- Choose a scheduling methodology and tools that fit the project and organization.
- Set scheduling policies, standards, and levels of detail.
- Plan how the schedule will support decisions.
PMI Scheduling Professional Certification Training Course
PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Training Course
Prepare for the PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® exam and become the person your team trusts to build, defend, and recover the project schedule.
Course focus: schedule strategy, schedule planning and development, schedule monitoring and control, closeout, and stakeholder communications, following the exam content PMI publishes for PMI-SP.
Course Overview
What our PMI-SP course prepares you to do.
A schedule is a promise to the people who fund a project. When it slips, everyone feels it. Our PMI-SP training course is for planners and project professionals who build schedules, keep them honest, and explain what changes mean for the finish date.
PMI describes the PMI-SP as proof of your ability to develop and maintain project schedules, manage complex timelines across global teams, and affect project outcomes with proven scheduling knowledge and skill.
We organize the course around the five domains PMI publishes. Schedule Monitoring and Controlling carries 35% of the exam and Schedule Planning and Development carries 31%, so we spend most of our time there. Schedule Strategy and Stakeholder Communications Management each carry 14%, and Schedule Closeout carries 6%.
Every PMI-SP eligibility set includes formal education in project scheduling. PMI notes that it accepts hours spent in training for Microsoft® Project and other scheduling tools.
Course Objectives
Build PMI-SP readiness and practical skill.
01
Set the Strategy
Choose a scheduling approach, tools, and standards that fit the project.
02
Build the Schedule
Define activities, logic, durations, and resources that produce a credible plan.
03
Control the Schedule
Track progress, analyze variance, and recover slipping work.
04
Communicate Clearly
Explain schedule status and forecasts to sponsors and teams.
Who Should Attend
- Project schedulers and planners who own the schedule day to day.
- Project managers who want deeper scheduling expertise.
- Project controls specialists in construction, engineering, defense, and IT.
- PMO staff who set scheduling standards across projects.
PMI Eligibility Requirements
- Set A: a secondary degree, 40 months of project scheduling experience within the last 5 years, and 40 hours of project scheduling education.
- Set B: a four year degree, 24 months of project scheduling experience within the last 5 years, and 30 hours of project scheduling education.
- Set C: a bachelor’s or post graduate degree from a GAC accredited program, at least 12 months of professional project scheduling within the last five years, and 30 contact hours of formal scheduling education.
- PMI accepts hours spent in training for Microsoft® Project and other scheduling tools.
Pathway Map
Course modules mapped to the PMI-SP exam domains.
PMI publishes 5 domains for the PMI-SP exam. We teach one module per domain and give each one time in line with its weight.
Course Content
Full PMI-SP curriculum breakout.
- Define activities, logic, and dependencies.
- Estimate durations and assign resources.
- Build and baseline a realistic, integrated schedule.
- Collect progress and update the schedule.
- Analyze critical path, float, and variance.
- Forecast completion and recover delayed work.
- Close out the schedule and archive records.
- Capture lessons learned for future schedules.
- Confirm final dates and performance.
- Report schedule status in terms each audience understands.
- Explain the effect of changes on key dates.
- Build trust in the schedule with sponsors and teams.
Course Features
How we teach PMI-SP.
Domain Based Review
We work through every PMI-SP domain in order and spend the most time where PMI puts the most weight.
Scenario Practice
PMI exams test judgment. We use realistic scenarios so you practice choosing the best answer, not just recalling terms.
Application Guidance
We walk through how to document your experience and education clearly in your PMI application.
Exam Day Readiness
We review timing, question styles, and testing options so nothing on exam day surprises you.
Certification Exam
Prepare for the official PMI PMI-SP exam.
PMI-SP Exam Readiness
Build, maintain, and analyze project schedules and prepare for the PMI-SP exam.
The PMI-SP exam has 170 multiple choice questions, 150 scored and 20 unscored pretest questions, with a 210 minute time limit. PMI offers it in English.
The exam covers Schedule Strategy 14%, Schedule Planning and Development 31%, Schedule Monitoring and Controlling 35%, Schedule Closeout 6%, and Stakeholder Communications Management 14%.
You take the exam at a Pearson VUE testing center, and PMI allows up to three attempts in one year.
To keep the credential active, PMI-SP holders earn 30 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3 year cycle.
Career Outcomes
Where PMI-SP can take your career.
PMI-SP shows employers that you can lead work in schedule strategy, schedule planning and development, schedule monitoring and control, closeout, and stakeholder communications. These are the roles our learners most often hold or move into.
Project Scheduler
Build and maintain the integrated master schedule.
Project Controls Specialist
Tie schedule and cost data together for decisions.
Planning Engineer
Plan sequences and resources on technical projects.
Project Manager
Use deep scheduling skill to deliver on time.
Funding
Ways to pay for PMI-SP training.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. If you are a soldier or airman, start a request in ArmyIgnitED or AFVEC. Those systems decide eligibility and funding for each course, and we help you with the paperwork. See our Army CA pathway, our AF COOL pathway, and the full funding options page.
Paying on your own or through your employer? Email us at info@accumentum.net and we will walk you through payment options for PMI-SP training, including whether PathPay monthly payments are available for your class.
Related Training
Courses that pair well with PMI-SP.
PMI-SP pairs well with PMP for overall project leadership and with PMI-RMP because schedule risk drives so many decisions. You can browse every PMI course on our PMI training hub.
PMI PMP Training
A natural next step or companion to PMI-SP.
PMI PMI-RMP Training
A natural next step or companion to PMI-SP.
PMI PMI-CP Training
A natural next step or companion to PMI-SP.
Study Plan
How we pace the PMI-SP course.
Our PMI-SP course has 5 modules, one for each PMI domain. Schedule Monitoring and Controlling is the largest domain at 35% of the exam, so it gets the most class time and practice.
Plan on steady weekly study between sessions. Read ahead in the PMI references, connect each topic to your own work, and bring real examples to class. In the final sessions we review weak spots domain by domain so you go into the exam with a clear plan.
Career Outlook
PMI-SP career outlook and pay data.
Good schedulers are hard to find, and project controls teams know it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a median annual wage of $102,320 for project management specialists in May 2025, with 7 percent projected growth from 2025 to 2035. BLS also lists construction as one of the largest employers of project management specialists, and that is exactly where PMI-SP holders are in demand, along with engineering, defense and large IT programs.
Exam Blueprint Plan
Our domain by domain PMI-SP study plan.
We follow the weights PMI publishes for the PMI-SP exam, so the domains that count most get the most class time. Here is how we break it down.
Step 1
Schedule Strategy is 14 percent. We start with scheduling policies, tools and the level of detail a schedule needs before anyone builds a single activity.
Step 2
Schedule Planning and Development is 31 percent. We spend real time on work breakdown, activity sequencing, duration estimating, resource loading and building a baseline you can defend.
Step 3
Schedule Monitoring and Controlling is the largest domain at 35 percent. We practice critical path analysis, float, earned schedule ideas, variance analysis and how to recover a slipping schedule.
Step 4
Schedule Closeout is 6 percent and Stakeholder Communications Management is 14 percent. We cover lessons learned, archiving the schedule, and turning schedule data into reports stakeholders understand.
Exam Strategy
Mistakes we help PMI-SP candidates avoid.
Many candidates know their scheduling tool well but struggle with tool neutral questions. PMI-SP tests the method, so we teach the logic behind forward and backward passes, constraints and leads and lags without leaning on any one product. The other gap is communications. Almost 15 percent of the exam is about getting schedule information to the right people, and that is easy to underestimate.
In the last sessions we run timed practice, review every weak domain and build a short plan for the final two weeks before your exam date.
Eligibility and Renewal
Applying for and keeping your PMI-SP.
You apply through PMI, and PMI decides eligibility. Here are the requirements PMI publishes today.
- Set A: a secondary degree, 40 months of project scheduling experience within the last 5 years, and 40 hours of project scheduling education.
- Set B: a four year degree, 24 months of project scheduling experience within the last 5 years, and 30 hours of project scheduling education.
- Set C: a bachelor’s or post graduate degree from a GAC accredited program, at least 12 months of professional project scheduling within the last five years, and 30 contact hours of formal scheduling education.
- PMI accepts hours spent in training for Microsoft® Project and other scheduling tools.
PMI-SP holders earn 30 professional development units in each three year cycle, with at least some of them in project scheduling. Training in scheduling tools such as Microsoft Project can count toward the education you need to apply.
Not sure you qualify? Email us at info@accumentum.net and we will walk through it with you.
Applied Practice
How we make PMI-SP practical.
A shared practice schedule runs through the whole course. You build a baseline for a sample project, load resources, then watch it change as we introduce delays, scope changes and resource conflicts. Each time you update the forecast, explain the impact and recommend a recovery plan.
That hands on loop is what makes the monitoring and controlling domain click. You stop memorizing formulas and start seeing how float, the critical path and schedule variance move when real things happen.
PMI-SP pairs well with PMP for broader leadership and with PMI-RMP for schedule risk analysis. We can help you plan the order that makes sense for your career.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Training Course.
The PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® certification recognizes the ability to develop and maintain project schedules, manage complex timelines, and affect project outcomes with scheduling knowledge and skill.
PMI lists 170 multiple choice questions. 150 are scored and 20 are unscored pretest questions.
PMI lists 210 minutes.
Schedule Strategy 14%, Schedule Planning and Development 31%, Schedule Monitoring and Controlling 35%, Schedule Closeout 6%, and Stakeholder Communications Management 14%.
It depends on your degree. PMI asks for 40 months of scheduling experience with a secondary degree, 24 months with a four year degree, or 12 months with a degree from a GAC accredited program, all within the last 5 years.
40 hours for Set A and 30 hours for Sets B and C. PMI accepts training in Microsoft® Project and other scheduling tools.
PMI lists Pearson VUE testing centers for the PMI-SP exam.
PMI allows up to three attempts in one year if you do not pass.
PMI-SP holders earn 30 PDUs in each 3 year cycle.
PMI lists the PMBOK® Guide and the Practice Standard for Scheduling.
No. Our PMI-SP course is independent exam preparation from Accumentum, an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. Always confirm eligibility and education requirements with PMI.
The course has 5 modules, one for each PMI PMI-SP exam domain, starting with Schedule Strategy and ending with Stakeholder Communications Management.
Accumentum is an Army CA and Air Force COOL Approved Vendor. ArmyIgnitED and AFVEC decide eligibility and funding for each course, and we help with the paperwork.
Use our registration page or email us at info@accumentum.net for dates and cohort availability.
Enrollment
Enroll in PMI-SP training with Accumentum.
Join our PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)® Training Course to prepare for the exam across every domain PMI publishes.
For course dates, cohort availability, and enrollment help, visit our registration page or email us at info@accumentum.net.
Take the next step with PMI-SP.
Build, maintain, and analyze project schedules and prepare for the PMI-SP exam.