How to study for project management certification

Although we had covered many topics regarding project management but project management certification is something really very important which is still untouched.

So let us come forward to another level and discuss some important points of project management certification. But before moving forward, you should be accustomed to project management and related terms.

Therefore, Let me tell you that what actually is project management??
 Actually, project management is the discipline which consists of random activities in order to accomplish the certain specific goal.

These random activities could be initiating, planning, executing, deploying & maintaining.

And what do we mean by project management certification???
 Project Management Certification is actually a certification course which is done by various candidates in order to be a project management professional (PMP). Whereas PMP (Project Management Project) is an internationally recognized professional designation offered by the project management institute.

You don’t know, but let me tell you that at present there are 694,536 active PMP certified individuals and 274 chartered chapter across 204 countries*.

*source Wikipedia.

Now let us discuss various requirements of project managemnent certifications.

Actually, there are a number of things which are strictly required to acquire a project management certification.

In order to appear for the PMP exam, you should possess a bachelor’s degree or any other global equivalent.

· You should have minimum 3 years or 36 months experience in project management

· At least 45,000 hours spend on leading & directing any particular project.

· And at least, 35 contact hours spend on project management education

Any diploma holder; associate degree or global equivalent

· At least 5 years of experience in project management

· 75,000 hours spend on leading and directing various projects.

· 35 contact hours of formal project management education.

And as far as the course fee of project management professional certification is concerned, so let me tell you that for membership holders, the exam fee for PMP certification is US$405. But for non-members, it is approximate US$555.

This is all for today’s post regarding PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification. In our next post, we will discuss of acquiring PMP Certification.

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