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PMI Construction Professional (PMI-CP)™

PMI professional certification for construction and built environment professionals, preparing construction project managers to lead, plan and manage contracts.

Licensing authority: Project Management Institute

Initial by examination
PMI-CP Certification Exam
Application
Submit experience and training information; complete an eligibility audit if selected; after application acceptance, pay and personally schedule the exam.
Award
Officially pass the PMI-CP certification examination; PMI then grants certification.
Boundaries
The foundational courses are training prerequisites. Advanced courses are expressly not mandatory for the PMI-CP certification and capstone exam. No PgMP/PfMP panel review or adjacent certification examination is added.
Eligibility
Complete the four foundational course training modules and have three years of on-the-job construction or built environment project experience within the past ten years.

PMI-CP Certification Exam

Provider
Pearson VUE testing center or secure online delivery, as described by PMI
Format
Scenario-based questions; testing-center or secure online delivery
Exam questions
Total questions: 120; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
230 minutes
Examination outline
  • Contracts Management (50%)
    • Manage risks and the risk process for Construction and Built Environment Projects
    • Determine how to apply risk tools appropriately
    • Manage the claims process
    • Mange the contract lifecycle effectively
    • Implement the Interface Management process efficiently
  • Stakeholder Engagement (30%)
    • Utilize Communication Tools Appropriately to engage stakeholders and maintain proper communication
    • Prevent communication issues from occuring and ensure stakeholders are engaged
    • Mitigate communication issues effectively as they emerge
    • Manage stakeholders effectively
  • Strategy and Scope Management (15%)
    • Manage stakeholders effectively
    • Implement and Manage the Change Order Process effectively and deliver project benefits and value
    • Develop and apply methods, tools and techniques to develop and manage project scope
  • Project Governance (5%)
    • Implement governance models to drive project outcomes
    • Set up scope governance structures and practices on built environment projects
    • Develop and apply methods, tools and techniques to develop and manage project scope
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