Experience in the competence elements of project management is not necessarily required. However, it is an advantage if you have already applied your project management knowledge to a certain extent. You should also have good project management skills and be able to apply them.

The exam for the «Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D)» takes 3 hours and consists of 60 multiple-choice questions and 30 open questions. The questions can relate to all competencies of SWISS.ICB4. You have passed the exam if you have achieved at least 60% of the possible total score and have answered at least one question correctly for at least 23 of the 28 competencies.

The exam takes place remotely. There is one appointment per class. Digicomp will register you for this online exam with the certification body. You will need a webcam for the exam, as the exam proctoring is done via Zoom, and a browser. You will receive the links for this in the exam invitation. 

You can find more detailed information on the online exam procedure in the guide 'Online exams IPMA Level B, C and Dꞌ: https://www.vzpm.ch/en/downloads. We ask you to read this document before the exam. 

Before the exam day, you must download and install Zoom: https://zoom.us/download. You will need administrator rights on your computer.

For more information, please refer to this guideline.

The certificate has international recognition and is valid for five years. It entitles you to use the acquired title «Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA Level D)» during the validity period of the certificate.