Validate your knowledge, lift your PMO capability, and stand out with PMI-PMOCP® 

   Best practices for establishing a PMO: Learn new and advanced approaches to set up, assess, manage and improve value-oriented PMOs.  

   Validated expertise and recognition: Prove your ability to lead PMO services within your organization. 

   Career advancement: Get equipped to lead and contribute to a strategically aligned PMO, enabling you to influence executive decision-making and drive organisational goals. 

Grounded in real-world practices and global PMO trends, the new PMI-PMOCP certification equips project management office professionals of every level with cutting-edge tools, guidance, and globally applicable skills to foster trust and collaboration across the enterprise. 

Eighty percent of high-performing PMOs excel at delivering value to customers. This certification teaches you the PMI Value Ring™ framework, which places the PMO Customer at the heart of all PMO services. 

Download our PMI-PMOCP® Course Outline here and find answers to FAQs here. 

Our course will prepare you to pass the PMI-PMOCP® exam by: 

• Applying the PMO Value Ring™ and performance domains to analyse, design, and optimise PMO capabilities in alignment with organisational strategy and value delivery goals. 

• Evaluating and selecting appropriate PMO approaches, governance models, and services based on organisational context, stakeholder needs, and maturity levels. 

• Demonstrating exam readiness by accurately interpreting PMI-PMOCP concepts, applying them to scenario-based questions, and consistently selecting correct answers across all exam domains. 

The cost of the PMI-PMOCP® exam and certification is USD475 for PMI members and USD655 for non-members and payable directly to pmi.org. 

This is excluded from the course fee, but Millpond is able to offer PMI Membership and Exam Vouchers in a NZD or AUD ‘bundle’ at the time of registration. There is no cost benefit to this, but it can make the process of joining PMI and paying for the exam easier for candidates and/or their organisation. 

The benefits of PMI membership can be found here. In summary, PMI members get access to a free .pdf of the current PMBOK® Guide, many other standards and publications, including the PMO Practice Guide, plus discounted exam fees as above, and a 10% discount on Millpond’s PMI certification training courses. 

To be able to sit the PMI-PMOCP® exam, you need to prove to PMI that you fulfil the following prerequisites: 

• Have completed high school
  

• 36 months of experience of working with projects, or hold PMP® certification 

• At least 10 hours of formal PMO education – this course easily helps you fulfil this requirement. 

For a full definition and to check you qualify refer to the PMI Certification Handbook. 

Millpond has been supporting project managers across Asia-Pacific to attain their PMI® certifications since 2008. Having trained thousands of delegates from a wide range of industries, Millpond has the right tools to help you pass the PMI-PMOCP® certification. The combination of our training methods, facilitators, self-study, and collaboration has resulted in Millpond delegates achieving in the top 1% globally.  

PMI‑PMOCP is the first certification to truly combine all three layers:  Strategy, Design, and Value delivery.It is validated against real-world execution - grounded in a formal job task analysis (JTA) based on hundreds of real PMO roles globally, ensuring the exam reflects actual work performed by PMO professionals. It is not model-driven (P3O) or consultancy-designed. 

Take a look at this PMI-PMOCP Comparison Sheet for details on how it compares. 

Is this certification only for PMO Practitioners, or other project professionals as well? 

This course is for anyone who wants to uplift their knowledge and capability in PMOs – particular PMOs which operate under aglobal-best practice value centric framework. Project Manager, Senior Leaders, Analysts, administrators and more. 

How many PDUs do I need to maintain my PMI-PMOCP certification and is this on top of my other PMI certifications? 

You need to earn 30 PDUs per 3-year cycle, and pay a small renewal fee. The same PDUs are applied across all of your active PMI certification. You can read more about PDUs here.