Why Should I Get a PMP Certification?
Earning a PMP certification offers a multitude of benefits, including validating to employers that you are highly skilled in areas such as motivating people and teams, using various approaches to complete projects in the best way possible, and the project leadership and expertise to be successful.
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Higher Salary
The median salary for PMP holders in the U.S. was 32% higher than those without certification. Source: PMI’s “Earning Power: Project Management Salary Survey – Twelfth Edition”
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Be In Demand
The demand for project management professionals is rising. 25 million new project management professionals are needed to meet global demands by 2030.
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Increased Career Opportunities
Get increased career opportunities by setting yourself apart in a competitive job market. 73% of organizations use a formal project management approach which means they’ll be looking for talent with a project management certification.
Maintaining Your PMP Certification Requirements
Additionally, it is important to note that the PMP certification must be maintained and renewed every 3 years. The requirements to do so are to earn 60 PDUs or Professional Development Units, which are 1-hour time blocks you spend either learning, teaching others, or volunteering. These PDUs can be earned at any time throughout the 3-year cycle. Your 60 PDUs must break down into:
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35 minimum education PDUs
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25 maximum giving back PDUs
Looking to get re-certified? Check out our Lean Six Sigma Certification. Earn the education PDUs required to re-certify your PMP and earn a new certification at the same time!
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PMP Course
Our expert-led PMP training course will prepare you to pass the PMP exam through the Project Management Institute (PMI). The course can be taken as a full-time 5-day course either in-person or virtually, or as a part-time 9-evening virtual course. We recommend enrolling at least 1 week before the PMP course start date to complete the foundational pre-work.
Next, we’ll take a deep dive into what the pmp course looks like.
PMP Course Overview and Objectives
PM-ProLearn’s PMP training is designed to prepare you for the Project Management Professional or PMP certification exam. The course focuses on concepts of predictive, adaptive, and hybrid project management, the business environment of projects, and project team leadership. After completing the PMP course, you should be able to do each of the objectives outlined in this section.
Several course features will help you achieve these objectives; however, some objectives still require self-study after the course to fully prepare for the PMP certification exam. The PM-ProLearn learning system provides a study guide and foundation for the course materials, including all post-course study and exam preparation. In addition, as a student, you will have access to additional material from PMI to use for post-course studying in preparation for the PMP exam.
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Evaluate and address the project business environment, including managing compliance, internal and external factors related to the project, supporting organizational change, and employing continuous process improvement.
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Given a scenario, explain the appropriate project methodology based on the urgency of the project and the need to deliver business value.
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Given a selected methodology, assess and plan for the project needs in terms of scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, communications, stakeholders, and procurements.
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Explain and synergize the concepts of leading a high-performing team, including virtual teams or team members, to train, empower, and engage them with a shared understanding
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Given a project scenario, evaluate the project and team progress and make changes as needed within the chosen project methodology.
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Given a scenario, explain the techniques to identify, assess issues, and remove impediments, obstacles, and blockers to team performance and desired project outcomes.
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Engage and collaborate with stakeholders (internal and external) effectively.
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Evaluate the project governance required to complete the project goals successfully, including appropriate artifact management.
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Establish a general understanding of and know when to apply agile methodologies and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, and Xtreme Programming (XP)
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Understand and model basic agile principles and mindset on projects and servant leadership concepts
PMP Certification
Project Management Professional
Are you looking to see if the PMP is the project management certification for you? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Our goal is to help people just like you be successful and grow prosperous in their careers. Here, we’ve gathered some of the most requested information to help you on your journey. We’ll cover the topics:
PMP Course Outline: The Lesson Plan
Lesson 1: The Business Environment
Foundation Learning Objectives:
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Define ‘project’ and how it relates to the larger discussion of project management.
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Discuss the different types of organizational structures and how they relate to your project’s management.
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Discuss the principles of project management.
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Discuss the principles of agile and how they relate to your project’s management.
Strategic alignment Learning Objectives:
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Discuss strategic alignment and its elements.
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Determine how projects align with business strategy.
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Explain the impact of business factors on strategic alignment.
Project benefits and value Learning Objective:
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Identify types of business value.
Organizational Culture and Change Management Learning Objective:
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Describe change management theory and its relation to organizational change.
Project Governance Learning Objective:
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Define and discuss project governance.
Project Compliance Learning Objective:
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Explain project compliance and its importance.
PMP Certification Requirements
The PMP certification requires a mixture of real-world project management experience and education. The PMP certification requirements are to have:
A 4-year degree from an accredited college/university or a High School/Secondary Diploma
36 months (4-year degree) or 60 months (high school diploma) of experience leading projects within the past 8 years
35 hours of project management education/training or the CAPM certification
Our PMP Course provides you with the 35-hour PMP training requirement
Are You Military?
Mission planning and execution is project experience. Some things that you can consider:
Planning for and conducting a Field Training Exercise
Planning and preparing for a maintenance/readiness inspection
Planning for and conducting a deployment
Implementing a new process
Improving an administration process
Developing a training plan or curriculum
Our 9-evening course runs in 4-hour time blocks and can be condensed to a 2-week format Monday through Friday the first week and Monday through Thursday the second week, or extended to a 5-week format offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The day-to-day timing may vary slightly depending on group discussions and things of that nature but will follow the outline of the following schedule. The 9-evening course is only available as an instructor-led virtual course.
What is a PMP Certification?
The PMP certification is a globally recognized credential from the Project Management Institute (PMI) that proves to employers that you can manage projects, including the people or stakeholders, processes, and priorities that come with ensuring the project gets completed efficiently and effectively.
As a premier authorized training partner of the Project Management Institute, our expert PMP training and learning resources are everything you need to earn this project management certification confidently. Start your journey to become a Project Management Professional today!
PMP Course Schedule: What to Expect
Our 5-day Monday through Friday PMP course runs from 8:00 am until about 4:30 pm with a 45-minute lunch break in between. The day-to-day timing may vary slightly depending on group discussions and things of that nature but will follow the outline of the following schedule. The PMP course outline and schedule are the same whether you do an instructor-led virtual or in-person course. No matter your preferred learning style, know you’ll get the same quality content and instruction in both atmospheres.
Many employers offer benefits like tuition reimbursement programs that will pay for your certifications. Check with your HR executive to see if you qualify. Some employers we've worked with include:
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Booz Allen
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Northrup Grumman
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KPMG
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General Dynamics
Additionally, retired military and their spouses may use:
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Post 9/11 GI Bill
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MyCAA
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The military funding options you can use for the PMP are:
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Army CA
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Coast Guard COOL
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Post 9/11 GI Bill
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VR&E
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AF COOL
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Unit Funding
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MyCAA (for spouses)
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PMP Certification Funding Options
You may be eligible to get your certification at absolutley no cost to you. There are a number of funding options for both civilian and military personnel.
Talk to an advisor about our funding options and discounts for military and first responders.
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Can't use any of the above funding options? Military members and their spouses may receive a 30% discount. Contact us to see if you qualify.
The PMP Exam is a 4-hour exam with 180 questions. The questions are a mixture of multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, hotspot graphics, matching, and more. There’s no sugar-coating it, it’s not easy! Each test question can be related to real-life project management experiences which is what helps make this certification so desirable to employers. You can rest assured that our expert-led training and extensive study library including flashcards, practice questions, practice exams, and more will have you well-prepared to pass your PMP exam on the first try.
You can take your exam at a Pearson Vue Testing Center (recommended) or securely online. You may attempt the PMP exam up to three times in one year if you don’t pass. With the purchase of PM-ProLearn’s PMP training course, your exam fees are included, and we’ll even pay for a 2nd attempt if you need it. Restrictions Apply.
PMP Exam
Free Practice PMP Exam
While we offer plenty of study materials and practice exams to those paying for our pmp training, we also offer this free practice exam to anyone who would like to get familiar with the pmp exam layout.
This timed and full-length practice pmp exam is 180 questions designed by a team of experts so that you may evaluate your readiness to take the official pmp exam with PMI.
People - 42%
Process - 50%
Business Environment - 8%
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PMP Exam Domains
About This Practice PMP Exam
All questions were created by a team of PMP expert instructors referencing a set of cloned PMP questions provided to us by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Every instructor who worked on this project is certified by PMI as an Authorized Training Partner (ATP) instructor. They worked hard to meticulously align each question to a specific domain and task from the PMP exam content outline published by PMI according to the same percentage of the actual PMP exam.
The time limit for this practice PMP exam is set for 250 minutes. When you take the actual PMP exam, you can take two 10-minute breaks, so we highly recommend that you schedule and take those breaks during this practice test giving you an actual 230 minutes of testing time. We recommend taking your first break after question 60 and your second break after question 120.
You may take this practice PMP exam as often as you’d like. The same 180 questions will always appear however they are presented randomly. Don't be discouraged by a low score the first time you take this test. Our expert-instructors will be able to get you where you need to be to pass the PMP Exam.
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PMP Certification Cost
Our pmp certification cost is 2099. The pmp training portion can be taken in-person or virtually through Zoom. Both in-person and virtual courses are instructor-led and can be delivered in a 5-day format 8 am-4:30 pm Monday through Friday. If you prefer evening courses, there are virtual 9-evening courses available in 4-hour time blocks and can be condensed to a 2-week format Monday through Friday the first week and Monday through Thursday the second week, or extended to a 5-week format offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays..
The Full PMP Certification Cost Includes:
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PMP training course covering the 35-hour requirement
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1 year access to our online video study system
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1 year access to our live instructor help desk
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1 year free reattendance (reattend the training as many times as you’d like!)
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Practice Questions/Exams
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Mastery Analytics
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Study Guide
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Memory Aids
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PMP application assistance and review with our instructors
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PMP exam fee
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2nd attempt retest fee if needed (conditions apply)