Qualification For Project Business Practitioners:

PBP Certification

On this page: Benefits ••• Process ••• Seminar ••• Exam

PBP Certification 2025 Edition
– Invitation to the Free Pilot class –

Start: May 20, 2025 9:00 CEST
End: May 21, 2025, 17:00 CEST

Breaks: 1h Lunchbreak

Trainer: Oliver F. Lehmann
Location: Online

Registration: Click here

Project Business Professional – Benefits

The PBP – Project Business Professional certification is the entry ticket to a high-value job market for capable practitioners. Project Business Management requires not only knowledge of project management but also proficiency in commercial and legal matters. Project business is high-risk business, and organizations need capable experts to navigate projects through often stormy waters.

The PBP qualification opens doors to new business for the approved person by:

  • Formal documentation of completion of a topic-specific education process
  • Approval for use of the PBP logo in marketing materials to win new business
  • Approval for use of the PBP acronym as a suffix to the individual’s name
  • An entry into the database of PBP-certified professionals
  • Standing out among practitioners in project business management
Click here to dig deeper: Why you should go for the PBP certification

1. It’s the only certification that focuses on project business.
Most certifications teach you how to run a project. PBP teaches you how to run a project as a business—and that’s a whole different ball game. If your projects cross corporate borders (customers, contractors, partners), you’re not just managing tasks and timelines. You’re managing commercial risk, contract complexity, and cash flow. That’s project business.

2. It speaks the language of the real world.
Whether you’re a contractor delivering projects for clients or a customer outsourcing major initiatives, you’re not in a theoretical PM world. You’re in a commercial battlefield. PBP equips you with the mindset and tools to survive and thrive in that environment—where profit, risk, liability, and delivery pressure all show up on the same day.

3. It gives you credibility in an area where most professionals are clueless.
Ask around: how many project managers or engineers really understand contract negotiation, project-specific finance, or dispute avoidance? Not many. The PBP cert plants a flag: this person gets it. This person can navigate the commercial side of projects as confidently as the technical or organizational ones.

4. It’s built for professionals who deal with cross-corporate projects.
If your projects involve third parties—suppliers, customers, subcontractors—you’re doing project business, whether you realize it or not. This certification acknowledges that and helps you get good at it. Not “good enough.” Good enough to stop losing money, time, or your mind.

5. It boosts your marketability.
Companies are waking up to the fact that poorly managed project business is a major profit leak. If you can show that you’re trained to fix that? You just made yourself more valuable. To your employer. To your clients. And to your own career.

6. It prepares you for international success.
To succeed in Cross-border Project Business, one must have basic knowledge of the major legal systems. Project Business is a high-risk business, and unfamiliarity with matters of contract law adds further risks.

The Qualification Process

Passing the PMP qualification process is the core prerequisite for the PBP certification. 

The certification exam follows a two-day class that is based on the Project Business Compendium and addresses the various specific topics of project business. 

The certification is free.

  • Project management practitioners on the side of
    – project customers
    – project contractors
  • Staff of PMOs (Project Management Offices) and CoEs (Centers of Excellence) in Project Business
  • Supervisors of these project managers

Details are described in the PBP Handbook.

The certification is free.

However, the candidate must first go through a 2-day trainer-led qualification seminar at an Accredited Education Partner (AEP) of the Project Business Foundation. The price for the seminar is decided upon by the AEP as your training provider.

Click here for a list of Accredited Education Partners (AEPs)

Austria:

Germany:

India:

Malaysia:

USA:

Note: More providers are in the AEP accreditation process. If you want to participate as a trainer (ACE) or training provider (AEP), contact us here.

The exam takes place during the last hour of the seminar and is proctored by the trainer.

Download the PBP Handbook

The PBP Process

The PBP Seminar

The PBP seminar develops practitioners to become Project Business Professionals. This includes the PBP qualification and certification.

The seminar is a two-day classroom* or virtual seminar, introducing the attendees to the specifics of Project Business Management. It builds on the individuals’ existing knowledge as practitioners in Project Business Management but is also accessible for beginners in the matter.

Upon successful completion of the seminar, attendees will have the immediate opportunity to pass the test and become PBP certified.

Please contact an Accredited Education Partner (above) for your seminar inquiry or get in touch with the Project Business Foundation.  

*: Classroom seminars are not available at all locations. Additional costs for travelling and accommodation may incur.

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As a corporate seminar, this can be extended to a five-day seminar, that digs deeper into Project Business Management.

It may be augmented by corporation-specific contents provided by

  • Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Center of Excellence (CoE)
  • A similar organizational entity

The PBP Exam

Achieving the PBP certification is a testament to a person’s dedication and hard work.

The examination takes place at the end of the seminar and is proctored by the ACE-certified trainer. It requires passing a 1-hour computer test with multiple-choice questions that not only test the candidate’s knowledge but also validate the person’s learning from the seminar.

Upon passing, the person can distinguish himself/herself from others by holding the title of Project Business Professional (PBP).

Click here if you have met all prerequisites and have the access code to start your exam.