The handbook specifically says “the experience does not have to be paid work, but it needs to be in a professional setting”. “Experience leading projects” does not have to be a full-time job as a project manager. These years have to be non-overlapping - basically, if I led three projects concurrently for January 2019 through December 2019, that only counts as 12 months of PM experience, not 36 months.

60 months (5 years) of leading projects and a high school diplomaīasically, a 4-year college degree knocks off two years of required experience.

36 months (3 years) of leading projects and a 4-year college degree OR.

The years of PM experience requirements options are as follows: These can be referenced in the PMP Handbook on the PMI website. The PMP has two prerequisites: years of PM experience and PM education hours.

Here’s a summary of how I prepared for the PMP in 26 days.

PMBOK Guide Sixth Edition Reference Book, free (included with PMI membership).

PMI Official India Official 200 Questions Practice Test, free (included with PMI membership).

PM Prepcast 120 Question Practice Test, free.

PM Exam Coach Dan Ryan 200 Questions Practice Test, free.

Oliver Lehmann Free 100 Questions Practice Test, free.

Ricardo Vargas PMBOK Process Flow 1hr Video, free (YouTube).

PMP Pocket Prep App, 800 Questions, One Month Subscription for $19.99.

Joseph Phillips’ PMP Exam Prep Seminar from Udemy for $10.99.

PMI Membership + PMP Exam (Members Discount) for $544.00.

I only used the following resources with only the first three costing me money: In total, I spent 26 days preparing for the PMP and it cost me $574.98 in total. Like with the CAPM, my goal for the PMP was to find lower bounds on the time and money I could spend while still earning the certification. Some estimates put the study time to complete a PMP at between 4–5 months preparing at a cost of $2600+ for the exam cost and associated study materials like courses, bootcamps, & exam simulators. The Project Management Professional, or PMP, is the industry-standard certificate from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for project management.

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