There are 4 PMP exams in 2023, which are March, May, August, and November. Since the March exam is not open for new registration, students who are preparing for the PMP exam for the first time can choose to take the May exam. So, is it still too late to prepare for the PMP exam in May?
Now start preparing for the PMP exam in May, there is plenty of time.
If you have a certain foundation of experience, then it will be no problem to prepare for the exam for about one and a half months. If you are a novice with zero experience without any foundation, then it will be better to prepare for the exam for a longer time, which depends on your actual learning situation. , but it is generally enough to prepare for the exam in about 2-3 months. Generally speaking, 2-3 months in advance is the best time to prepare for the PMP exam. During this period of time, candidates have enough time to go through the textbooks and master the key knowledge points of the exam. Of course, in order to achieve better test preparation results, they need to master certain methods.
First, there are many benefits of taking the PMP exam
1. Capability improvement
Handle large-scale projects and lead professional teams
2. Promotion and salary
increase Promotion to management posts, priority promotion and salary increase
3. Extra points for bidding
With PMP® certificate, extra points for corporate bidding
4. Transformation tool
to help transformation, Broaden career development
5. The company supports
the company to encourage learning and reimbursement of expenses
6. Status symbol,
project manager's strength proof
2. PMP application guide
Education and work experience requirements:
Bachelor degree or above, three or more years of project management experience;
College degree or above, five or more years of project management experience.
Project Management PDU: 35+ hours of project management education/PDU.
Remarks: The 35-hour project management certificate must be issued by an authorized certification body
★Registration candidates need to meet a certain length of project management experience
Exam question type:
There are a total of 180 questions in the PMP exam (Chinese and English bilingual, just read Chinese), consisting of 160 single-choice questions and 20 multiple-choice questions. They are all situational questions, related to work, and are relatively good understand.
3. Employment prospects
1. Project management PMP will become the preferred profession in the 21st century
In terms of salary level, the salary level of PMP holders can be described as soaring all the way. A recent domestic MBA salary survey data provided by a research company shows that the average annual salary of 88,655 yuan already belongs to the high-paying class in China. Drawing on domestic data, the annual salary of senior personnel engaged in project management in the United States can reach US$110,000-300,000.
According to the survey, since 2000, the number of people who have obtained PMP has increased by more than 37 times, and the number of PMPs in the world has also crossed the threshold of 200,000. Therefore, American Business Week also boldly predicts that in the next 10 years, PMP will surpass MBA to become the most popular management talent in enterprises. The US "Fortune" magazine predicts that project management PM will become the preferred profession in the 21st century.
2. PMP certification is recognized by the global project management community
Project management is widely used in industries such as aerospace, electronics, communications, computers, software development, construction, pharmaceuticals, finance, and even government agencies. Many well-known large companies in the world, such as Motorola, Lucent, Hongzhi, Morgan, Stanley, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Bell and even the White House, the US Department of Energy and the World Bank, all adopt the project management mode and require relevant project managers Must have PMP certificate.
PMP certification has been recognized by people in the global project management community. Internationally renowned organizations, such as IBM, GE, Cisco, DHL, Ford Motor, etc., have obtained PMP as many as 10,000 people.
3. China will need 700,000 PMP-certified project management talents in the next three years
In China, PMP certification has attracted widespread attention from Chinese project management professionals, news media and government agencies, especially the business community. In the talent market, the supply of PMP project managers is far from meeting the large demand of enterprises, and PMP has become a "golden profession" leading to success. Statistics show that 86% of companies with global annual sales revenue of more than 500 million US dollars employ project managers with project management qualifications. International investment bankers believe that China is becoming the world's largest project site. Project management talents have become the most scarce talents in China at present, and it is also a new hot spot for multinational companies to enter China to compete for talents.
4. Comparison of changes in the old and new syllabus modules
1. Changes in the module field
(1) The old syllabus is divided into modules according to five project management process groups (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closing).
(2) The new syllabus for 2019 is divided into modules according to personnel management, process management and business environment management.
[Note]: The details of the change in the proportion of test questions are as follows