Associate Professional in Project Management (APPM™)
Regardless of your career stage, the Associate Professional in Project Management is an asset that will distinguish you in the job market and enhance your credibility and effectiveness working on — or with — project teams.
Organizations with standardized practices attain better results, as shown in our 2015 Pulse of the Profession report. Because the APPM™ recognizes your knowledge of the profession’s preeminent global standard, you’ll stand out to employers and be poised to move ahead.
Project management is a rapidly growing profession. Through 2020, 1.57 million new jobs will be created worldwide each year and qualified practitioners are in demand. With the APPM™, you’ll be on the fast track to opportunity.
Online Proctored Exam
To provide greater flexibility, we now offer the option to take your exam online. With scheduling flexibility and the comfort of your home or office, the online APPM exam is a convenient option that fits your schedule.
APPM™ Body of Knowledge
* Introduction to project management
* Project management environment
* Roles of project manager
* Project integration management
* Project scope management
* Project schedule management
* Project cost management
* Project quality management
* Project human resource management
* Project communication management
* Project Risk management
* Project procurement management
* Project stakeholder management
Who Should Apply?
If you’d like to manage larger projects and gain more responsibility or add project management skills into your current role, then the Associate Professional in Project Management (APPM™) is right for you.
Gain and Maintain Your APPM™
The certification exam has 50 multiple choice questions, and you have one hour to complete it..
Price
Member: £200.00
Non-member: £250.00
Application requirements
* Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
* 1,500 hours of project experience
OR
* 23 hours of project management education completed by the time you sit for the exam. Our Project Management Basics online course fulfills this educational prerequisite.
Professional in Project Management (PPM™)
The Project Management Professional (PPM™) is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers.
You can find PPMs leading projects in nearly every country and, unlike other certifications that focus on a particular geography or domain, the (PPM™) is truly global. As a PPM, you can work in virtually any industry, with any methodology and in any location.
The PPM can also provide a significant advantage when it comes to salary and earning potential. Among survey respondents to RMCI’s Earning Power Salary Survey, those with a PPM certification garner a higher salary (25% higher on average) than those without a PPM certification.
Employers benefit as well. When more than one-third of their project managers are PPM-certified, organizations complete more of their projects on time, on budget and meeting original goals.
The PPM signifies that you speak and understand the global language of project management and connects you to a community of professionals, organizations and experts worldwide. Become a PPM and become a project hero.
PPM™ Body of Knowledge
* Tasks, and Knowledge and Skill Statements
* Initiating
* Planning
* Executing
* Monitoring and Controlling
* Closing.
* Cross-Cutting Knowledge and Skills
Who Should Apply?
An experienced project manager who meets the following requirements:
* Perform their duties under general supervision and are responsible for all aspects of the project for the life of the project
* Lead and direct cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources
* Demonstrate sufficient knowledge and experience to appropriately apply a methodology to projects that have reasonably well-defined project requirements and deliverables.
Gain and Maintain Your PMP
* The PPM application will require you to organize your work experience. See what you need to apply.
* The certification exam has 100 multiple-choice questions, and you have two hours to complete it.
* To maintain your PPM, you must earn 60 professional development units (PDUs)
Price
Member: £300.00
Non-member: £350.00
Application requirements
* Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
* 7,500 hours leading and directing projects
* 35 hours of project management education
OR
* Four-year degree
* 4,500 hours leading and directing projects
* 35 hours of project management education.
Professional in Project Management (PPM™)
The Project Management Professional (PPM™) is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers.
You can find PPMs leading projects in nearly every country and, unlike other certifications that focus on a particular geography or domain, the (PPM™) is truly global. As a PPM, you can work in virtually any industry, with any methodology and in any location.
The PPM can also provide a significant advantage when it comes to salary and earning potential. Among survey respondents to RMCI’s Earning Power Salary Survey, those with a PPM certification garner a higher salary (25% higher on average) than those without a PPM certification.
Employers benefit as well. When more than one-third of their project managers are PPM-certified, organizations complete more of their projects on time, on budget and meeting original goals.
The PPM signifies that you speak and understand the global language of project management and connects you to a community of professionals, organizations and experts worldwide. Become a PPM and become a project hero.
PPM™ Body of Knowledge
* Tasks, and Knowledge and Skill Statements
* Initiating
* Planning
* Executing
* Monitoring and Controlling
* Closing.
* Cross-Cutting Knowledge and Skills
Who Should Apply?
An experienced project manager who meets the following requirements:
* Perform their duties under general supervision and are responsible for all aspects of the project for the life of the project
* Lead and direct cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources
* Demonstrate sufficient knowledge and experience to appropriately apply a methodology to projects that have reasonably well-defined project requirements and deliverables.
Gain and Maintain Your PMP
* The PPM application will require you to organize your work experience. See what you need to apply.
* The certification exam has 100 multiple-choice questions, and you have two hours to complete it.
* To maintain your PPM, you must earn 60 professional development units (PDUs)
Price
Member: £300.00
Non-member: £350.00
Application requirements
* Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
* 7,500 hours leading and directing projects
* 35 hours of project management education
OR
* Four-year degree
* 4,500 hours leading and directing projects
* 35 hours of project management educationSenior Professional in Project Management (SPPM™)
The Senior Project Management Professional (SPPM™) involves program and portfolios management which stand to the highest industry-recognized certification for program and portfolio managers.
You can find SPPMs leading projects in nearly every country and, unlike other certifications that focus on a particular geography or domain, the (SPPM™) is truly global. As a SPPM, you can work in virtually any industry, with any methodology and in any location.
The SPPM will also provide a significant advantage when it comes to salary and earning potential. Among survey respondents to RMCI’s Earning Power Salary Survey, those with a SPPM certification garner a higher salary (35% higher on average) than those without a SPPM certification.
Who Should Apply?
If you’re an executive or senior-level practitioner managing a program or portfolio of projects and programs aligned with organizational strategy and focused on doing the right work, then the SPPM is the right choice for you.
PPM™ Body of Knowledge
* Strategic Alignment
* Governance
* Portfolio Performance
* Program performance
* Portfolio Risk Management
* Program Risk Management
*: Communications Management .
Gain and Maintain Your PfMP
* First phase of evaluation is panel review
* The certification exam has 150 multiple-choice questions and you have three hours to complete it.
* To maintain your SPPM, you must earn 60 professional development units (PDUs) in program and portfolio management topics
Price
Member: £450.00
Non-member: £550.00
Application requirements
* All applicants must possess a minimum of eight years of professional business experience AND
* Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree or the global equivalent)
* 10,500 hours of portfolio management experience
OR
* Four-year degree (bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent)
* 6,000 hours of portfolio management experience