PMI has introduced a new eCommerce system that will offer PMI products to customers more seamlessly, Some impacts include the following:

Members will no longer be prompted to renew Chapter membership with their membership auto-renewal. They will need to manually add chapter membership to their cart. Existing chapter members also have to go through this purchase flow if their membership expires.

Additionally, we suggest members renew before their expiration date! If a member's membership expires, you are no longer considered a member by system logic and if you choose to renew your membership the system will recognize you as a new member and you will be charged a $10 application fee.

PMI will soon be launching a new and redesigned format for all of its current certification applications (PMP, CAPM, PgMP, PfMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMI-RMP, and PMI-SP). They are planning to launch during the second half of June 2020.

The changes were made based on user feedback and the new application is designed to be more straightforward and easier for certification candidates to complete. For example:

• PMI streamlined the application by decreasing the number of screens.
• PMI is not changing eligibility requirements (years of work experience, hours of training required), but are changing the format in which applicants submit this information. For example, candidates can now enter months of experience instead of hours, which is much easier to track.
• Where possible, they eliminated free text fields and included more drop-down type selection fields. Being able to select an answer from a drop-down makes it clear to applicants what the question is asking and is thus easier to answer.

PMI has a “Quick Reference Guide” PDF and an online demo that illustrates and previews the changes. For those of you interested in viewing the demo, the video is available via this link.

For candidates with open/pending applications, PMI is encouraging you to submit applications by 15 June 2020. If they are unable, our team will do their best to transfer over as much of the application data as possible into the new application. We are also directly contacting candidates with open/pending applications.

PMI is excited to unveil a new era of our certification application process. If you or any candidate in your network have any questions about our application changes, please feel free to contact PMI’s Customer Care team.