Project Management Professional (PMP®) Examination Specification

Preface

The Project Management Institute (PMI®) offers a professional credential known as the Project Management Professional (PMP®). PMI’s professional credentialing examination development processes stand apart from other project management certification examination development practices, because PMI aligns its practices with the recognized international testing standard (ISO 17024) and the North American testing standards of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). One key component of the aforementioned standards is that organizations wishing to offer valid and reliable professional credentialing examinations are directed to use a job analysis, or role delineation study, as the basis for the creation of the examination. These ...