What training is required to be a Project Manager?
What training is required to be a Project Manager depends a lot on your location and your existing experience and skills. If you are based in the Americas or Asia, then the training most typically required to be a project manager would be these:
- CAPM® - for beginners;
- Google Project Management Certificate - intermediate course;
- PMP® - for experienced project managers.
If you are based in the UK then the training most typically required to be a project manager would be these:
- AgilePM Foundation - for beginners;
- PRINCE2 Foundation - for beginners;
- PRINCE2 Agile Foundation - for beginners;
- APM PFQ - for beginners;
- AgilePM Practitioner - intermediate course;
- PRINCE2 Practitioner - intermediate course;
- PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner - intermediate course;
- APM PMQ - intermediate course;
Last edited on: 20 May 2025