PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)® Exam

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With your advanced skills in risk management, you perform a specialized function attuned to the needs of a project environment that is increasingly global, virtual and complex.
The PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) highlights your ability to identify and assess project risks, mitigate threats and capitalize on opportunities. In this capacity, you enhance and protect the needs of your organization.
Gaining distinction as a PMI-RMP® sets you apart from other professionals and brings credit to your organization. Eighty-three percent of organizations that are high performers in project management practice risk management frequently while just 49 percent of low performers do so.
If you’re ready for greater recognition, the PMI-RMP will validate your specialized expertise and help you stand out to employers, stakeholders and peers.
Who Should Apply?
If you have advanced knowledge and experience in risk management, or if you are a project manager focused on project risk management, including for large projects and/or complex environments, then the PMI-RMP® is an excellent choice for you.
Gain and Maintain Your PMI-RMP
Before you apply, make sure you meet of the following sets of RMP Certification requirements:
• Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree, or the global equivalent)
• 36 months of project risk management experience within the last 5 years
• 40 hours of project risk management education
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• Four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent)
• 24 months of project risk management experience within the last 5 years
• 30 hours of project risk management education
• The certification exam has 170 multiple-choice questions and you have 3.5 hours to complete it.
• To maintain your PMI-RMP, you must earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in risk management topics every three years.
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.