Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI) Delivers Full Suite of Certification Exams in Over 5,000 Locations Through Expanded Testing Agreement with Pearson VUE
Project Management Institute, Inc. (PMI), the leading not-for-profit professional membership association for the project management profession, and Pearson VUE, a global leader in the computer-based testing industry, have announced an expanded, multi-year agreement that will offer more testing options for candidates looking to earn PMI certifications at all stages of their career. The new agreement will offer candidates access to even more PMI certification tests as well as more flexibility in their testing location options, thanks to Pearson VUE’s global network of testing centers and online proctoring solutions.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190423005149/en/
Beginning July 1, 2019, seven additional PMI programs, including the Project Management Professional (PMP)® – renowned as the global gold standard for project management professionals – will become available to professionals around the globe through Pearson VUE’s network of more than 5,600 secure test centers, including locations on military bases. Certain exams, like the Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP), one of PMI’s fastest-growing certifications, will also be offered via an online proctoring solution that allows test-takers to sit for an exam at their home, school, company, or other suitable testing location. PMI has been offering its associate level certification, the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® through Pearson VUE’s online remote proctoring capability since 2017.
“At PMI, we are committed to providing opportunities for project management professionals around the world to obtain the certifications necessary to excel and advance their careers,” said Michael DePrisco, vice president, global solutions at Project Management Institute, Inc. “We understand that PMI members are busy working professionals and this expanded partnership will make testing for PMI certifications more accessible by giving candidates more options on where they get certified. By unlocking access to Pearson VUE’s expansive network of testing sites and online proctoring capabilities, we hope to make the test-taking experience more convenient and enhance the overall certification process.”
“Without exception, PMI’s standards for project, program, and portfolio management are the most widely recognized in the profession, and we’re delighted to further serve PMI’s project management community,” said Bob Whelan, president of Pearson Assessments. “With our expanded partnership, we look forward to delivering project management practitioners an all-around better exam experience while helping PMI achieve its strategic vision to advance the project management profession globally through our expansive test delivery channels.”
This most recent agreement adds global delivery of the following PMI certification exams: Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)®, Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®, Program Management Professional (PgMP)®, Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)®, Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)®, and Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)®.
About Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project Management Institute (PMI) is the world's leading association for those who consider project, program or portfolio management their profession. Founded in 1969, PMI delivers value for more than three million professionals working in nearly every country in the world through global advocacy, collaboration, education and research. We advance careers, improve organizational success and further mature the project management profession through globally-recognized standards, certifications, communities, resources, tools, academic research, publications, professional development courses and networking opportunities. As part of the PMI family, ProjectManagement.com creates online global communities that deliver more resources, better tools, larger networks and broader perspectives.
Visit us at www.PMI.org, www.facebook.com/PMInstitute and on Twitter @PMInstitute.
About Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE has been a pioneer in the computer-based testing industry for decades, delivering more than 15 million certification and licensure exams annually in every industry from academia and admissions to IT and healthcare. We are the global leaders in developing and delivering high-stakes exams via the world's most comprehensive network of nearly 20,000 highly secure test centers in 180 countries. Our leadership in the assessment industry is a result of our collaborative partnerships with a broad range of clients, from leading technology firms to government and regulatory agencies. For more information, please visit PearsonVUE.com.
To view this piece of content from cts.businesswire.com, please give your consent at the top of this page.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190423005149/en/
Contact information
Mary Ortega
610-356-4600 x7030
Mary.Ortega@pmi.org
Nancy Jerdee
952-681-3798
nancy.jerdee@pearson.com
About Business Wire
(c) 2018 Business Wire, Inc., All rights reserved.
Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global leader in multiplatform press release distribution.
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
NetApp Empowers Customers to Securely “Talk to Their Data” in Collaboration with NVIDIA18.3.2024 23:00:00 CET | Press release
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA to advance retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for generative AI applications. The new collaboration directly connects the just-announced NVIDIA NeMo Retriever microservices—coming to the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform for development and deployment of production-grade AI applications, including generative AI—to exabytes of data on NetApp’s intelligent data infrastructure. Every NetApp ONTAP® customer will now be able to seamlessly “talk to their data” to access proprietary business insights without having to compromise the security or privacy of their data. Enterprises want to leverage publicly available large language models to talk directly and securely to their corporate data with assurance that their private data will never be accessible outside the enterprise. Until now, enterprises that wanted to build internal chatbots, co-pilots, and applications that leverage corporate knowledge were faced with co
KPMG’s "Digital Gateway for Tax" Platform Raises Global Standards in Tax Functionality with Generative AI18.3.2024 18:38:00 CET | Press release
In a landmark move, KPMG has enhanced the capabilities of its Digital Gateway for Tax incorporating generative AI (genAI) as an independent component to communicate directly with data, enabling powerful insights and enhanced levels of efficiency. This pioneering Software as a Service (SaaS) is designed to provide an end-to-end solution for all members of the tax department and marks a significant milestone in tax technology, integrating generative AI for organizations embarking on their tax digital transformation journey. The KPMG Digital Gateway for Tax platform’s real strength lies in its content and transparent data enrichment capabilities. The solution empowers clients to use the Digital Gateway as their Centralized Knowledge Hub, where users can access company-specific documents through the unified genAI platform. The RAG approach (Retrieval Augmented Generation) is relied upon to effortlessly enrich models with additional content which helps ensure the information used to generat
Media invitation: World leaders must make headway for adaptation - there are no alternatives18.3.2024 18:06:00 CET | Press release
A coalition of international climate organizations will come together for an event in Copenhagen on the 20 March 2024 to deliver recommendations on integrating climate and development for climate finance to world leaders, ahead of a year of intense negotiations, starting at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240318208761/en/ Photo: Mathilde Utzon The year 2024 is of paramount importance for our future. We face an urgent need to handle the climate crisis, within the broader range of Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s high-level meetings leading up to COP29 will focus on climate finance, aiming to address the substantial funding gaps. To kick-start these discussions DanChurchAid, E3G, the International Institute for Environment and Development, CONCITO, NDC Partnerships, and the UN Foundation are coming together to co-host the virtual and in-person event ‘Integrating Clim
Verimatrix Releases Counterspy as a New Anti-Piracy Solution with First-Ever Defensive Capabilities18.3.2024 17:45:00 CET | Press release
Regulatory News: Verimatrix, (Euronext Paris: VMX), the leader in powering the modern connected world with people-centered security, today announced general availability of its new Verimatrix Counterspy anti-piracy solution -- the most advanced anti-piracy technology seen in the past decade. Counterspy leverages technology first developed by the company's cybersecurity team back in 2021 to offer an innovative new way to counter the rise in video piracy in an era where streaming apps are prevalent. Counterspy is a standalone product within Verimatrix's anti-piracy team, engineered to prevent video content theft, shield apps from attack, and provide ongoing piracy threat prediction, detection and response services. Counterspy goes beyond traditional methods to ensure top-tier security for media app subscribers, safeguarding content across various devices. It fills the gap in authentication created by the shift from operator-controlled set top box hardware to retail or app-based OTT clien
Centrico Spa (Gruppo Banca Sella) and Veracode Enter Deal to Help Secure the Application Development Life Cycle18.3.2024 15:42:00 CET | Press release
Centrico Spa, part of Gruppo Sella and a specialist in providing open banking systems for innovation-oriented financial institutions, has entered a collaboration with Veracode, a global leader in application security risk management. The deal will enhance the analysis, detection, and prioritization of flaws to expedite software fixes at every stage of Centrico’s application development life cycle. Modern banking and finance are exposed to a stringent and evolving landscape, not least as a result of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and an increase in frequent and sophisticated cyberattacks. According to data collected in Veracode’s State of Software Security Report, 72 percent of financial organizations contain vulnerabilities—the lowest percentage of all sectors analyzed and an improvement from the previous year. Even so, financial organizations would benefit from increased automation and secure coding techniques to help them prevent, detect, and respond to vulnerabilities