Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM)
Show the world that you possess the foundational knowledge and skills that project teams demand. The CAPM proves that you’re ready to take on a wide range of projects—with ways of working that include predictive project management, agile principles and business analysis.
- Date created
- May 21, 2026
- Specialty level
- Foundational
- Training category
- External Course
- Provider
- PMI
- Timeline
- 23 contact hours for an online bootacmp
- Cost
- US 348 is offered from the training partner, but depends on courses.
Course intelligence
Expected end-productCertification
Intended goalsThe CAPM is ranked #1 out of "The 9 Most In-Demand Professional Certifications" according to Entrepreneur Media, Inc. Earning your CAPM certification can help with career advancement, increase your earning potential, and position you to pursue any of our major certifications including the gold standard in project management certification, the PMP. Earning the CAPM certification can help you qualify for various project management roles. Here are some common paths that CAPM-certified professionals can pursue: Assistant Project Manager Project Administrator Project Analyst Project Coordinator Project Manager PMI Technical Project Manager
PrerequisitesEligibility requirement: Secondary degree, such as a high school diploma, GED (general educational development), or global equivalent. At least 23 hours of project management education completed before the exam. You can also meet this requirement with: PMI on-demand CAPM Exam Prep Course Instructor-Led CAPM® course
Recommended whenYou want to get an official PMI certification and learn about different forms of project management - but don't have enough experience yet to do the PMP.
ApplicabilityProject management - both agile/scrum and waterfall methodologies
Certification examYes. 180 minutes, with 150 questions US$300 for the full price exam, $225 for the member price