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What is PMP Certification? What you need to know about certificates

PMP (Project Management Professional) was the world's most popular and prestigious project management certification, born in 1984. This certificate is granted to Project Management in many industries, such as IT, construction, production

What are the benefits of PMP?

While studying for the PMP exam, the candidate's project management knowledge also increased significantly. There are benefits that PMP learners and exams can get, which are:


        - Internationally recognized competence in project management: By gaining the PMP certificate, your name will be included in the group of prestigious project management professionals recognized by the international community and prove that you have a strong background in project management. Solid project management knowledge base to be ready to apply for job positions at multinational corporations.


        - Get a better salary: Project managers also tend to feel more certain about their future earnings. In a study conducted with current and past PMP candidates, 76% of Project Managers expect their salaries to increase within the next 12 months.



 

       - Increase your job opportunities: Regardless of whether you are looking for a project management job or just starting a project management career, you should add a PMP certification to your profile. Of course, your practical experience is more valuable, but the PMP certification still helps a lot.


      - Recognized by the world's leading corporations: The PMP certificate is officially recognized by the world's leading organizations (Microsoft, IBM, American Express..). They recognize the PMP certificate and encourage managers. Their project manager gets PMP certification.


What is conditions to take the PMP exam?


Conditions to take the PMP exam are strict; only some are qualified. If you provide the correct information for PMI to check, you may lose money and not be able to take the test. To take the PMP exam, candidates are required to meet academic requirements as well as professional experience requirements.


     - Education requirements

Graduated from College, University, or above


     - Experience required

Minimum five years of project management experience, equivalent to 7500 hours of management (for College graduates). Minimum 3 years of project management experience, equivalent to 4500 hours of management (for university graduates).


    - Project management knowledge required

35 hours of formal project management classes organized by official PMI partners.


 

PMP exam fees are divided into two categories: Member of PMI and Non-member.

    - Non-member: 555$

    - Member: 405$ + PMI Membership Fee (1 year): 129$ = 534$


 

How much English is enough?


Because everyone's base is different, and the difficulty level is also due to each person's perception. So I'm going to raise the issues I'm having in getting the PMP, and then we'll decide if it's easy or hard.


But if you can read and understand English documents, that's ok. In the process of learning PMP, you will encounter a lot of new terms – Mastering these terms is a necessary condition for the PMP exam.



Time pressure


Are you willing to spend about 300-400 hours in the next six months studying? According to statistics from many sources, the time it takes a person to learn from zero to getting a PMP usually takes 300~400 hours to focus on learning.


High cost


The cost for the PMP exam, in addition to the exam fee of $ 500, you have to calculate the cost of other courses to get 35 Contact Hours, then the cost of buying an account simulator for exam preparation, and documentation costs – If you are lucky to pass Right the first time, it will cost you about 1000$.

 

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