PMI Eligibility Exam Re-Exam Exam-Scoring PDU's

PMI eligibility:

A four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent) and at least three years of project management experience, with 4,500 hours leading and directing projects and 35 hours of project management education.

Project Management Experience
The experience must be leading or directing projects that are non-overlapping, cumulative across all process groups, and within the last 8 years to be counted on the PMI PMP application. Refer to the above table for full experience requirements.
Project Management Education
You will need to show 35 contact hours of project management education, preferably covering initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.

Leading & Directing projects:
Leading and directing the project as identified with the tasks, knowledge, and skills specific in the Project Management Professional Examination Content Outline. You should have experience in all five process groups across all your project management experience submitted on the application. However, on a single project, you do not need to have experience in all five process groups.

Thus in 1 project you may have been a part of the Project team leading or directing the execution of project.

In another project you may have lead or participated in initiation of the project like identifying stakeholders or developing the Charter.

For other project you might have lead the planning and scheduling of activities.

There could be other projects where you participated in monitoring and controlling the project progress on a regular basis and may be even doing the closing ceremony of the project.


PMI fees:
How to Apply? What are the fees?
The Application Process application can be completed online at www.pmi.org
Fees for a PMI Member - $405
Fees for a non Member  - $555

You have one year to take the PMP® examination, which begins from the date your application is approved.

Audit of application:
To help maintain quality and integrity in the PMP® certification program, PMI audits 10% of applicants, who are notified electronically. It’s best to assume that you’ll be one of them. The audit process involves formal verification by your employer(s) and schools. Be thorough, accurate, and honest with your application information.

Audit Q&A:
A supervising manager is no longer at the company. How can this project be verified?

The supervising manager can still verify although they are not at the company. If this option is not feasible, a colleague from the project can verify, or a current manager or supervisor, who has intimate knowledge of the project, can verify.

An audit candidate was laid off, is a consultant, or is no longer with the company, or the company no longer exists. How is this situation handled?
The supervising manager can still verify. If this option is not feasible, a colleague from the project can verify, or a current manager or supervisor who has direct knowledge of the project can verify.

Will PMI contact a verifying manager or supervisor?
Not always. PMI does reserve the right to do so if there is a specific question related to verification.

Advantages of becoming PMI member:
*When you pay the annual fee of $129 to join PMI, and then decide to apply for the PMP exam, instead of paying $555 to take the PMP exam, you will only pay $405. $150 saved!
The current fee is $405 for PMI members, $555 for non-members.

*Another related piece of information, the annual renewal fee is $119. It is $129 for new members.Visit the following PMI website for more information on membership:
http://www.pmi.org/membership

* Digital edition of PMI global standards that you can download to your computer, including A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)* PDU Advantage Program — If you’re a Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential holder, you can earn PDUs to maintain your credential quickly, easily and at no extra cost

* Knowledge sharing and networking opportunities through PMI chapters and communities of practice.

PDU's for Retaining Your PMP Certification
Once you’ve earned your Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification, you’ll need to fulfill your PMP PDU requirements to maintain your credential. As a Project Management Institute (PMI®) credential holder, you’ve proven that you have acquired the knowledge and experience necessary to meet certain eligibility requirements.

Retaining Your PMP Certification - 60 PDU in 3 years- Professional Development Unit

Taking an e-learning course. Getting involved in PMI chapter and community activities, there are many ways to gain these valuable PDUs.

Typically, you will earn one PDU for every hour (60 minutes) spent on an acceptable professional development activity. The Project Management Institute provides these five tips for maintaining your PMP credential:

1. Start early. Establish a strategy for attaining your PDUs before your cycle begins
2. Maintain a personal folder for all your PMP PDU claims documentation
3. Report activities soon after completion. PDUs can also be reported online through the Continuing Certification Requirement System (CCRS)
4. Take advantage of the opportunity to transfer PDUs from one cycle to the next. If you are a PMP credential holder, you can transfer up to 20 PDUs earned in the last year of your current cycle
5. Make sure you have the registered program number for R.E.P. classes, which is required on the Continuing Certification Requirement System

PMI Talent Triangle
PMI has updated how PDUs are classified, and project managers will need to follow these new stipulations to maintain project management certifications. PMI's Talent Triangle focuses on helping project managers develop additional skills needed to meet the evolving demands of the profession.

The Talent Triangle is composed of three categories:

Category 1: Technical Project Management
Category 2: Leadership
Category 3: Strategic and Business Management

PDU requirements are broken down into two categories - one for Education and one for Giving Back.

60 PDUs

Education – 35 minimum
8 – from technical portion of triangle
8 – from leadership
8 – from strategic & business management
Remaining 11 can be in any area of triangle

Giving Back – 25 maximum
Volunteering
Creating knowledge
Working as a professional (8 maximum)

According to PMI, project managers must earn a
Minimum of 35 Education PDUs and
Maximum of 25 Giving Back PDUs.
Professionals may fill all their PDU requirements only through Education, for example, as long as at least 8 PDUs are earned in each of the three Talent Triangle categories.

PMP Exam:
Total 200 questions: Duration 4 hours:
The examination is preceded by a 15 minute tutorial and followed by a 15 minute survey, both of which are optional.
The time used to complete the tutorial and survey is not included in the examination time of four hours.

Examination eligibility
Once an application has been approved or audit is successfully cleared, the one-year eligibility period begins. After payment of the certification fee has been received, PMI will send you an email notification with:

PMI Eligibility ID and
The examination scheduling instructions.


NOTE: You may take the examination three times within this one-year eligibility period should you not pass on the first attempt. The examination scheduling instructions direct you to the section of the Prometric website where you can select and schedule your examination date and location. Prometric is PMI’s examination administration partner.

PMI cannot guarantee seating at the testing centers and recommends that you schedule the examination as soon as you select a date on which you want to take it and at least three months before the expiration of your eligibility period.

Examination Scoring system:
Proficient (meaning an above-average score)
Moderately Proficient (meaning an average score)
Below Proficient (meaning a below-average score)

Reexamination:
How Many Times Can You Take It?
You are allowed three attempts at passing the exam within your one-year eligibility period. Failing that, you must wait one year from your last try before attempting the exam again, but you can apply for other PMI credentials. On the other hand, if your one-year eligibility period expires before you pass the exam, you must reapply and pay the required fees again.
Having missed the boat once, the re-examination fee is $275 for members and $375 for non-members.