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What is pmp certification?
PMP refers to the qualification certification of project management professionals. Initiated by project management institute (PMI), it strictly evaluates whether the knowledge and skills of project managers have high-quality qualification examinations.

Its purpose is to provide unified industry standards for project managers. At present, the certification examinations set up by American Institute of Project Management include: PMP (project management division) and CAPM (Project Management Assistant), and certification examination institutions have been set up in more than 90 countries and regions around the world.

Now PMI China and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs have launched ACP (Agile Certification) and PGMP (Project Management Certification), and PBA (Business Analyst) is expected to implement it by the end of 20 16.

Benefits of participating in PMP:

1. The process of taking the PMP certification exam is also a process of systematically learning and consolidating project management knowledge. This process will help PMP certification participants to combine previous project management experience with systematic project management knowledge, and mutually confirm and realize the combination of theory and practice, thus deepening their understanding of project management.

2. You can obtain PMP certificate issued by PMI by participating in PMP certification. Having PMP certification means that you have become an expert in project management.

There are more than 300,000 PMP people in Chinese mainland? Certificate holder, ranked second in the world. Huawei, Lenovo, China Mobile, China Petroleum and other domestic first-class enterprises regard project management capacity building as the first step of their management internationalization, and have clear requirements for obtaining PMP certificates for core project positions.

Registration conditions:

Candidates must have more than 35 hours of PMBOK study or training experience in project management, and produce copies of relevant certificates.

Applicants must have one of the following two situations:

The first category: those with a bachelor's degree or above, the applicant has at least 4,500 hours of project management experience in the five major project management processes, and the cumulative number of project management months in the six years before the application date is at least 36 months.

The second category: the applicant does not have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, and has at least 7,500 hours of project management experience in the five major project management processes, and the cumulative number of project management months in the 8 years before the application date is at least 60 months.