Written by 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.
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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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