My company has offered me to become a Project Management Professional (PMP®). It is voluntary, so they will provide the means if I am willing to do the effort to pass the exam. So the first question that came to my mind was: Is it worth the effort?  So I analysed what you need and what you get.

What do you need to become a PMP?

The PMP certification is managed by the Project Management Institute -PMI- (www.pmi.org).  On their webpage you can find the requirements to apply to the PMP exam:

• Between 3 and 5 years project management experience depending on your educational background
• 35 hours of project management education

Once you are eligible, you have to pay the exam fee (between $405 and $555 depending if you are a PMI member or not).  The exam is a 200 multiple-choice type questions that you have to answer in less than 4 hours. (more…)