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Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Standardize your team on Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) with a structured PMI training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Course
1
Practice exam
8
Core skills
$225 (PMI member) / $300 (non-member)
Exam fee (PMI)
Project management team in planning session reviewing Gantt charts
Difficulty
Difficulty: 1 of 5 (Easy)
Easy
Exam fee (PMI)
$225 (PMI member) / $300 (non-member)
Courses on path
1
Official source
PMI’s official exam page
Exam code
  • CAPM

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate's degree or equivalent) AND 1,500 hours of project experience OR 23 hours of project management education
Recommended experience
No previous experience necessary
Recertification
3 years
Testing center

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$225 (PMI member) / $300 (non-member)

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) path takes CAPM.

  1. CAPMCertified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $225 (PMI member) / $300 (non-member)
    Exam length
    3 hours
    Questions
    150
    Passing score
    Not disclosed by PMI

    Exam blueprint: CAPM

Skills your team builds

Project Management FrameworkProject PlanningProject ExecutionProject Monitoring and ControlProject ClosureCommunicationStakeholder ManagementTeam Management

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    CAPM

    Kickstart your project management career with this PMI CAPM course, designed to help you pass the CAPM certification exam and earn the Certified Associate in Project Management credential. This beginner-friendly CAPM prep course blends expert video training, real-world examples, and practice exams to ensure you understand every domain tested on the CAPM exam. Learn how to plan, scope, schedule, and manage the full project life cycle with confidence. With flexible CAPM online training, you’ll build the skills and exam readiness needed to stand out in project management.

    Simona Millham
    168 videosPractice exam23h
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Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

PMI career ladder

Where Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) sits in your team's PMI progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Associate level

    1 cert

    Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

    CAPM

    You are here

  2. Professional level

    3 certs

    Professional in Business Analysis (PBA)

    PMI-PBA

    Program Management Professional (PgMP)

    PgMP

    Risk Management Professional (RMP)

    PMI-RMP

Customer outcome

Build CAPM capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see PMI skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make CAPM a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on CAPM gives leadership a clear picture of PMI skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Exam
  • CAPM

Frequently asked questions about Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) training for their team.

How does the CAPM credential support our internal compliance or governance program?

IT leaders often cite CAPM when documenting that staff who coordinate IT projects hold a recognized PMI credential in project planning, risk and quality practices. CBT Nuggets team reporting adds per-learner progress, completion and completion exports that can serve as audit evidence, while the auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential maps to any formal framework.

Who on an IT team should hold CAPM, and what project work can a certified team own?

CAPM suits project coordinators, team members who support IT rollouts and staff moving into their first project management role. The linked course covers project roles and responsibilities, communication and risk strategies, project schedules and the critical path method, quality management plans, integration management and controls for plan-based projects. A certified team can own scheduling, status communication and risk tracking on predictive IT projects.

What does CBT Nuggets Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to PMI's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How much training time should IT leaders plan to prepare a team for CAPM?

The linked CBT Nuggets course for CAPM totals about 23 hours of video. The time each person needs depends on the team's starting point, including prior exposure to project terms, planning and scheduling on real IT projects.

What if PMI updates the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates PMI course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When PMI restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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Build Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) training across the team — a practice exam and reporting included.

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