• Awarded by Project Management Institute, PMI®, which was founded in 1969 as a Not-for-Profit Professional Association
• The first PMP certification was launched in 1984. Since 2007, it has been awarded with the ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024 accreditation from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• Currently, there are more than 350,000 certified PMPs worldwide in industries ranging from healthcare, telecommunications, education, finance, construction to the I.T.

• Foundation in Project Management
• Project Life Cycle and organizational structures
• Project Integration Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management
• Project Cost Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Human Resource Management
• Project Communication Management
• Project Risk Management
• Product Procurement Management

• 46 hours of professional training which includes:

1. Instructor-led classroom training (33 hours)
2. Mock examination and examination drill (7 hours)
3. Project focus workshop (6 hours)

• Emphasis is placed on examination skills and the practical application of project management expertise
• Regional project case studies will be discussed
• Trainer has significant and up to date co-operation experience with PMI
• Free re-sitting for those who fail the exam and have 80% of attendance or above
• Eligible for Continuing Education Fund (CEF)

• Educational and project management experience requirement

1. For bachelor degree holders and/or above: A minimum of 36 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience* during which at least 4,500 hours are spent on leading and directing project tasks**
2. For other education qualifications: A minimum of 60 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience during which at least 7,500 hours are spent on leading and directing project tasks

• 35 hours of recognized project management training
• Pass the PMP examination
• Candidates are required to earn and report 60 professional development units – PDUs – within a 3-year cycle

* Project Management experience must be accrued within 8 years by the date of application

** Leading and direct project tasks as identified in the PMP examination specification

• A 4-hour Computer-Based Testing (CBT) examination
• 200 multiple-choice questions, of which 25 are considered as pretest questions which do not affect the overall score
• Exam fee: US$555 for non-PMI member, US$405 for PMI member
• Once registered, the eligibility for examination is 12-months. You may take the examination up to 3 times within this 12-months period should you not pass in the first attempt.
• PMP examination blueprint:

Mr. Kenric Li Yu Hin

• Official Reviewer, PMBOK 4th edition
• PMI Risk Management Professional (PMI –RMP)
  PMI Project Management Professional, PMP
• Vice President, Education, PMI HK Chapter (2007-2009)
• PMI Board Support Committee member (2010 -2011)
• Over 10 years of Asia Pacific regional business analysis, project management and consulting experiences.
• Trained up project managers of over 15 countries

“My team and I are very satisfied with the services that KORNERSTONE’s professional trainers provided.  In the entire Project Management Professional (PMP) training session, they demonstrated professional PMP knowledge and extensive experience.  They improved our Project Management Skills in every aspects with positive feedbacks from our project stakeholders.”

Stephen Chow,
Manager, Applications Development – Technology,
South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd.

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