PMP® Certification

PMO Advisory provides comprehensive resources to help you pass the exam. Our PMP Bootcamp is an intensive program that has been achieving perfect passing on the first try.

In fact, we are maintaining a 99+% first time pass rate on all our exams. The bootcamp is offered in traditional classroom and live virtual delivery modes. Both classes are 35 hours of real-time instruction.

This bootcamp uses the PMI approved and supplied training content, combined with our PMP exam simulator that contains over 2,000 practice questions, and also a number of videos to help you prepare to pass the exam on the first try.

Collectively, this course satisfied the training requirement for PMP (and CAPM).

Prerequisites to sit for the PMI® PMP Certification Exam

• Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)

• 60 months of leading and directing projects

• 35 hours of project management education or CAPM® certification

OR

• Four-year degree

• 36 months leading and directing projects

• 35 hours of project management education or CAPM®  certification

Course Objectives:

Successfully pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) Exam and CAPM on the first try by:

• Utilize the full suite of resources from PMI and PMO Advisory to ensure success, with a record of 99% first time pass rate across our exams

  • The “secret sauce” of our success is the PMP Exam Simulator in two modes: Flexible and Exam mode for practice

• Develop a deep understanding of project management, including the project management principles, life cycle phases, knowledge areas, processes, tools, and techniques

• Articulate the role and the key challenges confronting project managers and also provide good practices to successfully address these challenges

• Explain multiple project management approaches such as traditional, agile, and hybrid approaches and address critical questions of when to apply them

• Describe and analyze the importance of environmental factors, processes, and techniques

• Reshape your work experiences to conform with PMI’s approach to project management.

Target Audience

This certification is designed for professionals who act as project managers with proven experience who wish to apply PMI’s methodology for project management and prepare to become a PMP:

• Junior project managers who are certified in CAPM and wish to upgrade to the PMP

• Managers who are increasingly involved in the intricacies of their organization’s projects and need to understand project management – they are sometimes called “accidental project managers”

• Project managers assigned to their organization’s PMO who now deem it important for the PMP certification to be attained

• Functional managers who are taking on more and greater project management oversight and involvement

• Professionals in all types of project intensive industries or functional areas such as engineering, information technology, financial management, training, new product development, research and development and construction management who wish to elevate their professional status.

Course Covers

Based on the PMI authorized training content and appraoch, this course covers the following topics:

• Strategy for Exam Preparation
• About PMI PMP Certification
• Intro to Project Management
• Creating a High Performance Team
• Keeping Your Team on Track
• Getting Started with Your Project
• Doing the Work
• Keeping the Business in Mind
• Special Exercise: Earned Value
• Exam Tips and Techniques

Benefits of PMP Certification

• Globally recognized and respected certification. With a 12% increase in PMP and CAPM® certifications every year, this is the industry standard for Project Managers.

• PMP certification recognizes your expertise in Project Management. PMP certification shows current and potential employers that you have a solid foundation of project management knowledge.

• You will be a member of one of the most prestigious professional groups. By attaining the PMP certification, your name will be included in the largest and most prestigious group of certified project management professionals.

• Better salary. Project Managers with PMP certification earn a higher salary than those who do not have the certification.

• Better job opportunities. Requirements for qualified Project Managers expected to increase in the future. This means the job market for PMP Certified managers will get better.

• Globally recognized by leading companies: The PMP certification is endorsed by leading companies. In fact, they encourage their Project Managers to have the PMP certification.

Exam Results

The Project Management Institute does not disclose the passing score nor how many questions a candidate need to answer correctly. The PMP exam candidate does not even know their scores for the exams, the exam report just shows the proficiency level —there are 4 of them:

• Needs Improvement: Less than 50% of correct responses and the performance is far below the target and fails to meet the minimum requirements. Less than 50% correct responses.

• Below Target: Between 50% and 65% of correct responses, and the performance is slightly below the target and fails to meet the minimum requirements for this exam.

• Target: Between 65% and 75% of correct responses, and the performance meets the minimum requirements for this exam.

• Above Target: Congratulations! Above 75% of correct responses, and the performance exceeds the minimum requirements for this exam.

Our recommendation is strive to achieve at least 72% overall to pass the exam.