How to fill PMP Application form? – A complete guide

Have you made up your mind to pursue the PMP credential? Yes? Great! Have you completed the 35 hours of required project management training? Fabulous! Then what? You must now determine how to complete the PMP® application form. It's more complicated than it seems. You must complete the form carefully and accurately, thinking like a project manager. You can learn how to do it from this blog.

Here, we'll be describing the entire procedure step-by-step, from finding the form on the website to submitting the completed form at the end.

Accessing the form

Click the "Certification" link in the top-left corner of the PMI website (www.pmi.org). Choose PMP® under "Get Certified" after clicking the link. After clicking "Apply Now," you will be taken to a screen where you must input your PMI account information. You may quickly sign up for an account if you don't already have one. You are now prepared to begin completing the application. Please be aware that PMI allows you a 90-day timeframe in which to work on and finish the form. You will have to start the form filling process over if you are unable to submit it within that time frame.

Address and educational information

Even though this is common knowledge that you have probably repeated numerous times before, you must take additional care when filling out this form. 20% of the forms that PMI receives are selected for audit, and if your form is one of those 20%, it just takes a small inaccuracy for it to be denied. Please be sure to update your information with the right information, and put the names of your alma maters precisely as they appear on your certificates. You will be expected to present your credentials in the event of an audit, therefore while filling out the form, enter the percentage marks precisely as they are.

Working knowledge

This part of the form could seem challenging, but if you can communicate clearly and organise your information, you can quickly manage it. The eligibility requirements related to various educational backgrounds are expressly stated on the form. Here, you must confirm that you have successfully finished your 35-hour project management training and that you are in possession of all necessary documentation.

Make sure you have the current phone numbers for all the project leaders and mentors whose names must be listed on the form before you begin filling out the experience sheet. To ensure that there is no discrepancy that could damage your prospects of enrolment in case of an audit enquiry, make sure you clarify how you want to document your involvement under various projects with each of the project heads/mentors.

The experience worksheet has two components. You must list the names of the companies you have worked for as well as your positions at each of these companies when you are documenting your job experience.

You will be taken to a worksheet with five main components for filling out the project management experience section: initiating the project, planning the project, carrying out the project, controlling the project, and closing the project. Under each of the project's five phases, you must keep a record of your project experience and your time commitment. Although it is not required, including project management-related phrases like scope, stakeholders, risks, constraints, assumptions, deliverable, closure, archives, status updates, etc. will make your form appear more professional.

Project overlap situation

Several candidates express anxiety about this section when filling out the application. If you worked on many projects that were similar in length, you can separately list the hours you spent on each project, but you cannot include the months again.

Here's an illustration: If Project 1 ran from January 2013 to December 2013 and Project 2 ran from July 2013 to December 2013, you can document project hours independently for each of the projects for the overlapping months from July to December but you cannot document distinct months for each of the projects. In this situation, you are only allowed to record your experiences as lasting 12 months, not 12 + 6 = 18 months.

You will be directed to a page where you must enter your project summary within 550 characters after successfully filling out the experience information and earning the necessary number of hours to meet your eligibility requirements. When writing the summary, be sure to incorporate elements of each of the five project management phases. You will be needed to enter information about your project management education after completing the experience sheet. The ITIL Certification can teach you more about ITIL and its framework.

You must carefully read the Terms & Conditions page before selecting "I accept" at the bottom of the form. Expect a response after roughly five days, as that is how long PMI typically takes to process the paperwork. Get a copy of your completed form as well. You will require the downloaded form in order to validate all the information you have provided in case your form is picked for an audit.

The procedure of filling out the PMP form ends with this step. After that, all you have to do is sit back and wait for PMI's clearance, at which point your project management career will quickly soar to incredible heights.

Who is the issuing Authority of Team Academy’s PMP Certification?

The Project Management Institute, which has its headquarters in New Town Square, Pennsylvania, awards the PMP. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is the largest professional association in the world, representing millions of project managers and other global change agents. The best certification available in the world for project managers is the PMP, by far. Globally, many private and public organisations have made the PMP their preferred choice for project managers and contractors.