As of 01.01.2021, the contents of the PMP exam have changed.

In future, the questions will relate to the three domains People (42%), Processes (50%) and Business Environment (8%) in a classic, agile or hybrid project environment.

The domains and their focal points are dealt with intensively in the PMP® preparation course. In order to ensure the targeted exam preparation and further training of project managers in the course of the adjustments, the PMI® has launched the Authorised Training Partner (ATP) programme.

As an Authorised Training Partner, the Institute for Project Management (IfP) Düsseldorf was audited by the PMI® and confirmed as a provider of PMP® preparation courses. In addition, our instructors underwent an intensive testing and training process and received the Authorised Training Partner Instructor Badge.

Note for participants of the preparation courses before 01.01.2021:

The project management has not fundamentally changed and the dependencies and contents are still valid.

The main difference between the exams results from the division of the questions, which now focus on the three domains and no longer on the Process Groups. However, the focus of the domains was also reflected in the Process Groups. The structure was adapted because the topic of leadership (people) is gaining in importance with the increasing relevance of agile project management.

The Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification issued by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® is the most important certification level for project managers. The numbers speak for themselves:

over 1,000,000 certified PMP® worldwide
over 15,000 PMP® in Germany

To take the exam in a Person Vue exam centre or in your home office, you need 35 seminar hours. More and more nationally and internationally operating companies qualify their employees as PMP® and when awarding contracts to external companies and contractors, this qualification becomes mandatory. For further information on PMP® certification, please contact the PMI® homepage www.pmi.org, send us an e-mail info@nullifp-duesseldorf.de or call us at +49 211 30187938.

The Project Management Institute (PMI)® is the world’s largest professional association for project management. The Institute is based in Pennsylvania, USA, and was founded in 1969. It now has over 600,000 members and is represented in 185 countries.

The PMI® stands for globally recognised standards in the field of project management certification and offers an extensive research area as well as further professional development opportunities. The PMI® is to be seen as an expert association, in which only individuals can become members and which is completely financed by contributions and other levies of the members.

A PMI Authorised Training Partner is a training provider that has been assessed and approved by PMI® as a provider of preparatory courses for PMP® certification. The ATP programme was developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® to ensure the professional development of project managers and represents a kind of seal of approval. The training materials used were developed by the PMI® and supplemented with their own materials. The instructors have also undergone a rigorous testing and training process by the PMI and are approved as Authorised Training Partner Instructors.

On the PMI® website you can find us in the CCRS register, ATP ID: 3786.

The Project Management Institute (PMI)® has defined two ways to become certified in terms of education level and experience:

1 – The candidate has a (technical) university degree (or higher) at the time of application. The candidate has accumulated 36 months of project management experience in the period of 8 years back from the date of application.

OR

2 – At the time of application, the candidate has a (technical) baccalaureate or has completed an apprenticeship. The candidate has gained 60 months of project management experience in the period of 8 years back from the date of application.

At the time of application, each candidate must have at least 35 contact hours of project management training.

The Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® certificate is not a prerequisite for the PMP® exam.

The CAPM® certificate of the PMI® is aimed at project managers who still have little practical experience. The basis of CAPM® and PMP® is identical and is also based on the PMBOK® Guide. In contrast to the PMP®, the exam takes only 3 (instead of 4) hours and comprises 150 (instead of 180) exam questions. The required “Contact Hours” for the CAPM® certificate are completely covered by the PMP® preparation course.

In order to be eligible to sit for the PMP® exam, you must have a minimum of 35 contact hours of project management education. This continuing education must include all structures and methods of project management prescribed by the PMI®. As an ATP, our PMP® preparation course, in which training materials developed by the PMI are used, fulfils the requirements. The training materials are specifically supplemented by our own documents and experience reports.

The entire PMI® registration process will be highlighted on the last day of training. The free choice of your exam date and location is made by you following your PMP® preparation course.

The exam itself is taken either at PMI® authorised exam centres or at the (home) office in the form of an online proctored exam. Pearson VUE offers a variety of test centres in Germany.

Since 2021, you can also take your PMP® exams online as an online proctored test. In this case, you can book your appointment around the clock and only need a computer, a webcam and an internet connection.

The online exam is conducted by the provider Pearsonvue for the PMI. You can find more information on the preparation and procedure of the exam here.

The exam consists of multiple choice, multiple responses and limited fill-in-the-blank tasks and takes just under 4 hours (230 minutes) to complete.

The test consists of 180 items and the exam result is announced to the participants immediately.

Exam fees are currently around US$550.00 for non-PMI® members and are payable directly to PMI®. Please refer to the PMI® website for current conditions: www.pmi.org.

The seminar language is German. The seminar documents are partly in English. This gives you the best possible preparation for the English-language exam. There is also a German translation of the exam questions. However, in order to avoid misunderstandings in the questions, we recommend the English-language exam.

We also offer courses entirely in English.

No, you do not have to. However, membership does have benefits, such as a reduction in PMP® exam fees or earning ➚PDU’s (Professional Development Units).

As a member of the PMI® you receive a digital version of the PMBOK® Guide. .

The certificate is valid for 3 years. An extension for another 3 years is possible with 60 PDU’s (continuing education units), which you can obtain from us.

Further information on certification can be found in the PMP® Handbook. A careful study of this document is recommended for every participant.

PMI® requires PMPs® to recertify after three years. The recertification is done by obtaining 60 Personal Development Units (PDU).

PDUs are awarded by the PMI® for specific activities:

PDU courses
E-Learning: includes PMI®’s eSeminarsWorld® and Publication Quizzes.
PMI® Community Offerings: PMI® chapters and communities host events, meetings, web conferences and training sessions. PMI® members receive PDUs for participation.
Participation in PMI® Global Congresses and regional events.
PDU Advantage Program: PMI® members have the opportunity to earn PDUs quickly and at no cost. Take advantage of the PDU Advantage System
PMI SeminarsWorld®
Self-Directed Learning: PMI® recognises activities that serve personal development. This includes research, studies, discussions and coaching. The activities should be based on information materials such as CD-Rom, articles, books, etc.
Continuing education programmes from external providers
Publication of articles and books in the field of “project management
Volunteer Service: You receive PDUs when you make your knowledge and skills available to other organisations outside your employer. In addition, the PMI® itself offers many opportunities for volunteer service
Do your job: If project management is part of your job, you can get credit from the PMI®PDUs

Please note that all activities must be directly related to project management and the knowledge areas of the PMBOK® Guide.

For more information, please visit the PMI® homepage.

New guidelines for PDU awarding

The new guidelines apply to all certifications obtained after 01 December 2015. The number of PDUs remains the same (PMP® certificate holders still need 60 PDUs for recertification), but the distribution of PDUs changes.

Giving back
A maximum of 25 PDUs can be earned through your work in project management.
Education
Min. 35 PDUs must be earned in this area. Education must be aligned with the PMI® Talent Triangle of Technical Project Management, Strategic and Business Management and Leadership. A minimum of 8 PDUs must be earned in each education category.

For more information on the revised recertification programme, click here.

Your recertification with the SSCD Six Sigma College Düsseldorf

Continuing education in project management is an essential part of your PMP® recertification. Get your Certified Green Belt and Certified Black Belt training recognised as part of your recertification.

Visit the Six Sigma College Düsseldorf at www.six-sigma-college.de.

First, you independently provide your project experience when you register for the PMP exam on PMI.org. The PMI expects a description of your leading activities in the form of at least 100 words and some additional information, such as the project budget and your own area of responsibility. On the last day of the training, we will go through with you in detail how the specification of project experience works and what needs to be considered.

In very rare cases, there may be a detailed check of your information. In this case, you will have to have your details certified in writing.
You and your colleagues define the contact person. It can be one or more persons who can confirm your project details. You do not have to specify projects at management level. Project collaboration is sufficient here.

We recommend: Less is more! A maximum of 2 projects should be specified, ideally with one contact person, whom you should inform in advance about a possible certification. Then you will get through the audit process as quickly as possible.

The evidence must be certified in written form. The certifier is defined by you and your colleagues. It can be one or more persons who can certify your project details. You do not have to indicate projects at management level. Project collaboration is sufficient here.

We recommend: Less is more! A maximum of 2 projects should be specified, ideally with one contact person, whom you should inform in advance about a possible certification. Then you will get through the audit process as quickly as possible.

Perfectly adequate! The role itself only plays a subordinate role. It is more important that you have taken on management tasks within the framework of the project.

It is very difficult to give a general answer to this question. We recommend being able to answer 80% of all our exam questions in the self-test. This requires 7 days of 10 hours of additional study.

The general failure rate for the first attempt of the PMP® exam is 25-40%. The failure rate of our former participants on the first attempt, on the other hand, is around 1%.
If you do not pass the exam on your first attempt, we will give you the opportunity to retake the PMP® preparation course free of charge.

For optimal preparation, we recommend the following secondary literature to supplement our preparation course:

Project Management Institute, Inc.: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Seventh Edition. PMI®, Newtown Square PA (USA) 2021.

Rita Mulcahy: PMP® Exam Prep, Tenth Edition (Aligned with the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition).

Project Management Institute, Inc: Agile Practice Guide. PMI®, Newtown Square PA (USA) 2017.

Further literature recommendations can be found at the following link.

Detailed directions to the Institute for Project Management (IfP) in Düsseldorf at all our locations can be found here.

We are also happy to help you find a hotel.

Customers can use the contact form on our homepage, the email address info@ifp-duesseldorf, the telephone number +49 211 30187938 or in a direct exchange with our lecturers to ask questions about the courses and report problems relating to the courses we offer. With regard to the recorded complaint of the customer, possible immediate measures are initiated immediately after receipt and sustainable problem solutions are developed by the IfP team with the help of selected methods. The derived measures and solutions are implemented and communicated to the customer by email or phone call. The aim of every process is to be completed with 100% customer satisfaction.

This decision is entirely up to you. The standard course lasts four days and is aimed at all PMP® aspirants.

The Bootcamp, on the other hand, gives the same content within two longer days. In this case, part of the 35 contact hours is an independent intensive follow-up of the course content with our e-learning. The bootcamp is therefore aimed at PMP® candidates with a busy schedule and the willingness to deepen the course content independently beyond the actual training.

The PMP® certification can be an important career building block. It provides internationally recognised proof of your practical skills and acquired theoretical knowledge in the field of project management. In this way, you improve your long-term career opportunities and increase your chances of earning a higher income. In some companies, the PMP® certification is a basic requirement for a position as a project manager.

PSM certification can be an important career building block. It gives you internationally recognised proof of your knowledge of the Scrum Framework and your role as a coach of a Scrum team. This will improve your long-term career opportunities and increase your chances of earning a higher income. In most cases, a Scrum Master certification is the basic requirement for a position as a Scrum Master.

You have 12 months from your last day of the course to take the PMP® exam.