FOUNDATION
The purpose of the Foundation qualification is to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of benefits management principles, practices and techniques to work effectively in a range of benefits management roles.
The course includes the Managing Benefits Foundation exam which consists of:
- 50 multiple choice questions
- 50% pass mark (25/50)
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book
All courses
The exam is taken on the afternoon of day 3 of the Foundation course.
PRACTITIONER
By completing the Practitioner course, you will have sufficient knowledge to sit the Managing Benefits Practitioner exam which consists of:
- Complex multiple-choice questions
- 8 questions per paper – with 10 marks available per question
- 40 marks or more required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50%
- 2.5 hours duration
- Open book exam (Managing Benefits guide only)
All courses
The exam is taken on the afternoon of day 2 of the Practitioner course.
APMG International administers the Managing Benefits examination scheme.
DEVELOPMENT UNITS
PDUs
Participants who have been awarded the Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential by the Project Management Institute (PMI)® are eligible to earn PDUs for their participation in this course as follows:
Foundation
- All courses (3 days): 21 PDUs (4 Ways of Working, 13 Business Acumen and 4 Power Skills)
Practitioner
- All courses (2 days): 14 PDUs (2 Ways of Working, 10 Business Acumen and 2 Power Skills)
CPDs
Participants holding any of the Project Management accreditations (CPPP/CPPM/CPPD) are eligible to earn CPDs as follows:
Foundation
- All courses (3 days): 20 CPDs
Practitioner
- All courses (2 days): 20 CPDs