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What is PMP? Why learn PMP?
The English name of PMP ProjectManagementProfessional refers to the qualification certification of project management professionals, which is the most popular certification managed by the Project Management Institute. PMP examination is a qualification examination that strictly evaluates whether the knowledge and skills of project managers have high quality, and provides a unified industry standard for project managers.

PMP is initiated, reviewed and issued certificates by American PMI. The test paper is reviewed by the American PMI. There are 180 questions in the PMP exam, and 108 questions are passed correctly. The examination paper is bilingual.

Why learn PMP?

1, quickly improve personal strength

After systematically learning the knowledge of PMP project management, everyone will be more proficient in the professional terms, knowledge and skills of project management, which will greatly help us to complete our work efficiently. For this reason, after getting the PMP certificate, we can get more employment opportunities, which is of great benefit to our promotion and salary increase.

The salary increase is obvious.

According to statistics, holding PMP certificate can directly improve the personal competitiveness of project managers. After obtaining the PMP certificate, 66% of people get a salary increase, 76% of organizations and institutions give priority to hiring PMP certified talents, and 9 1% get PMP, which increases the success rate of the project.

3, the applicable industry population is relatively wide.

For many industries, PMP certificate has been widely recognized, such as IT, construction, pharmacy, finance and other fields, with high recognition. In addition, some well-known manufacturers, foreign companies and other companies are very concerned about whether employees get PMP certificates, and some companies even require senior project managers to get PMP certificates.

Who can take the PMP exam?

Although PMP is an international certification, its recognition in China is still quite high.

As for who can take the PMP exam? In fact, people in any industry can take the exam, because PMP has no industry restrictions. After all, everything is a project, and you may be able to apply the thinking of project management to any of your work and life.

What are the registration requirements for the PMP exam?

1. Candidates must have 35 hours (PDU) or above project management training experience, covering three main knowledge areas in the project management knowledge system.

2. People who take the PMP exam must meet one of the following two conditions:

Category I: Applicants with bachelor degree or above.

Applicants should have at least 4,500 hours of project management experience and have been engaged in project management for at least 36 months in the six years before the application date.

Category II: Applicants who do not have a bachelor's degree or below.

Applicants must have at least 7,500 hours of project management experience in the 8 years before the date of application, and the cumulative number of months of participating in project management should reach at least 60 months.