I applied for the PMP exam and i was selected randomly for the audit process, all the requested documents were sent to PMI, but yesterday i got this message, please anyone help me what to do and be cleared to take the PMP exam :

Dear xxxxxxxxxxx,

Thank you for your interest in PMI’s credentials. PMI’s audit area is in receipt of your audit materials, but they have asked that we review your application as there are concerns with the project management experience documented. Once you have made the requested changes to your application please do not resubmit your application. Instead inform us via reply e-mail when the application is ready for review. If you submit, the system will prompt you for payment again.

PMI reserves the right to again review any application for credentialing at any state of the credentialing process (including after a credential has been bestowed) and question the project management experience and/or project management education documented.  This occurred with your application and in the process we noted the following;

1.     Project Management Experience - The projects you documented do not appear to be professional projects; it appears from the deliverables you documented that it is operational work and administrative in nature. The deliverables you documented do not indicate that you lead and directed all phases of this project.  Regarding deliverables, PMI requires that they align to the project management processes – initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing. 

PMI requires that qualified PMP candidates:

·         Perform their duties under general supervision and are responsible for all aspects of the project for the life of the project

·         Lead and direct cross-functional teams to deliver projects within the constraints of schedule, budget and resources

·         Demonstrate sufficient knowledge and experience to appropriately apply a methodology to projects that have reasonably well-defined project requirements and deliverables.

We are unable to ascertain from the project descriptions you have provided if you served in the capacity on the projects per the aforementioned role definition.  Project descriptions should be documented clearly enough to ascertain whether or not the projects documented truly are projects.

(please refer to PMBOK®Guide, 5th Edition, Section 3.2). 

Further, project descriptions should consist of the following:

·         A brief, one-sentence project objective

·         Project deliverables summarized by process areas (Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing – abbreviations are acceptable – IN, PL, EX, MC and CL)

·         A brief, one-sentence project outcome

Project descriptions should be a high level summary of the tasks you led and directed on the project (e.g. Initiating: develop project charter, WBS etc.; Planning: Scope definition etc.; and so on).  Project management experience is required in each of the process areas when all projects are totaled, but not on each project.  Project descriptions must be provided for all projects submitted on application.  Please revise the project descriptions.

Your application has been moved to a pending status so that you may address the aforementioned concerns.  To edit your application, please use our online certification system at https://certification.pmi.org/Default.aspx.  Please make revisions within 5 business days. When complete, please do not submit your edited application.  Notify us upon completion and once we have reviewed your edited application you will receive notification of your eligibility status via e-mail.  Again,please do not submit your application.

If you have additional questions regarding this request, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

xxxxx