PMI®, PMP®, and CAPM® certifications are among the fastest- growing certifications in business today because:
· Eighty-eight percent of all projects finish over budget and/or late;
· Thirty- four percent of all projects are cancelled before completion;

PMI® is the Project Management Institute (PMI®) is an organisation that is widely recognised in the area of promoting Project management worldwide. PMI was founded in the USA in 1959. for more enquiry on PMI® visit www.pmi.org

What is PMP®

Project Management Professional (PMP®) is a worldwide recognised Project management Certification offered bt the PMI. The PMP® certification program began in 1984 and it is recognised by many organisations. It has earned accreditation from American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is also the first organisation to have his certification program attain the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) 9001 recognition. Please visit www.pmi.org/certification for more

Why Take the PMP® certification.

Let me quote a PMP®. “ PMP® has earned me a new posting with 300% rise in pay in just 3 months after earning my credential” Passing the PMP® exams can set you apart from your collegues, imcrease your abilities and so evident that everyone begins to notice. Great! Even now in Nigeria many organisation are now requesting for Project
Management skills as additional criteria for recruitmrnt in addition to the specific knowledge area. Will you like increase the chance of getting the job of your dreams, then PMP® is just the right path for you. It is also an evidence of Project management experience. And ofcourse, there are other benefits.

How to become PMP® certified.

There are 4 major requirements you need to meet before sitting for the PMP® exams. You will get more recent information on PMP® certifications and requirements on the PMI® website at the home page click the Professional Development and career tabs. Presently, You will need to meet the require ments below:

- You will need to fill an online application and submit on the PMI® website below:
https://www.pmi.org/authentication/default.aspx?r=www.pmi.org/certapp/default.aspx

- You will need to document 35 hours of formal Project management training. This could be in form of classes, seminars, workshops, training sessions etc. Be prepared to state the class title, location, date and course contents while filling the application for the PMP® exams.

- Apart from filling the application form and documenting your Project management training you will need to satisfy additional criteria below. You could belong to one of the 2 categories.

- The first category is for those who hold a Bachelors degree. You will need to provide evidence of your degree via transcript or your certificate during the application. In addition to this you will need to complete a Project
management experience verification form documenting 4500 hrs of Project management experience that spans a minimum of 3 years and not more than 6 years.

- The Second category is for those who do not hold a Bachelors degree, but hold a secondary school certificate or equivalent. You will need to provide evidence of your education via transcript or your certificate during the application. In addition to this you will need to complete a Project management experience verification form documenting 7500 hrs of Project management experience that spans a minimum of 5 years and not more than 8 years.

- After you meet the three criteria above; you should submit your application and wait for 5 working days for review of your application by the PMI®. If you are approved to take the examination. You will need to make payment. The exams fee is $555 for non PMI® members and $405 for PMI® members. The exams can be scheduled online after payment is received by PMI®. Testing is conducted by the Thompson Prometric center. You find one closest to you at the PMI® website.

The PMP® examination

The examinations consist 200 multiple choice questions. The are 4 answer options to each question on the exams. Sometimes all the answer options are corrrect and you will need to pick the most correct option. The exams will last for 4 hours. Only 175 of the 200 questions are scored and the remaining 25 questions are use by PMI® for statistical purposes to determine if the questions should be used for future exams.