Project Managers who desire PMP certification need to contact hours of documented project management training. However, there is some level of misunderstanding around just how they can achieve this. 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 hour certificate. Here is a survey of the ways PMP aspirants can satisfy that requirement.

In the Project Management Professional Credential Handbook, it states that the candidate must "Document 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 contact hours of specific instruction addressed learning objectives in project management?

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. For more detail go to: www.change-ur-mind.com. However, the course work must be completed at the time you submit the application. 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.

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:

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.

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 pod casts 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.

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 pod casts, as long as they are clearly document able.

What does not satisfy the PMP Educational Requirements?
The following do not satisfy the education requirements:

Degree program, such as MBA, in its entirety, but many of the classes within the program will apply and must be documented individually

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.

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