Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Exam

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Regardless of your career stage, the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) is an asset that will distinguish you in the job market and enhance your credibility and effectiveness working on or with project teams. Organizations with standardized practices attain better results, as shown in our 2015 Pulse of the Profession® report. Because the CAPM recognizes your knowledge of the profession's preeminent global standard, you'll stand out to employers and be poised to move ahead.
Project management is a rapidly growing profession. Through 2020, 1.57 million new jobs will be created each year and qualified practitioners are in demand. With the CAPM, you'll be on the fast track to opportunity.
Who Should Apply?
If you'd like to manage larger projects and gain more responsibility or add project management skills into your current role, then the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) is right for you.
Gain and Maintain Your CAPM
Before you apply, make sure you meet of the following sets of CAPM Certification requirements:
• Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree or the global equivalent)
• 23 hours of project management education completed by the time you sit for the exam.
• The certification exam has 150 questions, and you have three hours to complete it.
• CAPM holders will need to earn 15 PDUS per 3-year cycle to maintain the credential.
Talent Triangle PDUs
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Talent Triangle PDUs
As a certification holder you must earn a minimum number of Professional Development Units (PDUs) in each of the skill areas of the PMI Talent Triangle – Ways of Working (formerly Technical), Power Skills (formerly Leadership), Business Acumen (formerly Strategic). Learn more about PDUs.
Talent Triangle PDUs
As a certification holder you must earn a minimum number of Professional Development Units (PDUs) in each of the skill areas of the PMI Talent Triangle – Ways of Working (formerly Technical), Power Skills (formerly Leadership), Business Acumen (formerly Strategic). Learn more about PDUs.