PMI-SP® Credential Overview

Project teams today are getting advanced day by day globally and virtually, and project procedures are solutions to managing activities, roadmaps, dependencies, resources, and ultimately, the project outcomes. The PMI-SP certification will acknowledge your understanding and skill to handle the improved management of project procedures.

Who Should Apply?

Any individual who has up-to-date knowledge and experience in project developing, project managing and maintaining project procedures, and you’ll be able to demonstrate your skills, then the PMI-SP credential is an excellent choice for boosting your career.

Gain and Maintain Your PMI-SP

The PMI-SP certification exam consists of 170 multiple-choice questions within 3.5 hours to complete.
Professionals who want to maintain their PMI-SP must earn a minimum of 30 professional development units (PDUs) every three years from specialized topics of project scheduling.

PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) Certification Training

The PMI-SP training course will prepare you to pass the examination on your first attempt when combined with your previous PMP training. This training course is framed to provide overall insights into the five project scheduling domains, in addition to linking those domains back to core knowledge of PMP concepts. Candidates completing their PMI-SP certification training will secure the knowledge and skills required to successfully control, plan, manage and maintain project schedules.

How You Will Benefit

• You will gain the knowledge required to pass the PMI-SP Certification exam
• You will gain a better understanding of how various environmental and organizational changes influences the project management
• You will utilize suitable tools needed to develop and manage your project team in a productive and motivational way
• You will improve your skills and capabilities to reach higher-quality management of project schedules
• Contact hours (PDUs) received on completing this course can be used to keep your PMP certification active

Who Should Attend PMI-SP Certification Training

This course is suitable for candidates who own an active PMP certification, candidates who have a considerable amount of scheduling experience and are seeking the PMI-SP certification. This course, along with your previous PMP training hours, satisfies all the educational requirements for PMI-SP Certification.

Requirements

With a Bachelor’s degree or higher:

> 3,500 hours of project scheduling experience
> 30 hours of project scheduling education

Having a high school diploma or any global equivalent:

> 5,000 hours of project scheduling experience
> 40 hours of project scheduling education

Exam Information

You will have up to one year to prepare yourself from the date of your application and are allowed to take the examination. On failing the exam, you are allowed to re-exam twice within your one year eligibility period for earning your PMI-SP credential.

Exams are available at multiple locations around the world. You will need to acquire two forms of identification after arriving at the exam centre. All of your belongings are placed in a locker and are not to be used during the exam.

You will get 3.5 hours to complete a total of 170 multiple-choice questions, out of which 20 questions are considered pre-test and do not carry any marks.

The remaining questions will represent each section of the project schedule management domains:

• Domain 1 – Schedule Strategy (14%)
• Domain 2 – Schedule Planning and Development (31%)
• Domain 3 – Schedule Monitoring and Managing (35%)
• Domain 4 – Schedule Closeout (6%)
• Domain 5 – Stakeholder Communications Management (14%)

There are no breaks during your exam. Questions appear one at a time and can either be answered, answered and marked; or left blank and marked for review.

After submission of the exam, you will be asked to answer a survey in order to receive your results. After which, you will be informed about your results. The exam provides you with a hard-copy of your results, which includes your proficiency level in each of the domains. These Proficiency levels are:

• Proficient
• Moderately Proficient
• Below Proficient

How to Prepare

Preparing yourself for the PMI-SP® exam may be confusing, whether to choose self-study or take an exam preparation course training because of the difficulty of the PMI-SP® exam, many candidates choose to attend an exam preparation training.

Another option is to self-study. There are a number of resources available on the web; the basic source is The PMBOK® Guide, 5th Edition and the Practice Standard for Scheduling.