Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

About the CAPM
Regardless of your career stage, the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® 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 CAPM 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 each year and qualified practitioners are in demand. With the CAPM®, you’ll be on the fast track to opportunity.

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 Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is right for you.

For further information regarding the benefits of the CAPM certification, we request you to visit the following link: www.pmi.org  

Why CAPM

Regardless of your career stage, the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® is an asset that will distinguish you in the job market and enhance your credibility and effectiveness working on or with project teams.

CAPM recognizes your knowledge of the profession and you’ll stand out to employers and be poised to move ahead. Project management is a rapidly growing profession and qualified practitioners are in demand. With the CAPM®, you’ll be on the fast track to opportunity.


Benefits of being a CAPM®, Given below are some benefits of CAPM certification:

• Globally recognized and respected certification: The CAPM certification is globally recognized and respected certification provided by PMI, the leading association of Project Management Professionals. With 12% increase in number of PMP®/CAPM® certification every year, they have been made the de-facto industry standard for Project Managers.
  
• The CAPM certification recognizes your expertise in Project Management: The CAPM certification tells your current and potential employers that you have the foundation of project management knowledge, which could be readily applied at the workplace.
  
• You will be a member of one of the most prestigious professional groups: By attaining the CAPM certification, your name will be included in the largest and most prestigious group of certified Project Management Professionals.
  
• Better salary: It has been observed that Project Managers, who have the CAPM certification, draw more salary than their counterparts, who do not have the aforementioned certification.
  
• Better job opportunities: With the requirements for qualified Project Managers expected to increase exponentially in the future, the job market for Certified managers will get better.
  

For further information regarding the benefits of the CAPM certification, we request you to visit the following link: www.pmi.org  

Eligibility Criteria - CAPM

Eligibility criteria for becoming a CAPM
Gain and Maintain Your CAPM

• The certification exam has 150 multiple choice questions, and you have three hours to complete it.
• To maintain your CAPM, you must retake the exam every five years.

Prerequisites

• 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