PMP

Abbreviation with 2 meanings

PMP
Stands forProject Management Professional
Meanings2
CategoriesBusiness & Finance

PMP has two meanings. It stands for Project Management Professional (project management) or Private marketplace (marketing & advertising).

Meanings of PMP at a glance

#PMP stands forContext
1Project Management ProfessionalBusiness & Finance › Project Management
2Private marketplaceBusiness & Finance › Marketing & Advertising

1. Project Management Professional

Business & Finance · Project Management Abbreviations · also used in education

Certification awarded by the Project Management Institute to project managers who meet education and experience requirements and pass a demanding exam covering people, process and business environment topics. It is the most widely recognized project management credential.

Example: The posting requires a PMP and five years of construction project experience.

First awarded in 1984. Candidates with a four-year degree need 36 months of experience leading projects, those without need 60 months, and all need 35 hours of project management education. Holders maintain it by earning 60 professional development units every three years. In programmatic advertising, PMP means private marketplace.

2. Private marketplace

Business & Finance · Marketing & Advertising Abbreviations

Invitation-only programmatic auction in which a publisher offers premium inventory to selected advertisers, usually with a price floor and access arranged through a deal ID.

Example: We bought the news site's homepage takeovers through a PMP rather than the open exchange.

PMPs sit between open-exchange auctions and fixed-price programmatic guaranteed deals. In project management, PMP means Project Management Professional, a certification.

More project management abbreviations

  • PM – Project management
  • PMBOK – Project Management Body of Knowledge
  • PMI – Project Management Institute
  • PMO – Project management office
  • PO – Product owner
  • PoC – Proof of concept
  • PPM – Project portfolio management
  • PRD – Product requirements document

See all 59 project management abbreviations →

More marketing & advertising abbreviations

  • PESO – Paid, earned, shared, owned media
  • PLA – Product listing ad
  • PLG – Product-led growth
  • PMax – Performance Max
  • POD – Point of difference
  • POP – Point of purchase
  • PPC – Pay-per-click
  • PQL – Product-qualified lead

See all 111 marketing & advertising abbreviations →

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