You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
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PMIProject Management Professional (PMP)
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification validates your ability to lead and direct projects, manage people, processes, and priorities, and deliver results in any industry and methodology. It is designed for experienced project managers with three or more years of experience leading projects. Earning the PMP demonstrates your commitment to the profession and your capability to drive successful project outcomes.
Exam formatMultiple choice, multiple response, matching, hotspot, and limited fill-in-the-blank
Duration230 minutes
DeliveryPMI
Free questions754
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What Project Management Professional (PMP) proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
3domains
26objectives
165concepts
US $149exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the global gold standard for project management. It validates that you have the skills and knowledge to manage and direct projects from start to finish, effectively balancing people, processes, and priorities. PMP holders are recognized across industries and methodologies, demonstrating their ability to lead project teams and deliver value.
Earning the PMP requires a combination of formal education, project management experience, and passing a rigorous exam. The certification is designed for experienced project managers who are ready to take their careers to the next level. PMP holders report increased compensation and career opportunities, making it a valuable investment in your professional development.
Who it’s for
This certification is for experienced project managers who lead and direct projects, manage cross-functional teams, and are responsible for delivering project outcomes. It is ideal for professionals with at least three years of project management experience who want to formalize their skills and gain global recognition. You are a project manager who works in any industry, using various methodologies, and you are ready to demonstrate your expertise in managing people, processes, and priorities. The PMP is also valuable for those seeking to advance their careers, increase their earning potential, and stand out in a competitive job market.
Recommended experience
Three or more years of experience leading projects, with a secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree, or global equivalent) and 4,500 hours of project management experience, or a four-year degree and 3,000 hours of project management experience. Leading and directing project teams; Managing project scope, schedule, and budget; Engaging stakeholders and managing communications; Applying project management methodologies and best practices
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective PMI measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official PMI exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
People
- Task 1 Develop a common vision
- Task 2 Manage conflicts
- Task 3 Lead the project team
- Task 4 Engage stakeholders
- Task 5 Align stakeholder expectations
- Task 6 Manage stakeholder expectations
- Task 7 Help ensure knowledge transfer
- Task 8 Plan and manage communication
Process
- Task 1 Develop an integrated project management plan and plan delivery
- Task 2 Develop and manage project scope
- Task 3 Help ensure value-based delivery
- Task 4 Plan and manage resources
- Task 5 Plan and manage procurement
- Task 6 Plan and manage finance
- Task 7 Plan and optimize quality of products/deliverables
- Task 8 Plan and manage schedule
- Task 9 Evaluate project status
- Task 10 Manage project closure
Business Environment
- Task 1 Define and establish project governance
- Task 2 Plan and manage project compliance
- Task 3 Manage and control changes
- Task 4 Remove impediments and manage issues
- Task 5 Plan and manage risk
- Task 6 Continuous improvement
- Task 7 Support organizational change
- Task 8 Evaluate external business environment changes
On the day
The exam itself
Everything PMI publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
A secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree, or global equivalent) and 4,500 hours of project management experience, OR a four-year degree and 3,000 hours of project management experience.
CertificationProject Management Professional (PMP)
Exam formatMultiple choice, multiple response, matching, hotspot, and limited fill-in-the-blank
Duration230 minutes
DeliveryPMI
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Turkish
PricingUS $149
Certification levelProfessional
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path PMI lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Project Management Professional (PMP)
PrerequisiteA secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree, or global equivalent) and 4,500 hours of project management experience, OR a four-year degree and 3,000 hours of project management experience.
Credential earnedProject Management Professional (PMP) Professional level certification Renewal and maintenance
The PMP certification is valid for three years. To maintain it, you must earn 60 Professional Development Units (PDUs) within the three-year cycle. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. PMI maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by PMI
Exam registration
Register for the exam through PMI, PMI’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official PMI certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
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Questions people ask
How does the PMP exam relate to the CAPM certification?
The CAPM is an entry-level certification for those with less experience, while the PMP is for experienced project managers. Earning the CAPM can help you meet the 35 hours of project management education requirement for the PMP, but it is not mandatory.
Is the PMP exam available in my country?
The PMP exam is available globally through PMI's network of test centers and online proctoring. You can check availability in your region when you schedule your exam.
What is the retake policy for the PMP exam?
If you fail the PMP exam, you can retake it after a 12-month waiting period. You are allowed up to three attempts within a one-year eligibility window.
Are there any hands-on or lab components in the PMP exam?
No, the PMP exam is a computer-based test consisting of multiple-choice and other question formats. There are no hands-on or lab components.
Can I recertify by passing a different PMI exam?
Yes, earning a higher-level PMI certification, such as the PgMP, can renew your PMP certification without needing to earn PDUs.
What job roles does the PMP certification map to?
The PMP is designed for project managers, project leads, and program managers who are responsible for leading and directing projects. It is recognized across industries and methodologies.
How soon will I receive my PMP exam results?
You will receive your exam results immediately after completing the computer-based test. A detailed score report is provided, showing your performance in each domain.
Are there any testing accommodations for candidates with disabilities?
Yes, PMI provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. You must submit a request for accommodations when you apply for the exam.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 754 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept PMI measures — each one written out.
3domains
26objectives
165concepts
163free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official PMI exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1People223 questions
Task 1 Develop a common vision7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 2 Manage conflicts6 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Task 3 Lead the project team7 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Task 4 Engage stakeholders8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 5 Align stakeholder expectations5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Task 6 Manage stakeholder expectations5 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Task 7 Help ensure knowledge transfer3 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Task 8 Plan and manage communication6 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →
2Process307 questions
Task 1 Develop an integrated project management plan and plan delivery9 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 2 Develop and manage project scope3 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Task 3 Help ensure value-based delivery6 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Task 4 Plan and manage resources5 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Task 5 Plan and manage procurement10 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Task 6 Plan and manage finance9 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 7 Plan and optimize quality of products/deliverables8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 8 Plan and manage schedule8 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 9 Evaluate project status9 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 10 Manage project closure7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →
3Business Environment224 questions
Task 1 Define and establish project governance9 concepts · 8 pagesOpen →Task 2 Plan and manage project compliance7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 3 Manage and control changes4 concepts · 6 pagesOpen →Task 4 Remove impediments and manage issues7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 5 Plan and manage risk7 concepts · 7 pagesOpen →Task 6 Continuous improvement3 concepts · 4 pagesOpen →Task 7 Support organizational change4 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →Task 8 Evaluate external business environment changes3 concepts · 5 pagesOpen →
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Task 1 Develop a common vision7 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
34 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
754 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
754questions
163pages
26objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1People223 questions
2Process307 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
165concepts
754free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from PMI
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
165concepts mapped
The source
PMI’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official PMI outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 26 objectives, 165 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When PMI changes the outline, this page changes with it.
26objectives on the outline→165concepts written→754free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.