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PMQ and PPQ changes

11 Oct 2022

APM have announced a series of changes to both PMQ and PPQ examinations.

Project Management Qualification

1. The examination is now 3 hours long plus 15 minutes reading time. Candidates may write answers during this extra 15 minutes; so really the exam is 3 hours 15 minutes in length.

2. The Outline and State command verbs have been combined with the definition "Set out the main points/characteristics." 

Project Professional Qualification

1. Candidates must now reach a minimum of 50% in each of the three assessments.The combined passing mark which was 60%, then 54% in an email from APM of 21 September 2022, is now removed. This is being applied retrospectively by APM, all candidates affected will be contacted directly by APM.

2. See Sample Oral Exam Paper 1 Q1a which now reads:

"With reference to the case study, critically analyse two ways in which the project manager will ensure awareness of the conflicts within the project team."

The original version was, " With reference to the case study, critically analyse the ways in which the project manager will ensure awareness of the conflicts within the project team."

The advice was that a minimum of two different tools, techniques or theories were required.