# PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)®

## Overview

2-3 years of experience

Stand out on the project team as a specialized expert with the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® certification. This certification demonstrates your ability to develop and maintain project schedules, manage complex timelines across global teams, and impact project outcomes with proven scheduling knowledge and skill.

## Pricing

- **Member price**: $520
- **Full price**: $670

[Apply Now](https://certification.pmi.org/launch/application/PMI-SP)

*Exam fee will only be required after your application has been accepted and you are ready to schedule your exam.*

## Is a PMI-SP right for you?

Effective scheduling is critical to project success, especially in today’s fast-paced, global work environment. The PMI-SP® certification proves you have the advanced knowledge to create, maintain, and analyze project schedules that align with strategic goals. It validates your ability to manage resources, mitigate risks, and adapt to shifting priorities, ensuring projects stay on track and deliver results. Whether coordinating across time zones or navigating complex dependencies, you’ll stand out as a scheduling specialist who drives performance and accountability.

## Exam Content Outline (ECO)

**Download the PMI-SP Exam Content Outline for details about the exam, eligibility requirements, and the application process.**

### About the Exam

- **Exam length**: 170 multiple-choice questions
- **Exam time**: 210 minutes

### Path to Certification

#### 1. Check eligibility

Before you apply, make sure you meet one of the following sets of PMI-SP certification requirements:

**Set A requirements**
- Secondary degree
- 40 months of project scheduling experience within the last 5 years
- 40 hours of project scheduling education

**Set B requirements**
- Four-year degree
- 24 months of project scheduling experience within the last 5 years
- 30 hours of project scheduling education

**Set C requirements**
- Bachelor’s or post-graduate degree from a GAC accredited program (bachelor’s or master’s degree or global equivalent)
- At least 12 months spent in the specialized area of professional project scheduling within the last five consecutive years
- 30 contact hours of formal education in the specialized area of project scheduling

#### 2. Complete the application

Gather your application materials. Document your experience related to past projects and training. Below are some examples to help guide you through your documentation process:
- Projects you’ve led
- Where you’ve worked, your role and responsibilities, duration of projects
- Training you’ve completed
- Institutions attended, courses completed, qualifying hours

Additional Tips: Take your time, or even a break. You can save the application as you go and come back to it whenever you’re ready.

#### 3. Pay and schedule the exam

Your application was accepted. What’s next? First, congratulations! You're on the path toward career advancement. Once you verify your acceptance, the next step is to pay your exam fee.

In the case you’re selected for an eligibility audit, you must provide the following to confirm your eligibility:
- Copy of degree
- Verification of experience signed by supervisor
- Certification or proof of project management experience

Schedule your PMI-SP exam. You can take your exam at a Pearson Vue Testing Center. You may attempt the exam up to three times in one year if you don't pass.

#### 4. Study for the exam

Prepare for PMI-SP exam day. The PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) exam validates your existing skills and experience, yet preparation and study are critical to passing the exam. These references are some of the educational resources that might help you get ready.

**PMI Standards and Publications**  
- [A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)](https://www.pmi.org/standards/pmbok)  
- [Practice Standard for Scheduling](https://www.pmi.org/standards/scheduling-third-edition)

**Additional Resources**  
- [Project Planning Scheduling and Control: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide to Bringing Projects in On Time and On Budget](https://www.amazon.com/Project-Planning-Scheduling-Control-Hands/dp/1264286279) by James Lewis  
- [Integrated Cost and Schedule Control in Project Management](https://www.amazon.com/Integrated-Schedule-Control-Project-Management-ebook/dp/B004VNHGMW) by Ursula Kuehn  
- [Project Planning and Scheduling (Project Management Essential Library)](https://www.amazon.com/Planning-Scheduling-Management-Essential-Paperback/dp/B00OX87R2E) by Gregory T. Haugan  
- [Project Scheduling and Cost Control](https://www.amazon.com/Project-Scheduling-Cost-Control-Controlling/dp/1932159118) by James Taylor  
- [Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2013: The Book by and For Professionals](https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Scheduling%C2%AE-Microsoft%C2%AE-Project-2013-ebook/dp/B07CTX3CGR) by Rodolfo Ambriz, Mario Landa

#### 5. Take the Exam

At a glance:
- 210 minutes
- 170 questions (20 unscored pretest questions, 150 scored questions)

**Associated exam content:**
- Schedule Strategy 14%
- Schedule Planning and Development 31%
- Schedule Monitoring and Controlling 35%
- Schedule Closeout 6%
- Stakeholder Communications Management 14%

## Maintaining your certification

Earning your PMI-SP certification is a big step — maintaining it shouldn’t have to be. Continuing education is core to PMI certification. PMI-SP holders need to earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3-year cycle to maintain certification. Each PDU represents one hour spent:
- Learning  
- Teaching others  
- Presenting  
- Reading  
- Volunteering  
- Content creating

[Learn More About Maintaining](https://www.pmi.org/certifications/certification-resources/maintain)

## Testimonial

"My PMI-SP credential has enabled me to integrate complex programs confidently and successfully, even when various agile and traditional scheduling methods are being used simultaneously by different sub-teams."  
**Benjamin Rebeske, PMI-SP**  
**Corbeau Tech, LLC**