What is certified?
- Fundamentals of project management in accordance with the internationally recognised ISO21500 guidelines
- Understanding of the processes, practices and success factors relevant to projects
- Knowledge of classic and agile project approaches
- Integration of projects in companies and organisations
Your project management competence is tested and documented by the certificate!
Procedure for personal certification
The certificate is acquired via an online multiple choice exam.
People who are already familiar with project management usually have the necessary knowledge base. For people who are new to project management, ISO21500 offers an efficient way to learn the basics of PM and obtain a certificate.
As preparation
- order and study the original ISO 21500 standard from ISO or
- read a book on project management in accordance with ISO21500 resp. ISO21502 or
- attend a seminar on project management
‘Good seminars’ will teach the content of ISO21500, as the standard contains the basic guidelines for project management. However, ask the seminar provider about ISO conformity before attending a PM seminar!
For experienced project managers, certification is also possible without explicit preparation. In any case, however, it is recommended that you read the standard, which is only around 50 pages long, or a corresponding ISO21500 book on the subject of project management.
A free exam test is available to familiarise yourself with the exam, the questions and the online system.
The exam can be taken independently or as part of a PM seminar and takes place on the online platform ISO21500.de in the following steps:
- Exam registration
- Examinations
- Exam completion and certificate issue
When registering for the exam, you will be asked for a few details that are required for the certificate to be issued, such as your first name and surname.
The examination fee must then be paid.
In the examination itself, questions from the various subject areas of project management must be answered using the multiple choice method. There are 75 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.
The result of the exam is announced immediately at the end. If 65% of the answers are correct, the exam is passed and the certificate can be downloaded directly online.
Details can be found in the examination regulations.
Now for certification
- Fee 149 EUR
- 75 questions (multiple choice)
- 90 min processing time
- passed with 65% or more correct answers
At a glance
- Certification costs 149 EUR
- Exam with 75 multiple choice questions
- Time available in the exam: 90 min
- 65% correct answers required to pass
Prefer to test first? Use our free exam test.
Example questions
The answers A, D and D are correct.
To better prepare for the certification test, we recommend taking the test with a reduced set of 10 questions directly in the online system.
