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How to Satisfy 35 Hours of Project Management Training for the
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Author: John
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Project Managers who aspire to take the PMP exam need to have 35
hours of documented training in the area of project management.
However, many believe they must take specialized and expensive
courses, and some are not aware that some of the training and
education
they already have may qualify. Others
think they need to acquire a single 35 hour certificate. Here is a
survey of the ways PMP aspirants can satisfy the 35 contact hour
requirement.
The Requirement
In the Project Management Professional (PMP) Credential Handbook,
it states that the candidate must "Document 35 contact hours of
project management education." This requirement applies to all
applicants, regardless of degree or project management experience
level. So, just what must the candidate do to satisfy those
"Contact Hours of Project Management Education", where at least 35
contact hours of specific instruction addressed learning objectives
in project
management?
Documenting Project
Management
Training
and Education
The first step is to document all education hours regardless of
when they were accrued. PM education hours for these purposes do
not expire and do not need to be within any recent time frame.
However, before submitting the
application
, the course work must already be
completed. PMP Prep coursework does qualify, as it is project
management oriented, but it would need to occur before the
candidate actually submits the application. Note that "one contact
hour is equivalent to one actual hour (60 minutes) of training or
instruction received", as per the PMI.
After documenting all hours, PMP candidates need "classify" content
of the courses according to the PMBOK knowledge areas, including
project quality, project scope, project schedule, project budget,
project communications, project risk, project procurement, and
project integration management. If all hours add up to 35 or more,
the candidate has already satisfied the requirements. In many
cases, the candidate will have either no hours or less than 35
hours of PM training, and they will need to fill that gap with
additional project management training.
What Qualifies?
These educational requirements can be met by demonstrating the
successful completion of courses, workshops, and training sessions
offered by one or more of the following types of education
providers:
A. PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s) - Pre-approved
courses offered by PMI R.E.P.s. These can be classroom instruction,
live instructor-lead training online, or pure online packaged
courses that are available 24x7.
B. PMI Component organizations - PMI chapters, specific interest
groups, colleges, or the PMI.
C. Employer/company-sponsored programs - as long as content can be
logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
D. Training companies or consultants - as long as content can be
logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
E. Distance-learning companies, including an end-of-course
assessment - can include live instructor-lead training online, or
pure online packaged courses that are available 24x7, as long as
content can be logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
F. University/college academic and continuing education programs,
as long as content can be logically mapped to the knowledge
areas.
Note that one hour of classroom instruction equals one contact
hour. Non-classroom instruction, such as online training, also must
comply with the rule that one hour of classroom instruction equals
one contact hour. Project Management podcasts can also satisfy all
or a portion of the requirement. The important thing is to be able
to provide complete and authoritative documentation of the training
and education, such as certificates, tests, syllabus, course
descriptions, and transcript to properly support your claim.
Here are some scenarios of what should qualify:
1. Completion of a 15 week
university
or college course on project
management that met for three hours per week would qualify for 45
contact hours.
2. Completion of a university or college course that was
approximately 50% on the subject of project management that met for
two hours per week for 15 weeks would qualify for 50% x 30 contact
hours, or 15 contact hours. The additional 20 contact hours could
be earned with an 8 hour REP classroom training, and 12 hours of
REP 24x7 online training.
3. Completion of a single REP classroom course or online, 24x7 set
of courses that add up to 35 hours or more.
4. Completion of some combination non-REP classroom project
management training, live instructor-lead online project management
training, online 24x7 project management training courses, or
project management podcasts, as long as they are clearly
documentable.
What does not satisfy the PMP Educational Requirements?
The following do not satisfy the education requirements:
1. PMI chapter meetings, unless spent conducting a learning
activity
2. Self-study (e.g., reading books)
3. Degree program, such as MBA, in its entirety, but many of the
classes within the program will apply and must be documented
individually
Conclusion
There are many ways to satisfy the PMI requirement of 35 hours of
project management training. Any training must be in the areas of
project quality, project scope, project schedule, project budget,
project communications, project risk, project procurement, and
project integration management. The PMI rule is that one hour of
training equals one of these contact hours. Applicants must be able
to clearly document the training with proper proof. The final
authority is the PMI, and the authoritative document is the Project
Management Professional (PMP) Credential Handbook, which can be
found at http://www.pmi.org/PDF/pdc_pmphandbook.pdf.
Applicants should contact the PMI directly with any questions or
concerns.
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About the Author:
John Reiling's web site, Project Management Training Online,
provides online REP training that satisfies the PMI's 35 hour
requirement. See "Pass the
PMP Exam" for details. John is a PMP and frequent writer on
Project Management topics (see PMcrunch.com).
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