Can We Take The PMP Certification Exam from Home

01-Aug-2020

PMP Certification or Project Management Professional Certification is definitely a value add for aspirants for Project Management. Accredited by the PMI it definitely becomes even more relevant today.  Pandemic has changed a lot of things today with more and more people taking upto the Virtual World. Even before we understand how to take the exam, let us take a look at the exam itself. As stated by PMI, the exam comprises of about 200 multiple choice questions out of which 25 are pretest questions. Interesting isn’t it! The allotted time for this exam is about 4 hours (240 minutes), ample enough to ensure that the paper is read thoroughly infact comprehended properly. The entire paper is divided into two parts with a break of 10 minutes in between. They are more practical in nature, based on real life scenarios, referenced to current project management titles and of course core content.

However the first thought that comes to the mind is how to take up the exam in Covid times. Where to go, how to apply, which is the best place and most importantly Can we take the PMP Certification exam from Home today. The answer definitely is motivating with a YES!

It comes with some basic requirements though, like, an individual can take up the PMP Certification exam from home with proper internet connection on the PC, Laptop or a Tablet. Practically speaking in the normal scenario this would require the aspirant to look for the best institute or centre that could assist in getting this exam in place for them. Today, it is different with the PMI President, Mr. Sunil Prashara, announcing in the month of March that PMI is getting the structure in place to offer the PMP Certification through webcam and it became official on 14th April 2020 that definitely this Certification exam can be taken online. Some of the basic rules-

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1.    Aspirant would require a webcam definitely as a proctor would be keeping a watch during the exam.
2.    A good internet connection to ensure there is no disruption.
3.    An independent quite space to enable the aspirant to give the exam comfortably and vice-versa, making it easy for the proctor to monitor.
4.    Once the PMP application is complete and the PMP exam eligibility is reached, the aspirant will have the option to schedule the PMP Certification exam in their PMI profile
5.    Self paced-learning, Instructor led virtual training, online proctoring are an added advantage no doubt.

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