A successful entrepreneur, Edward Anderton co-founded Scarlata Chocolate, where he serves as managing director. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Edward Anderton’s professional experience encompasses work as a project manager at Microsoft.
Founded in 1969, the Project Management Institute (PMI) represents the interests of the project management profession and relies on a systematic process, including the following elements, to administer PMP certification:
- Application process. This phase encompasses not only the submission of an application that the candidate must complete within 90 days of commencement, but also a PMI “completeness review.”
- Audit process. This phase assumes the selection of the candidate’s application and requires that he or she submit diplomas and other specified supporting documentation for PMI staff review.
- Examination. Once a candidate’s eligibility has been established via the aforementioned phases and he or she has submitted credentialing fees, the candidate will have up to a year, and three attempts within that timeframe, to pass an exam consisting of 200 multiple-choice questions. Passage of this exam confers certification.
- Ongoing credentialing. During this phase, the PMP must complete 60 professional development units every three years to maintain certification.
