GAC accredited program
  • 12 months/1 year of project risk management experience within the past 5 years
  • 30 hours of project risk management education

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      Maintaining your PMI-RMP certification

      Earning your PMI-RMP certification is a big step - maintaining it shouldn't have to be. Continuing education is core to PMI certification. PMI-RMP holders need to earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3-year cycle to maintain certification. Each PDU represents one hour spent:

      • Learning
      • Teaching others
      • Presenting
      • Reading
      • Volunteering
      • Content creating

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