In this blog post, I will discuss PMI-RMP Exam requirements, i.e., the PMI-RMP certification exam eligibility criteria. The PMI-RMP stands for Project Management Institute—Risk Management Professional. The Project Management Institute (PMI) awards this certification to professionals who have passed the PMI-RMP certification exam. This is a desirable certification for risk management, and it helps you…
In this blog post, I will explain the PMP certification requirements or eligibility criteria you need to meet to apply for the PMP certification exam. However, before discussing the PMP certification exam requirements, let’s understand the PMP certification. The PMP stands for Project Management Professional, a certification awarded by the Project Management Institute (PMI) USA…
The PMP certification is valid for three years. To keep your credential active, you must renew it by paying a renewal fee to the PMI every three years. The fee is different for PMI members and non-members. The PMP Certification renewal fee is 150 USD for PMI members and 60 USD for non-members. On your…
Attending a 23 contact hours training program in project management for the CAPM is one of the three mandatory conditions to apply for the CAPM certification exam if you don’t have any project management work experience.
If you have at least 1,500 hours of project management work experience, you don’t need any training; you can apply for the CAPM exam straight away.
I have been asked many times by visitors to my blog to provide them with good online, cheap training programs for the CAPM exam, and I used to respond to them individually by email.
Most of the time I was recommending they try the PMP training program as it will serve two purposes.
You might wonder what you can take into the examination hall while attempting the PMP exam.
You cannot take anything except your ID and a key. After completing all check-in formalities, the staff member will ask you to put your belongings in a locker next to the exam room.
You may enter the test room with your ID and the key to your locker. This can be any government-issued ID card, for example, a national ID card, driver’s license, etc.
Keep in mind that in some countries they only accept a passport as a form of ID from a non-citizen, like in Kuwait.
If you are wondering if you can download the PMBOK Guide for free from the PMI website after joining the PMI, the answer is yes.
In fact, this is the prime benefit of joining the PMI.
Please note that opening an account at PMI.org and getting a PMI membership are two different things. Anybody can go to the PMI website and open an account, but you will have to pay a 139 USD to join the PMI.
I am writing this blog post because many aspirants have thought that after opening an account with the site they could download the PMBOK Guide for free.
So, they opened an account, tried to download the PMBOK Guide, and when they failed, they contacted me about the issue. They were thinking that signing up for the site is the same as signing up for the PMI membership.
As soon as you pass the PMP exam, you will be anxious to see your name on the PMI online certification registry.
I have passed two PMI certification exams: the PMP on December 13th, 2010, the PMI-RMP on April 9th, 2012, and I had the same feeling.
In both cases, I received congratulatory emails from PMI within 24 hours, and then I was able to see my certification information in my PMI account and on the PMI online certification registry.
This is what I experienced in 2010 and 2012.
If you pass the PMP Certification Exam, then as per the PMI, you’ll receive your certificate package within eight weeks.
When I passed my PMP Certification Exam I was greeted and informed immediately through the computer screen that I would receive my certificate package within eight weeks.
I received it in the third week.
In my PMI-RMP test, I saw the message on the screen that I would receive my certificate package within six weeks (but in an e-mail from the PMI, they mentioned that I would receive my certificate package within eight weeks; I don’t know the reason for this discrepancy).
Now I am waiting for my PMI-RMP Certificate package.
Many aspirants are worried about math-based questions and the calculations involved in solving these questions. They wonder if they can use a calculator during the PMP certification exam.
Yes, you can use a calculator during your PMP certification exam.
In fact, you have two choices: you can use the built-in calculator application through the computer or ask the Pearson VUE staff to provide you with a calculator.
They will let you borrow a non-programmable basic calculator.