Project Management Professional (PMP) is a certification administered by Project Management Institute, U.S.A. It is a project management course recognized all over the world. PMBOK-fifth edition is the latest version for this exam. The certification is valid for 3 years.
Pre-requisite
Pre-requisite for PMI-PMP examination includes
Four-year bachelor degree
A minimum of 4500 hours of project management experience
OR
A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate degree, etc.)
A minimum of 7500 hours of project management in last five years
AND
35 hours of project management education from a registered education provider (REP)
Fee Structures
Fee Structure to earn 35 PDUs vary from country to country, it may vary from $300 to $5000
To clear the exam, you need to pass a multiple choice examination
You need to answer 200 questions in 4 hours time for domain mentioned below
The exam is available in 13 different languages globally.
It will assess the candidate management knowledge in the following five domains. The weightage of questions for each domain include
Project Management Area
Percentage of Questions
Initiating the project
13
Planning the project
24
Executing the project
30
Monitoring and Controlling the project
25
Closing the project
8
There are other various courses available related to project management on PMI like PgMP, PfMP, CAPM, etc. For more information, you can visit the website the PMBOK website.
The code of conducts and ethic defines:
Responsibility to the profession
Responsibility to customers and the public
Code of Ethics and professional conduct includes
PMP Professional Responsibility
Maintain high standards of professional conduct and integrity
Encourage others in the profession to act in a professional manner
Continuously seek guidance to enhance the professional capabilities
Upholding the code
Compliance with all mandatory rules and regulations
Be responsible for your actions
Practice code of ethics with fairness and honesty
Stick to ethical standards and legal requirements
Protect stakeholder and balance stakeholders interest on the project
Make sure that a conflict of interest doesn't compromise the customer's legitimate interest
Maintain confidential information
Act in an accurate, truthful manner
Reporting illegal or unethical behavior
While dealing with other cultures maintain professional sensitivity
Be aware of cultural differences
Other professional responsibility
Project manager needs to ensure that company policies are followed
Copyright laws are not violated
Budget tampering- do not present anything besides your original estimate
Rights- do not do business with a country where there is a clear violation of the fundamental rights
Code of conducts and ethic sample questions for PMP professionals;
After a person is hired, he presents ideas which were developed by a competitor company already. Are you going to use the same ideas?
As a manager what would you do resolve the conflict between team members?
You are a project manager, and a large and unexpected problem occurs that will cause a delay in the schedule. What should you do?
