PMI-CPMAI Certification | AI Project Management Training
PMI Certified Professional in Managing AI | No Prior Experience Required
- No prerequisites. PMI-CPMAI requires no prior project management, technical or AI experience and no other certification.
- Learn the CPMAI methodology — a structured, vendor-neutral approach to delivering AI projects from business case through to live operation.
- Cover all five exam domains: Responsible and Trustworthy AI 15%, Business Needs and Solutions 26%, Data Needs 26%, Model Development and Evaluation 16%, Operationalising AI 17%.
- Built for people who manage AI work, not people who build models. No coding required.
- Earn 21 PDUs that count toward maintaining your PMP®, CAPM® or other PMI certifications.
- Prepare for a scenario-based exam: 120 questions in 160 minutes, taken at a Pearson VUE centre or online.
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Course Overview
PMI-CPMAITM is PMI's certification for professionals who lead artificial intelligence initiatives. It was previously known as Cognitive Project Management in AI (CPMAI), and became a PMI credential after PMI acquired Cognilytica in September 2024. It exists because AI projects fail differently from software projects. They depend on data that may not be ready, on models whose behaviour cannot be fully specified in advance, and on ethical and regulatory questions that traditional project methods were never designed to answer. The CPMAI methodology addresses that directly, through a structured six-phase approach adapted from CRISP-DM and applied specifically to AI and machine learning delivery. This is a certification for people who manage AI work rather than build it. You are not expected to write code or train models. You are expected to know how to define the business problem, judge whether the data supports it, oversee model development and evaluation, and put a solution safely into live operation — responsibly, and with governance that will survive an audit. There are no prerequisites. PMI requires no prior project management, technical or AI experience, and no other certification. That makes PMI-CPMAI accessible to project managers moving into AI, to data and technology professionals taking on delivery responsibility, and to business leaders sponsoring AI programmes.
Key Features
100% Money Back Guarantee- Live coaching and mentoring alongside the official PMI-CPMAI Exam Prep Course, so you are never working through it alone.
- Structured study plan mapped to all five exam domains, with the heaviest time on the two 26% domains.
- Full-length mock exams in the real format — 120 questions, 160 minutes, scenario-based.
- Real AI project case studies covering data readiness, model evaluation and operationalisation.
- Guidance on responsible AI, bias testing, and the governance and compliance topics the exam tests directly.
- Enrolment support and a clear explanation of how the PMI course, exam voucher and 90-day window fit together.
Skills Covered
- CPMAI Methodology & Six Phases
- AI Problem Identification
- AI Feasibility Assessment
- AI Business Case & ROI
- AI Data Requirements
- Data Quality Assessment
- AI Data Privacy & Compliance
- AI Scope, KPIs & Success Metrics
- AI Model Development
- Model QA & Version Control
- Responsible AI & Bias Testing
- AI Explainability & Audits
- AI Regulatory Compliance
- AI Deployment & Operations
- Model Governance & Monitoring
- AI Risk & Incident Management
Benefits
Organisations are investing heavily in AI and struggling to deliver it. The gap is rarely technical. It is that AI initiatives are being run with project methods designed for predictable software, against data nobody checked, with governance decided after the fact. PMI-CPMAI addresses that gap specifically. It is the credential for the person accountable for an AI initiative reaching production and staying there safely.
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Training Options
Online Bootcamp
- Flexi Pass Enabled: Flexibility to reschedule your cohort within first 90 days of access.
- Live, online classroom training by top instructors and practitioners
- 24x7 learner assistance and support
- Access to Digital Materials from PMI
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Corporate Training
- Certify your AI delivery team on one shared methodology and vocabulary
- Responsible AI, governance and compliance workshops for regulated industries
- Dedicated success manager and 24/7 learner support
- Consolidated invoicing and procurement-ready documentation
Course Curriculum
Eligibility
PMI-CPMAI has the lightest entry requirements of any PMI certification. There is no experience application to submit and no audit process, which is a meaningful difference from PMP® and PMI-ACP®. Once you complete the required prep course, you schedule your exam through Pearson VUE. PMI notes that while no experience is required, a background in project or product management and a working understanding of AI fundamentals will help you. The exam is scenario-based and tests judgement, not recall.
Pre-requisites
No prior AI expertise, coding, or programming experience is required to enroll in the PMI-CPMAI™ Certification. Designed for project managers, product managers, business analysts, consultants, technology leaders, and professionals seeking to advance their careers, this AI project...