Preparation for PMP® Certification
If you earn a Master's Certificate in Project Management or Master's Certificate in Information Technology Project Management, you are well on your way toward certification as a project management professional (PMP®) by the Project Management Institute (PMI®). The curriculum for each of those programs addresses all the nine knowledge areas of PMBOK® tested in PMI's 200-question certification exam. (The course description pages specify which areas are addressed by which courses.)
Preparing for the PMP® Certification Exam
ESI offers two courses, PMP® Exam Power Prep and PMP® Exam Preparation (in the classroom and online) to help you learn exactly how to tackle any question on the exam. You'll receive valuable publications as part of the class and the opportunity to explore the rationale behind each answer with your instructor, a certified PMP®.
In addition, ESI offers several publications as resources for preparing for the PMP® Exam. They include:
- PMP® Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, Second Edition featuring hundreds of multiple-choice questions and fully referenced answers
- PMP® Challenge offering 540 practice questions on spiral-bound, fully tabbed flashcards
- The Portable PMP® Prep: Conversations on Passing the PMP® Exam a three-volume set of CDs covering all areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Maintaining PMP® Certification® Certification
In order to maintain PMP® certification, PMI® now requires project management professionals to satisfy PMP® Professional Development Program requirements. Project management professionals are required to attain no less than 60 professional development units (PDUs) within a three-year cycle and agree to continue to adhere to PMI's PMP® Code of Professional Conduct. Most of ESI's courses earn PDUs that count toward PMI's requirement.