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The PMP® exam, passing which guarantees receiving the Project Management Professional® Certificate, is prepared by the Project Management Institute (PMI®) and consists of 200 test questions. It lasts 4 hours and is exactly the same all over the world. The exam is taken in English, and since 2016, you can also use a Polish translation. In recent years, people taking the exam in Polish reported the low quality of the translated questions, so we recommend writing the exam in the original - i.e. in English.
PMP® EXAM FORM
Exams in Poland are conducted in a computer-based format and are carried out all year round at PMI®-authorized facilities, which can be found on the website Pearson VUE.
EXAMINATION FEES
The one-time cost of the PMP® exam is $405 for members of the PMI® association (the annual cost of membership is $129 + one-time $10 "application fee"). For other people, the cost of the exam is $555. The fee is paid by credit card.
REGISTRATION FOR THE EXAMINATION
Registration for the PMP® exam is done via the PMI® website: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/project-management-pmp, where you need to fill out appropriate online forms regarding your education and design experience.
PMI® distinguishes two types of candidates:
- posiadających dyplom wyższej uczelni oraz minimum 4,500 godzin (3 lata) doświadczenia w obszarze project management proces (jednakże zdobytych nie wcześniej, niż w ciągu 8 lat poprzedzających rejestrację),
- having secondary education and a minimum of 7,500 hours (5 years) of experience in the area of project management or project tasks (but obtained no earlier than within 8 years preceding registration).
When describing their project experience, the candidate must include the names of their individual projects, their duration and the number of hours spent during each phase of the project – i.e. how much time we worked on starting the project, planning it, implementing it, monitoring progress and closing it. You must also describe the project in no more than 550 characters. Here, we recommend using the design language, i.e. writing clearly and clearly the project's objectives ("objectives"), the main deliverables ("major deliverables") and briefly presenting your role in the project.
For each project described, you must also provide contact details for a contact person who could confirm these experiences. Może to być przełożony, współpracownik lub klient. PMI® kontaktuje się z tymi osobami wyłącznie wtedy, kiedy aplikacja jest wytypowana na losowy audyt. Niestety nie wiadomo, jaki procent aplikacji podlega dodatkowej weryfikacji.
EXAMPLE PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The form below contains an example description of one project sent as part of the PMP® application. Here, the applicant described an international conference project that took 5 months from initiation to closure, but in fact the applicant worked on this project for 290 hours (16 on initiation, 40 on planning, 160 on implementation, 32 on monitoring and control, 24 hours on closing) .
In addition to demonstrating relevant professional experience, each candidate is required to demonstrate participation in a minimum of 35 hours of training, which must include content related to quality, scope, time, cost, human resources, communication, risk, procurement, and project integration management. According to the PMI® nomenclature, each training hour translates into 1 PDU (Professional Development Units).
By attending, for example, our one-day training "Effective Project Management” you can get 8 PDUs by going through our entire cycle PMP® Academy – 80 PDUs.
EXAM RESULTS AND PASS THRESHOLD
PMI® does not currently publish information on the pass threshold for the PMP® exam. In previous years, the official ceiling was given as 61%, it was once raised to 81%, but since December 2005, PMI® does not provide the score that participants must obtain to pass the exam.
Since 2007 participants receive results divided into 5 domains that reflect the model project life cycle, i.e. we receive separate assessments for initiation, planning, commencement, monitoring and control, and closure of the project. For each domain you can receive one of three ratings, "Proficient",Moderately Proficient" or "Below Proficient" That is "Proficient", "Intermediate" or "Insufficient".
According to the latest information circulating in the online community of project managers, receiving one or two failing grades does not mean that you will fail the exam. However, these are only estimates. A good rule of thumb is to aim for a level above 80% on your exam prep tests. If you get this result on at least 3 attempts, you can rest assured that you are well prepared.
CONTACT
If you have additional questions about the PMP® exam, or want to learn how to prepare for it most effectively, please contact us: training@pmexperts.com, tel. +48 727 530 530.
