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By elroyking, September 29, 2010 3:46 pm

There is still time to register online for PMI Global Congress 2010—North America
Three good reasons to register now:

* Over 150 educational sessions in all to choose from, including sessions on Agile, PMOs, soft skills and much more
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* Dynamic speakers offer insight, motivation and practical solutions to everyday challenges
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* Meet recruiters and gain resources at PMI CareerCentral, Booth #809

Morning Speakers

Get inspired for the day with morning speakers at congress.

Richard A. Spires, Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
Monday, 11 October 8:30 AM–9:15 AM	Mr. Spires held a number of positions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from 2004 through 2008. He served as the Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support, having overall responsibility for the key support and administrative functions for the IRS, to include information technology, human capital, finance, shared services, real estate, and security functions. Prior to becoming Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Spires served as the IRS’ CIO, with overall strategic and operational responsibility for a $2 billion budget and a 7,000-person Modernization and Information Technology Services organization. This division is accountable for maintaining over 400 systems that administer more than 200 million taxpayer records and supports more than 100,000 IRS employees. Mr. Spires served for two and half years as the Associate CIO for Applications Development and led the IRS’ Business Systems Modernization program, which is one of the largest and most complex information technology modernization efforts undertaken to date. From 2000 through 2003, Mr. Spires served as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director of Mantas, Inc., a software provider that provides business intelligence solutions to the financial services industry. In helping to establish Mantas, Mr. Spires successfully led efforts to raise $29 million in venture funding. Prior to Mantas, Mr. Spires spent more than 16 years serving in a number of technical and managerial positions at SRA International. Mr. Spires received a BS in electrical engineering and a BA in mathematical sciences from the University of Cincinnati. He also holds an MS in electrical engineering from the George Washington University. Mr. Spires was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering in 2006.
Storm Cunningham
Tuesday, 12 October 8:30 AM–9:15 AM	The Restoration Economy, which has been hailed by government and business leaders around the world as “Extraordinary”, “Remarkable”, “A modern classic”, “A landmark work”, “Required reading”, and “The most important and valuable business book I have read in many years.” His second book, reWealth, was published by McGraw-Hill in 2008. George Ochs, Director of Real Asset Investment at JP Morgan calls Storm “the world’s thought leader on community revitalization and natural resource restoration” and calls reWealth: “The secret weapon…for economic recovery at both local and global scales.” He is CEO of Resolution Fund, LLC in Washington, DC.  Resolution Fund helps communities, counties, tribes, regions, and nations ignite rapid, resilient renewal of their economy, their natural resources, and their quality of life. He is founder of Revitalization Institute, the non-profit academy for community renewal and natural resource restoration, based in Toronto. Storm Cunningham was—from 1996 to 2002—Director, Strategic Initiatives at the Construction Specifications Institute, a 50+ year-old association of 18,000 architects, engineers, contractors, and manufacturers. A former Green Beret SCUBA medic, he is an avid SCUBA diver, motorcyclist, and amateur herpetologist.  He lives in Arlington, Virginia, USA.

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By elroyking, September 28, 2010 3:39 pm

Imagine being recognized as a leader and a performer in your field. Think of what a difference it would make on your projects if management and your team trusted and follow your direction and suggestions because they knew your were trained in the PMI methodologies and could make those projects the highest quality while becoming efficient in schedule and time. To stand out as a project manager, the PMP Certification is the way to do it. The Project Management Institute explains that the PMP Credential is the most recognized project management certification globally. According to Global Knowledge certified PMPs make 15-30% more than non-certified project managers, so the effort is well worth it. There are some 35 hours of training and some project management experience requirements, but the toughest part of getting certified for most project managers is the PMP exam.

The PMP exam revolves around A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4. It is the PMI’s guide book to best practices in project management. However, the PMP exam tests knowledge and application of the best practices in the project management field. The PMBOK guide is dry and devoid of working examples and applications. I would suggest going through the PMBOK guide at least once before attempting the exam, but it needs some supplemental material.

Here are three really good supplemental texts. Select one of the following:

Do you own an iPod or an mp3 player? The very best training that I have found, that follows the PMBOK guide very well and is full of examples and application material is The PM-Prepcast.

You can get your PMP training the easy and entertaining way. It is the best value for a visiual-audio PMP exam training. You can spend hundreds, even thousands on online training that will not be as good as this training by Cornelius Fichtner.

Oh, and did I mention, that it fills the entire 35 contact training hours?

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Take the FREE 50 question sample exam. Score the exam and see how you did. Check the answers and explanations and understand why the answers you selected were not the “BEST” answers. Now go back to the texts and reread the sections that you scored poorly on. The 50 question exam isn’t very broad, however. To really get a feel for where you stand and what you need to study, purchase the PMP Exam Simulator, it is under $50. It has 10 base PMP exams (200 questions each), and other questions for every knowledge area. When you get to where you can take an entire PMP exam from the PMP Exam Simulator and score better than 85%, then you are ready to take the PMP exam.

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By elroyking, September 27, 2010 2:46 pm

Project Management is applying industry best practices (including project management best practices) to the current subject or technology. Information technology can present quite a challenge because it is constantly changing and updating. Kathy Schwalbe hits the nail on the head when it comes to project management. Although her focus is in Information Technology, the project management training in this text is based on the PMBOK version 4. It is perfect PMP training material, and it includes specific Microsoft Project 2010 training as well.

Information Technology Project Management, Revised (with Premium Online Content Printed Access Card) is the text to own. It covers all of the PMP knowledge areas, and focuses on real world application.

Rita Mulcahy estimates that 50% of those who fail the PMP exam do so because they don’t have project management experience with the PMI methodologies (see page 2 of PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam). Much of the PMP exam, although knowledge based, is focused on application of the PMI principles and methodologies. Here is your chance to see those principles in operation and applied to an interesting and challenging field.

Pick up your copy of Information Technology Project Management, Revised (with Premium Online Content Printed Access Card). It makes the perfect companion to any PMP Prep Text, supplying the principles and the application of those principles in and understandable and complete way.

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By elroyking, September 24, 2010 3:20 pm

To pass the PMP® exam, you are going to want to take a lot of practice exam questions. Taking practice exam questions gets you ready for the format and style of the PMP® Exam. Taking practice questions can help you know what areas you still need to study more about. Taking practice questions can prepare you like nothing else for the pressures and over-all feeling of what the 4 hour PMP® exam will be like. Truth be told, however, taking the questions, by itself isn’t enough. You need to have an explanation of why the answers were the best answers and why some that may have seemed right weren’t the best answers. You need a PMP® test with a detailed explanations of why the best answers are the best answers!

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By elroyking, September 23, 2010 9:35 am

Passing the PMP exam is pretty difficult. About.com characterized the PMP certification as one of the toughest credentials out there. The key to passing the exam is to study the right materials. There are a lot of free material out there on the Net, but often you get what you pay for when it comes to those materials. However, there are some free sources of material that are easy to come by and carry a lot of value. The first one I am going to send to you is a free gift from me (well, a free gift from the Project Management Institute (PMI)), but I am going to pass it on to you, so it is a free value from reading my article. This gift is the PMP Credential Handbook (pdf). Now don’t start complaining now, thinking, “I don’t want to read through an entire handbook.” It is only 20 pages long—about 12 minutes of reading. But it gives you ALL of the information you need to know about obtaining the PMP credential—and you know it is accurate, because it comes straight from the PMI. Here is the link, download it now for free.

The PMP exam is based on the PMBOK guide, if you are a PMI member, you can download the PMBOK guide for free. Here is the link. PMBOK guide v.4 (PMI Membership required). If you are not a PMI member, join today. If you have a PMI membership, the cost of the PMP exam is reduced by $100, which is about the cost of the membership. If you are going to take the PMP exam, the PMI membership and the PMBOK guide are free for joining!

Now, I purchased a hard copy of the PMBOK guide because I like to highlight it, write in the margins, make notes and drawings. If you want a hardcopy of the PMBOK guide, you can purchase A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 right here. Get it from Amazon from this link and save 40% over the cost of the book on retail shelves. Get it now!

The PMP exam covers the knowledge base in the PMBOK guide, but the test is designed to be a test of the application of the best practices and principles outlined in the PMBOK guide, and not just a regurgitation of the fact presented there. Rita Mulcahy estimates that 50% of those who do not pass the exam, fail it because they don’t have any project management experience on projects that use the PMI methodologies. Among the things that are important to learn in the PMP vocabulary and the PMI-isms. You will need some help knowing what those are and how to spot them on the exam. You are going to need some materials that showcase the working examples of the PMI methodologies. You can find those in PMP Prep books and courses. PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam is a good example of one of these texts. Andy Crowe’s text,The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try is very good as well, but for the money, I would look at the Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam, and PMP Certification For Dummies by Peter Nathan and Gerald Everett Jones texts. Both of the texts are designed for beginners and do not assume that the reader has a lot of prior knowledge of the PMP subjects. Both come with lots of sample questions and a full length PMP sample exam. The sample PMP exam that comes with the Headfirst text is downloadable from their website. The For Dummies text has a CD with sample questions on it. The For Dummies text can be purchased for under $30, a huge value.

Finally, to pass the exam you are going to need to take a lot of sample questions. The best solution is a PMP software simulation program. Rita puts out a really good one, PM Fastrack Exam Simulation Software for the PMP Exam: Version 6but it costs $300. For under $50 you can get a very good PMP Exam Simulator. PMP Exam Simulator It comes with 10 base 200 question PMP exams. It has been developed by a team of PMPs and is the best value for this exceptional product.

Go ahead and Download a Free 50 PMP Question Demo Now, see what the PMP Exam Simulator is like. Take a test drive and see if it suits you.

If you want to pass the PMP exam, do get at least three different sources for your PMP materials. If you get all of your materials from one place, you are going to find that it has holes in the content. Getting your materials from three different sources assures you that you should fill in any possible gaps in any of the three. You may want to make sure that the sources vary in type and media. For example, start with the PMBOK guide, augment it with a PMP Prep text, and a class, online training, or podcast.

Be sure to pick up the simulation software, it will be your best preparation tool, but after taking a sample test, go through the questions that you missed. Understand why you missed the questions from the explanations in the software, then go through the areas where you missed the most questions in your PMP prep texts and in the PMBOK guide.

If you need the 35 Contact Hours of training, then consider the The PM-Prepcast. It is under $100, and is rich media, video and audio. It can be listened to on your iPod or MP3 player or played on you computer. It also provides all 35 contact hours and is PMI approved.

You really can be ready for the PMP exam if you get at least three sources for your PMP materials. You can do that at reasonable prices, and follow up with PMP Exam simulation software so that you will be used to the format and style of the test on a computer.

You can be PMP certified! You can be ready for the PMP exam, At PM Exam Ready, we are dedicated to getting you ready to take that PMP exam, and getting you there at the best value for your money. You can’t afford to prepare anywhere else! Stop by often and get helpful hints and resources.

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By elroyking, September 22, 2010 8:00 am

If you are looking to get PMP certified, check out these great articles. Each one has specific helps, hints, and tricks to help you get the PMP certification.

PMI-isms and Project Management Vocabulary

Pass The PMP Certification Exam with a Sample Test or Maybe 10 Sample Tests

Effectively Preparing Fo The PMP Exam

Project Management Professional PMP

Don’t Fail The PMP Exam–Solve These Preventable Issues

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A Little Known Trick To Help You Ace The PMP Exam

How To Know Exactly What You Need to Study to Pass The PMP Exam

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By elroyking, September 21, 2010 8:02 am

The Planning Process Group contains all of planning processes. The results of the planning processes is the creation of all of the documents needed to produce the total scope of the project, define firm objectives, and develop the actions required to reach those objectives. One of the most important parts of the Planning Process is to put together the Project Management Plan. This plan will be the guiding document that lets all project participants know how the project will be planned, executed, monitored, and controlled.

The nature of project management is multidimensional, as more features and characteristics of the project are gathered, more detail is known about the project. Repeated planning for additional knowledge and requirements may be needed. This repeated planning process is known as “rolling wave planning.” It is ongoing and repetitive. The project management plan and the project documents will address all aspects of the project, cost, schedule, quality, communication, risk, and procurement. Updates to the plan that come in the form of approved changes through a change request system, must be made to the original documents in the form of a base line update.

A definite end to the planning stage must be set by a procedural process and be recognized by stake holders so that the planning stage can come to a close, and the final project documents can be produced. The project must be performed according to the documentation. If the features are not in the documentation, they should not be in the project. The following processes are found in the Planning Process Group:

* Develop Project Management Plan
* Collect Requirements
* Define Scope
* Create WBS
* Define Activities
* Sequence Activities
* Estimate Activity Resources
* Estimate Activity Durations
* Develop Schedule
* Estimate Costs
* Determine Budget
* Plan Quality
* Develop Human Resource Plan
* Plan Communications
* Plan Risk Management
* Identify Risks
* Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
* Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
* Plan Risk Responses
* Plan Procurements

The project manager should be involved as early as possible in the project, he should be assigned to the project before any of the project planning processes are begun (the PMBOK guide specifies selecting a Project Manager in the Create Project Charter process.

For detailed information about the Planning Process Group see A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4 chapter 3. Rita Mulcahy talks about the processes in PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam, she also talks about the project management process, and has some very useful activities covering the subject.

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By elroyking, September 20, 2010 2:28 pm

Passing the PMP exam is often one of the only things holding back Project Managers from becoming PMP certified. What will the PMP certification do for you? Vicki Wrona, of Global Knowledge, shows that Project Managers receive between 6 and 30 percent more than their non-certified co-workers. Getting that PMP credential sets you apart in the field and shows management and other potential employers that you are dedicated to project management and trained to do the job right. The reason employers are willing to pay the extra for PMP certified employees, is that the Project Management Institute (PMI) training has shown to lower costs, improve schedule and cost estimates, and improve the quality of projects. Getting that PMP certification has a win-win affect, it makes you more marketable, but it also improves what you are working on right now.

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So what do you need to do to pass that PMP exam. There really are a lot of training classes, materials, and resources available. How do you know which ones will help you the most? Well, each project manager has a different background and has different training. Rita Mulcahy, a prominent PMP author, estimates that 50% of people who fail the exam, fail it because they don’t have the experience managing a project using the PMI methodologies. You won’t be able to pass the exam on the wings of your current project management knowledge and skill. I would suggest that you base your study on a variety of sources. Don’t go and buy everything out there, that would definitely be overkill, but make sure that you don’t go into the test having studied only one text or taken only one class, there are sure to be holes in the materials covered from only one source.

Map Of Resources For PMP Exam Success

I would suggest at least three sources for PMP information. First and foremost, you need to get your hands on A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4, often called the PMBOK guide. The PMBOK guide is the PMI’s crown jewel, it is the summary document of the project Management best practices that the PMI has accumulated over many years. It is also the knowledge basis for the PMP exam. You may hear a number of complaints, that the text is dry and sometimes complex, but the key to passing the PMP exam, is as Rita pointed out, understanding project management as the PMI sees it. Get your PMI knowledge first hand, from the PMI itself. Getting the PMBOK guide version 4 on line, saves about 40% from the retail cost at a book store. Get it now , and get it shipped for free from Amazon .

The PMP exam is knowledge based, but has an emphasis on application of the principles. There are a number of PMP Exam Prep study guides that explain how to apply the principles and will provide great hands on exercises. I would recommend one of the following texts as a companion to the PMBOK guide:

Rita’s text is the most popular and probably the most detailed, but I like Andy Crowe’s text because if follows the PMBOK guide more closely. The Head First text keeps my attention better, it is based on a more modern method of learning and has interesting graphics and side bars that augment the learning and aide in memorization. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses, they each have their own unique design and flow. Click on the graphics above, go to the Amazon page, and click on “Look Inside.” for the books that have that link. You will see right away what the style is like and you should be able to choose one based on the style you like. Choosing a text that fits your style will make a difference in reading the text and learning from it. Every person is individual, and there is no one single right choice.

Think Media!

Most people learn best when multiple forms of stimulus are used. A video or online class can be more effective because it combines voice and motion (hearing and sight). There are several online classes that you can take, Simplilearn Program and Agilitec Training. are examples of these online classes, but for the money, I would recommend The PM-Prepcast. The PM-Prepcast can be downloaded to your mp3 player, or watched on your computer. It is streaming media and includes video and audio. It is very versatile, and can be watched anywhere. It even has the advantage of providing the entire 35 contact hours of training needed to apply to take the PMP exam! Let the The PM-Prepcast be your learning companion and the third leg to the training triangle that can bring you PMP Exam success.

With all of the proper training materials, you will also want to be prepared for the exam with some quality PMP Exam Simulation Software. The PM Fastrack Exam Simulation Software for the PMP Exam: Version 6, is a great software simulation program, but if you are looking for a more cost effective solution, try PMP Exam Simulator.

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Give the PMP Exam Simulator. a free trial run right now. Cut hours off of your study time by purchasing the PMP Exam Simulator and taking the first full PMP exam. You will find out exactly which areas you are weak in and where you need to focus your study!

Don’t delay. Start right now, and invest in yourself. You can be PMP certified! You can be ready for the PMP exam, At PM Exam Ready, we are dedicated to getting you ready to take that PMP exam, and getting you there at the best value for your money. You can’t afford to prepare anywhere else! Stop by often and get helpful hints and resources.

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By elroyking, September 17, 2010 2:35 pm

Thirty five contact hours are a requirement for the PMP certification. What are contact hours? Well they represent “classroom” hours of Project Management training. These hours can be in the classroom or online. They can come from a number of different sources that include, but are not limited to: college courses that cover project management, Project Management Professional (PMP) training courses, Employer sponsored Project Management courses. The contact hours that can be counted for each class are only those hours spent discussing project management. For example, a class taught at a place of employment may specifically cover the management and technology of a company project. Only the time spent on the project management portion of the class can be counted towards the contact hours.

Inclass training is put on by the PMI. You can register for the latest PMI classes, the number of contact hours vary and are tied to the number of hours you will spend in the classes. Here is a link to an upcoming class.

There are PMP training courses that are PMI approved. These include the Simplilearn Program and Agilitec Training.

The number of contact hours that you can receive for the classes also vary because the amount of time spent in the classes will also vary.

If you want to be on the safe side and get the entire 35 contact hours at what I would consider the absolute best value, look into the The PM-Prepcast. This is truly the easy way to get your contact hours and will cost you the least for the 38 hours of PMI approved training.

The PM-Prepcast is a podcast and can be watched on your iPod or MP3 player. It can be watched on your computer, or anyplace MP3 can be viewed. That makes the Prepcast a whole lot more flexible than a traditional class.

Get ready for the PMP certification by getting your 35 contact hours today.

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By elroyking, September 16, 2010 10:00 am

I recently received an email that made me sad. A subscriber had taken the PMP exam and was a few points below the acceptable mark. He took his results and revisited the sections that he had scored low on the exam, but he was still wary of plunking down the money to take it again. “There are going to be new questions this time, what if I score low in a different area? I just don’t know what to study!”

We all have those same concerns, how can you know what is really important, and what material you are specifically weak in? Well, before you sit for the exam, realize that each person has a different background and has prepared in different ways to take the exam. The sections of the exam that are “hard” for one person could be “a snap” for someone else. Having said that, the knowledge base for the exam is contained in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) version 4. However, the PMI is more concerned that you, as a project manager can apply the principles in the book, not just regurgitate them for an exam. The application of the principles are easier to come by from an exam prep book like PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam or The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try. The key, though, is knowing what you need help with.

I will show you how to get that insight in an easy way. First:

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Go ahead, download it now. It is free, I’ll tell you what to do with it in a minute. You need to know what to study and where to focus your precious study hours. You will know exactly where to start after taking the 50 question PMP exam demo. Answer all 50 questions, now score the test and get the results. Which areas did you miss questions in? That is exactly where you need to do your study! Take out the PMBOK guide and your PMP Exam Prep text, and go through those sections again. Now take the 50 question demo exam once more. Did you score better? Did you miss questions in other areas? If so, then go study those areas now. You will get to a point where you are going to get all 50 questions right. Now you have a decision to make. Are you going to go a little deeper and really find out where your PMP exam weakness is?

What do I mean? Well, to illustrate my point, my son recently got his drivers license. He spent a number of hours on the driving simulators. He complained that the simulators weren’t very realistic, but when he started driving with me, he knew exactly what to do. He would comment that with the simulator, he was scoring poorly because he it said that he wasn’t stepping on the break early enough at the stop signs and stop lights. I had to agree–I asked him to begin slowing down earlier for the intersections! The simulator made a big difference in my son’s driving, even if he wanted to discount it.

I mention this experience because I think that it applies, you can know your weaknesses before taking the PMP exam by taking practice exams on a PMP exam software simulator. The demo that you downloaded is a preview of exactly what you get with the PMP Exam Simulator. The full simulator, however, contains 6000 sample questions, and includes 10 different base PMP exams. The process to follow is to purchase the simulator (the cost is under $50, and it provides hundreds of more sample questions than competing products–this is really the best value, but look at the competitors and see for yourself), and take the first base exam. Do the same thing that you did with the 50 question demo, take the test, score the exam. Which areas did you miss questions in? Look at the detailed answers and the justifications for why the particular answer was right. Now go to your companion texts and re-read the weak chapters. You are going to reinforce exactly the areas that you personally need help with. Now go back and take the second base PMP test. Did you miss questions in different areas? With the help of the detailed answers, did you understand why you missed the questions? Now go re-read the sections in the texts. Do you see a pattern developing? You should be hitting the 90-95% of the exam questions correctly by about test 5. If there is one specific area that you consistently score low on, revisit those areas in the texts, but select that area to take an exam made up of only questions from the trouble area. The simulator is so flexible, it bends to your very needs. You may need to go to test 6 or 7, but you will be making weak areas strong, and you will be confident as you sit for the next simulated test. Most people don’t need to go through all 10 base exams, by the time you are getting 95% on the simulated test, you are ready to take the real one.

This process pinpoints any weak areas that you may have. It is completely individual, and will help you know exactly what you need to study to get ready for that difficult exam.

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Do it now! Don’t put it off. Start understanding right now what YOU need to study to get ready for the exam. You can pass the exam the first time, you now have the process for doing it. Don’t mess up on the real PMP exam, make the bad mistakes on the simulator, and then you will get it right when you sit for the exam for real.

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