Specialize in identifying and assessing project risks.
Turn risks into rewards. Risk management is key to avoiding delays, extra costs, and project failures. With the PMI-RMP, you’ll gain the expertise to spot problems early, master risk fundamentals, and enhance project outcomes for a competitive edge.
Project risk management is an essential practice that boosts the probability of success, alleviating anxiety for stakeholders. You can prove your advanced knowledge and experience in risk management—even for large projects in complex environments—and set yourself apart with PMI-RMP certification.
This PMI certification equips you with all the tools and knowledge necessary for successful risk oversight on projects of any size. Be the risk specialist all organizations need in this everchanging landscape.
Overview
The PMI’s Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP)® credential is a response to project management’s increasing growth, complexity and diversity. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMI-RMP® fills the need for a specialist role in project risk management.
It recognizes your unique expertise and competency in assessing and identifying project risks, mitigating threats and capitalizing on opportunities, while still possessing a baseline knowledge and practical application in all areas of project management.
Skills Covered
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :
- Understand the risk management concepts, approach and techniques
- Apply risk management practices on their own specific project situations
Prerequisites
Before you apply, make sure you meet one of the following sets of PMI-RMP certification requirements:
Set A requirements
- High school or secondary school diploma (or global equivalent)
- 36 months/3 years project risk management experience within the last 5 years
- 40 hours of project risk management education
Set B requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (or global equivalent)
- 24 months/2 years of project risk management experience within the last 5 years
- 30 hours of project risk management education
Set C requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (or global equivalent) from a GAC accredited program
- 12 months/1 year of project risk management experience within the past 5 years
- 30 hours of project risk management education
Target Audience
If you are a project manager, risk manager, functional manager or C-suite executive, PMI-RMP certification sets you apart.
If you have advanced knowledge and experience in risk management, or if you are a project manager focused on project risk management, including for large projects in complex environments, then the PMI-RMP® is an excellent choice for you.
Module 1: About the PMI-RMP
Module 2: Risk Framework
- Introduction
- Risk management principles and concepts
Module 3: Risk Management Planning
- Risk management plan
- Using organizational process assets
- Risk categories
- Risk breakdown structure
- Risk tolerance and risk thresholds
Module 4: Risk Identification
- Identifying scope, time, resources and quality risks
- Risk register
- Root-cause analysis
- Checklists
- Brainstorming
- Affinity diagrams
- Expert judgement
- Building consensus through NGT and Delphi
- SWOT analysis
- Assumptions analysis
Module 5: Constraints Management
- The constraint concept
- Identifying priorities
- Identifying and removing unnecessary scope
- Managing unknown risks
Module 6: Risk Qualitative Analysis
- Probability and impact assessment
- Risk matrix
- Risk score
- Project risk score
- Data quality
- Risk urgency
- Watchlist
- Top 10 list
- Risk categorization
Module 7: Risk Quantitative Analysis
- Expected monetary value
- Decision tree
- Risk exposure
- Multi-impact risk
- Monte carlo analysis
- Sensitive analysis
- Tornado chart
Module 8: Risk Response
- Identifying risk causes
- Threats response strategies
- Opportunities response strategies
- Contingencies plans
- Fallback plans
- Triggers
- Residual risks
- Secondary risks
Module 9: Managing Overall Project Risk
- The concept of overall project risk and its root-causes
- Project appraisals
- Risk indicators
- 6 alternatives to build the reserve
- Using the reserve
Module 10: Monitoring Risks
- Monitoring cycle
- Risk performance information
- Risk reporting
- Workaround
- Risk trends
- Risk audits
- Risk reassessments
- Risk closure
- Lessons learned
Module 11: Risk Governance
- Adapting to policies
- Metrics
- Lessons learned
Module 12: Simulation, Analysis and Diagnosis of Examination (PMI-RMPsm)
Dates & Locations
June 29, 2026 - July 3, 2026
June 29, 2026 - July 3, 2026
September 21, 2026 - September 25, 2026
September 21, 2026 - September 25, 2026
December 14, 2026 - December 18, 2026
December 14, 2026 - December 18, 2026
Exam & Certification
PMI-RMP: PMI-Risk Management Professional
Highlight your ability to identify and assess project risks, mitigate threats, and capitalize on opportunities. In this capacity, you enhance and protect the needs of your organization.
Demonstrate and apply expertise in the specialized area of assessing and identifying project risk on the project team, and demonstrate the recognition and value the role provides to the project management profession. The PMI-RMP® is registered against the ISO 9001 standard.
Are you new or just starting out in your career as a project manager? If you answered yes, consider opting for the PMI CAPM certification, which offers recognition to practitioners who are interested in or are just starting a career in project management, as well as project team members who wish to demonstrate their project management knowledge.
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