Certifications
PMI issues eight certifications. The chapter does not administer the exams — PMI does — but we help with preparation, and the annual conference carries PDUs that keep a certification alive.
PMP
Project Management Professional
PMI’s best-known certification. For people already running projects with a few years of experience behind them.
CAPM
Certified Associate in Project Management
The entry point. For students and people starting out, with no requirement for years spent leading projects.
PMI-ACP
Agile Certified Practitioner
For agile approaches, without tying itself to one methodology.
PgMP
Program Management Professional
For people running programmes — several related projects under one goal.
PfMP
Portfolio Management Professional
For portfolio management at organisational level: deciding what gets done at all, and what does not.
PMI-PBA
Professional in Business Analysis
For business analysis in a project context — requirements, scope, and the line back to the user.
PMI-RMP
Risk Management Professional
For risk management on large and complex projects.
PMI-SP
Scheduling Professional
For building and holding a schedule on complex programmes of work.
Requirements are set by PMI and change over time. Check them at pmi.org before you apply.
What the chapter does
Exams are run by PMI, through its centres and online. The chapter issues no certificates and guarantees no pass. What we do offer: study groups when there is enough interest, people who have already sat the same exam, and an annual conference that carries PDUs towards keeping a certification current.