PMI PMP Eligibility Requirements
- PM Experience is Leadership on Professional Projects -Experience must be Leading and Directing Projects that are professional in nature. PMI will not accept personal projects, projects where you were on the project team, or processes you did repeatedly.
- PM Experience Meets the Definition of a Project – A Project is a unique one time effort with a definite beginning and ending. If you did the same process repeatedly – such as managing payroll on the project, it will not count as project leadership experience.
- PM Experience Must be within the Past 8 years – You can refer back 8 years and your project leadership experience does not have to be consecutive.
- Basic PM Education – Must have 35 hours of Basic Project Management Education (you earn this 35 hours in part 1 of any of the three Cheetah PMP Programs.
- Amount of PM Experience Required (non-overlapping):
- Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate degree, or the global equivalent) – Minimum of 60 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience.
- Four year degree (BS or BA) or its Global Equivalent – Minimum of 36 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience.
- GAC accredited program (Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s or Global Equivalent) – Minimum of 24 months of unique non-overlapping professional project management experience.
PMI is very particular on how they want you to describe your project management experience.
Cheetah students follow a rigorous process with completing their PMI PMP Eligibility application to make sure they will qualify to take the PMP exam.
Cheetah students complete their application in the first part of the program (PMP Headstart or Cheetah Sprint 1) – BEFORE taking the second part of the Cheetah Program . You must schedule your actual PMP exam for the day after your Cheetah class ends and you must do this AFTER PMI approves your PMP Eligibility application.
We do not leave anything to chance – you cannot take the actual PMP exam without first having PMI approve your PMP Eligibility Application.
Over 50% of students who take other PMP exam prep programs do not feel confident in completing the PMP Eligibility Application so they don’t take the PMP Exam. We hear this repeatedly when they then register for one of Cheetah’s programs because they need the PMP for their career advancement.
Cheetah’s program is a program to PASS THE PMP EXAM. To do so, you MUST have your PMI PMP Eligibility application approved so you can take the actual PMP exam the day after your Cheetah Class Ends. WE HELP YOU DO THIS IN PART 1 OF YOUR CHEETAH PROGRAM.