CSPM refers to the evaluation of the competence of project management professionals according to Chinese standards, and the evaluation of whether project management professionals have professional knowledge and standardized skills of project management.
CSPM-3 certificate, which is a competency evaluation certificate for intermediate project management professionals issued by China Association for Standardization. So how to take the CSPM-3 test? How difficult is it?
The Intermediate Project Management Professional (CSPM-3) should possess at least one of the following:
Obtained a college degree and has been engaged in project management for 6 years;
Obtain a bachelor's degree and have been engaged in project management for at least 5 years;
Obtained a double bachelor's degree in project management related majors, and has been engaged in project management for 3 years;
Graduate students (including full-time and part-time) have obtained a master's degree and have been engaged in project management for at least 3 years.
Graduate students (including full-time and part-time) have obtained a master's degree in related majors, and have been engaged in project management for 2 years.
If you want to obtain the CSPM-3 certificate in 2024, you can click on the mini program below to get the preparation materials
Exams will be held on January 27, May, August and November.
Exam duration: 3 hours (180 minutes).
Examination format: offline examination, in case of special reasons, you can apply for online examination.
Answer form: closed-book written test.
Question type: 100 multiple-choice questions, accounting for 60%; 2 essay questions, accounting for 40%.
Full score of the test paper: 100 points.
Eligibility criteria: A score of 60 or above is considered to be a pass.
Most of the propositions of CSPM-3 are from the official handouts. The handout is not very much and contains the following 13 chapters:
For PMP students, chapters 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 are all learned in PMP and are less difficult than PMP. CSPM-3 is a domestic project management qualification certification that has just started in 2023. At present, the CSPM-3 exam questions are basically memorization. Therefore, students who have a foundation in project management should not have any pressure to learn CSPM-3.
Copy Editor: Deng Tong.