Exam Date: PMAF Foundation Certification Exam date is 14 November, at 16.30 online. Details will be shared closer to the exam date. Participants in the Certification examination will join the Zoom online meeting for the duration of the exam.The Foundation test opens only at the online-examination meeting.
Registering for exam (you can try now)
Registration takes place in the Foundation website at https://foundation.pry.fi/
NOTE! Use your own full name and Metropolia´s study email address when registering, not a nickname and not a personal email! This is recommended as the name you use in registration will also be printed into your PM Certificate. The registration system will only recognize you via your Metropolia´s email. You will receive an email with a link to confirm your registration.
Foundation-Online Certification: Exam Instructions
Join the Foundation Certification online Zoom meeting well in advance of the exam. Before the exam, about 15 minutes is for the arrangements and instructions for the exam.
Link to online meeting: you will get it later
The Foundation Certification exam lasts 90 minutes.
A link to the Foundation exam will be given to participants at the beginning of the online examination session.The Certification languages are both, Finnish and English.
During the Exam:
Your microphone is kept muted during the test.
The use of the video camera during the exam follows the normal practices of school.
The online meeting’s chat channel is used to inform and resolve any technical issues with the administrator during the exam. Follow the chat messages.
Turn off your cell phone during the test
The supervisor cannot answer questions about the exam questions or answer options.
Questions about the examination arrangements can be answered by the test supervisor.
The examination and answering questions
The Foundation Certification online examination is personal and to be participated alone.
This is closed-book exam. No applications or data sources other than the Foundation Test System may be used in the examination.
No programs other than the test application and the computer calculator may be used in the examination.
During the exam, you are free to navigate between the questions.
Finishing the examination, your results
When you are done or the examination time expires, press the “end examination” -button at the end of the test.
You will see your own test result, and if your result is > 4.9 / 10 you will receive your Foundation Certificate by e-mail. You can close the browser and leave the online meeting.
How to prepare? Study Material
If you have not participated in project management courses before, you can prepare yourself by reading the following material:
1. Projektijohdon pätevyys 3.0 (in Finnish): https://www.pry.fi/files/108/PMAF_NCB_3.0_v1.3.pdf (the same material in English is attached to this message as attachment .pdf file; to download it, go to this original message, the file is attached at the bottom). - Note, this is an overview of the themes in the PM subject and this Exam, not a preparatory material as such.
2. Projektiliiketoiminta (in Finnish and English): https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-industrial-engineering-and-management/project-business - This is a good preparatory material!
3. General information about Foundation Certification: https://www.pry.fi/toiminta/koulutus_ja_tutkimus/foundation-sertifiointi
You may familiarise yourself also with these:
4. Download IPMA:n latest Individual Competence Baseline (ICB 4.0) -standard &
IPMA Agile Leader-standard: both at https://shop.ipma.world/product-category/e-books/?v=f0aa03aaca95
5. As further material, you can also familiarize yourself with video series about project competence. These have been produced by the universities of Oulu, Tampere, Åbo Akademi and Aalto University collaboratively. https://www.youtube.com/@projectbusiness8872/playlists
- Enseignant: Misa Bakajic