PMP stands for Project Management Professional and it is a globally recognized certification that showcases the ability of an individual project professional on the subject of Project Management. Being a global certification it does not matter where you do it from, it is universally acceptable at the same level across the globe. This certification comes from the Project Management Institute (PMI) Usa which has been in existence since 1969.

This is the foremost certification in the world of Project Management and is one of the top 10 professional certifications in the world. This certification is a benchmark level which is globally accepted for understanding and expertize in Project Management. Many companies do not let project professionals become Project Managers till they are PMP Certified. PMP certification places you at a better position to land the job or in career enhancements, for that matter. On achieving this coveted certification one can postfix the term “PMP” immediately after their names e.g., Maneesh Vijaya, PMP. This certification also allows a project manager to become industry agnostic and may find placements outside their industry of experience.

The PMP Certification is not important for all of you. Its important only if you wish to make a carrier in Project Management and need to prove your expertize to propel yourself and your career to the next level.

PMP being a seriously professional and practical certification one needs to have spent some time working in projects before they can become eligible to appear for the PMP certification.

Please note that if you are in Operational work than this certification is not meant for you. A lot of people come to me thinking that PMP is a certification that is being done by many of their friends therefore they should do it too. On going through their background and their career path and aspirations if I come to realize that they are going to be in operations then I simply advise them NOT to take it up. I know this would surprise a lot of you. At PM-Pulse we simply do not put “Financial Gains” over Ethics and some ones career.

Putting it simply, if you are in any domain or industry and spend more than 50% of your time in Projects or project related work and you wish to make a career out of project management and have about 3 plus years of experience in project related work ….well than this PMP certification is important for you…… very important for you.

PMP is entirely based on the project management guide published by PMI, viz., PMBOK Guide 7th edition and also a bit of PMBOK 6th Edition. This PMBOK (Project Management Body Of Knowledge) contains everything that is needed to be an efficient and effective project manager. The exams is now based on the Examination Content Outline which is divided into 3 domains viz, People, Process and Business. There are other standards applicable as well like the Agile Practice Standard.

PMI has appointed Registered Education Providers (REP’s) across the globe. PM-Pulse is a Global REP of PMI USA. The process is to attend a training from a REP of PMI and that training should be for 35 contact hours. Once you have undergone this training, PM-Pulse (REP) will grant you the 35 Hours certificate. Once you have this certificate you would need to file an application in www.pmi.org (official website of PMI, USA). PMI usually takes a maximum of 1 week to validate your application and give you the approval for the same. Once you get the approval you would be required to pay a sum for the exams which is listed on the site. (There is a way to save a small amount from this fees, but that is explained during the PMP Ninja Training). After paying the exams fees you will be provided with a link for scheduling exams. Choose your closest centre or opt for Proctored exams, and fix the available date and time for the exams. Now prepare for the exams, going through the remarkable material (optional) from PM Pulse. You will know that you have passed the exams, immediately after the exams.

PMP certification, being a seriously professional and global certification its important that only the genuine project related professionals attempt this exams. To ensure that, PMI has laid down the following eligibility guidelines for PMP.

One, PMI wants to ensure that you are well versed with the Project Management Best Practices as shown in PMBOK. For this it wants to know if you have been trained by a Registered Education Provider of PMI, like PM-Pulse. This training should provide you with a minimum of 35 contact hours of training. That becomes your first eligibility which is 35 hrs of contact PMP training by a REP.

Two; Since this is a rather practical professional certification, PMI also wants that the candidates have had some experience in Project related work. And hence PMI requires that you should have had a minimum of 4,500 hrs of project related experience provided you are a graduate. In case if you are not a graduate, all is not lost, you just need to show 7,500 yrs of project related experience.

A lot of people seem to get worried when they look at the experience of 4,500 or 7,500 hrs requirement. They think that this means that they should have had an experience of 4,500 hrs or lets say 3+ yrs of experience as a “Project Manager”. But that is a needless worry. All you need is a 4,500 hours of Project Related experience. Simply put, you should have had experience in Project work irrespective of the role you played in it.

Once certified your PMP certification is valid for life. You just have to renew it every 3 yrs. If you keep renewing your certification you would be able to enjoy this title for your entire life.

No! Renewal of the certification is not done through retaking the PMP exams. For renewing your PMP status you have to visit the PMI.org site and fill in a form that proves that you are still working in the project world and that you are associated to this profession. Once you are done you would be required to pay a very basic PMP renewal fees and that’s it. You are done. Your PMP certification would be renewed for another 3 yrs. The only time you would have to retake the exams is if you do not renew your PMP and even the grace period provided by PMI for the same has lapsed. Hardly anyone is ever this negligent and I am sure, neither are you.

See here is the thing. PMP is one of the most sought-after certification in the World. And unfortunately there are cases where candidates try to “Massage” their experience. PMI is rather aware of this and hence they have made the application process reasonably exhaustive so that only the genuine candidates find their way through it.

Simply put, if you have the eligibility as stated by PMI, you have nothing to worry about. Besides you would understand the application process much better after the training as its connected with Process Groups and hence no matter how much I try to explain at this moment, it may not make much sense to you and I would end up making you a lot more anxious about it than you are already.

PMP application process is not tough, exhaustive yes, tough? No! Becomes a cake walk after our PMP training.

Over the last 5 yrs or so I have been getting this question a lot. For some reason a lot of people are under the impression that this certification is specifically for IT Industry.

This is not true. PMP certification is for each and every domain or industry or vertical where Projects are done. Is as simple as that. From Shipping to Space Exploration from Aviation to Construction, from Manufacturing to Telecom , from Information technology to Oil and gas, from Defence to service consulting and just about everything else in between.

I guess since IT being one of the sectors that is growing globally and that they too have a lot of projects and hence requires a lot of Project Managers. This means that most of the time you would see more of IT Sector than other sector professionals undertaking these certifications. But that’s all to it. PMP certification is for all vertical and domain and industries where projects are undertaken.

Yes! You are right, PMBOK undergoes a revision every 4 or 5 years. Sometimes there are drastic changes and sometimes there are minor changes. However this does not affect your PMP certification status. This is the reason why you would have to show your involvement in Project Management every 3 yrs by earning 60 Pdus. This way PMI ensures that you are in touch with the new developments in PMBOK and are up to date.

PMP Ninja is the only PMP Certification course that ensures that the participants do not mug up concepts but understand it. One of the biggest reasons why all our participants ace PMP exams and that too without any sweat, is that they UNDERSTAND all the concepts and relate it logically with real world industry examples.

Another big difference is that the trainer for this course has over 28 years of hard core diverse industry experience and that too from different parts of the world. This makes PMP Ninja the only course that is being trained by an industry expert who has actually worked and still consults at some of the top global organizations.

The entire course has been created in the same sequence in which most projects are conducted in real world, this helps with context regarding which concept is applicable at which stage of the project.

And finally the biggest difference is that this course does not have a specific pre-defined fees. People who attend this course simply pay what they feel like during or at end of this course.

This is how good this course is and this is how confident the trainer is.

You do realize that we have nearly 100% of passing rate (this is because some of our participants attended PMP training for practical awareness and not for clearing the PMP exams). This high rate of success is purely because of the way the training is conducted and also the quality of amazing material (added optional) that PM Pulse has created around this certification. Besides the trainer hand-holds each of the participants till their PMP exams and sometimes even after as a mentor.

I am aware of this unethical practices that are being undertaken by unscrupulous organizations. But since you may still be wondering let me explain a bit about this. Ask yourself are they really guaranteeing your passing or is this just a simple statistical exercise. When many of you get attracted to this guarantee they get a sizeable no. of people in the class on a regular basis. Their quality being what it is, say 40% or more would fail. Of which very few would actually claim the guarantee. Now the guarantee is “Return Of your Training fees” and that was as it is very cheap. So they know that about 10% of the people would actually claim the training fees back despite failing and they are ok with this. What you need to ask yourself what guarantee would wipe away the “Feeling of Failing”, what guarantee would roll back the level of motivation you would lose once you fail, what guarantee would replace the confidence in your peers once you fail the exams. You truly need to ask yourself what guarantee you are really getting.

Unfortunately most of the training organizations who conduct PMP trainings as well as the way participants select the PMP course, has reduced this training into a commodity. This has therefore ended making it all about marketing, guarantees, lies, proxies, and such disdainful stuff. Hence, to show the difference between PM Pulse training and what others do, I have opted for participants deciding the fees. Once they see the stark difference between how we train versus every other training organization out there, they would know what it is worth. It is as simple as that. And, no, there is no catch. You will obtain your 35 contact hours certificate once you finish the entire course irrespective of what you pay as fees.

If you are able to devote about 1 hr to 1.5 hrs daily without a break for preparing for the PMP Exams and also if you are following the preparation structure prepared by PM-Pulse, it should take you between 25 days to 30 days to be completely ready for the exams.

This is a misconception that only persons who are appointed as Project Managers can qualify for this course. Anyone who has over 3 yrs of experience (4,500 hrs) connected to project work (in any capacity or role) is eligible for this training and also the pmp exams.

Anyone who is not connected in any way to project work and only work in operational work should not attend this training as they would not be eligible to give the exams.

Anyone who is connected to projects but have not worked for 3 yrs (4,500 hrs) should wait for more time to accumulate the qualifying hours before attending this training as they too would not qualify for the exams till their experience matches the qualifying hours.

PMP is the de-facto certification for Project Professionals globally. One of the best ways to showcase your abilities is to get certified. PMP is globally recognizable and have the same value no matter where you clear the same from. Clients get a lot of confidence in the project team that is run by PMP certified managers.

One of the biggest factors affecting the demand for PMP certified professionals is because globally the business is shifting from Operations orientation to Project orientation. This means there is immense demand for Project Managers and hence the demand for PMP Certification to help rise above the rest of the managers.

PM Pulse is the pulse of project management. It offers over 120 different engagements only on Project Management. Our focus is only project management and then everything in project management. It is recommended that you visit the training section of our site www.pmpulse.in and see for yourself the immense wealth of trainings that we offer.