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PMP certification has obtained a status of a market differentiator and is accepted by good organizations as a standard for their project managers. This qualification definitely lends a competitive leading edge to project managers in both the private and public sector. PMP certification includes training that maintains, develops, evaluates, administers and promotes an examination-based, professional certification program of the top quality.
PMP Certification Process:
For PMP certification one candidate must satisfy all experiential and education requirements established by PMI (Project Management Institute). The aspirants must have a minimum experience of 3 years in project management in his total 6 years of experience. PMP certification is not for Project Managers from a specific domain. A Project Manager working in any Industry, it can be Manufacturing or Retail or Defense or Information Technology can write the PMP Exam and upon successful completion can become a PMP.
PMI measures Project Management Experience in units of PDU. PDU means Professional Development Unit. So, if you attend a Project Management Class of 1 hour by an expert, its equivalent to say 1 PDU. If you write a White Paper on Project Management related topic, it may be equivalent to 5 PDU. PMI has detailed guideline on what kind of project management activity amounts to how many PDUs. Every three years, one must haveacquired 60 PDUs to retain their PMP certificate. So first time, when you write the exam, you become PMP for 3 years.
There are many Project Management Training companies, who are PMI REP. PMI REP training institute means, these training companies are registered with PMI as Registered Education Provider. If you attend their 35 hour contact training, they also give you 35 PDUs. As PDU is a measure of Project management activity by PMI.
PMP Exam is a four hour exam consisting of 200 questions. Out of this 200, 25 questions are not scored. But you should answer all 200 questions, with same seriousness because you won't know which these 25 questions are. PMI includes these questions to see how many test takers are getting them right. Based on this, they might decide to include these questions in future Exam. It's like a survey conducted by PMI.
Now, you must be guessing that PMP exam is not that easy. You are right! Taking PMP exam does require certain seriousness in preparation. But once you get the certification it's a great advantage in your career growth.
