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How To Pass The PMP Exam

Oct13
2010 26 Comments Written by elroyking

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 material. 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 ALLof 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 purchaseA 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 text or the PMP Certification For Dummies by Peter Nathan and Gerald Everett Jones
text. 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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The Project Management Prepcast, Schedule Crashing for Passing The PMP Exam

Oct11
2010 4 Comments Written by elroyking

If studying for the PMP exam is giving you anxiety and headaches, then it is time you learned about the easy way to pass the PMP exam. Get your training from 38 hours of video. They can be downloaded to your computer or your mobile device. All of the PMP topics are discussed and presented in an easy to digest way. You get lots of tips and tricks about passing the exam, sample exam questions, and 35 contact hours for your PMP application. Jump on board, and get your PMP exam training the easy and efficient way.

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If you are trying to find the easiest approach, you have found it: Simply order, download and watch the video lessons on your computer or portable player. The PrepCast reduces the pain and anxiety of your exam preparation to a series of easy to follow videos. Don’t waste your money on expensive PMP® bootcamps. Stop spending your days in a boring, ineffective class. Just watch The The PM-Prepcast™. It is everything you need to succeed!

The PM-Prepcast is without a doubt one of my favorite tools. I would listen to it during my commutes. It follows the PMBOK guide v4 very closely, but it is a lot more entertaining, and it provides working examples that the PMBOK leaves out!

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The PM-Prepcast, Your Time Saving Edge to Passing The PMP Exam

Oct01
2010 1 Comment Written by elroyking

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PMP® Exam Preparation

Sep28
2010 4 Comments Written by elroyking

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?

If you really want to pass the PMP exam, however, you are going to have to roll in some PMP Sample Questions.

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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.

Go ahead, do it today. Get started on the one thing that will really make a difference in your project management career, you will never regret it.

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Pass The PMP Exam Without Breaking The Bank

Sep23
2010 11 Comments Written by elroyking

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.

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.

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.

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The Planning Process Group

Sep21
2010 3 Comments Written by elroyking

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.

Elroy King

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Know Exactly What You Have To Study For The PMP Exam

Sep16
2010 12 Comments Written by elroyking

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.

Elroy King

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PMP Test Prep Book

Sep14
2010 2 Comments Written by elroyking

My son came home from school very irritated because he had done poorly on a test. We talked about it for a bit, then I asked him if he had read the book. Well…., no, was his answer. We went over the test and the material, and found all of the answers very plainly in the reading material.

So many project managers want to rely on their experience to get them through the PMP exam. Rita Mulcahy, a PMP author, believes that 50% of those who fail the PMP exam do it because they don’t have the experience managing a project in the PMI way. Basically, they need to read the PMI’s book.

The Project Management Institute (PMI) created a text called the “Project Management Body of Knowledge”. I contains the project management best practices. You can get a copy of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge: (Pmbok Guide) (Paperback) right here. Go ahead, get the PMI’s book. People will tell you that you don’t need the PMBOK guide, or that it is too dry and boring, but nothing could be further from the truth. Read the PMBOK guide through at least twice before taking the test.

You are going to need a little bit more than just the PMBOK guide to pass the test. The PMP test is knowledge based, but it is designed to test the application of principles. You are going to need a great PMP exam prep book also.

There are three texts that you should decide among.

PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam, The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, or Head First PMP: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam.

Rita Mulcahy’s book is probably the most popular and the most in-depth. It is full of activities and practice exam questions, and is very thorough. Rita, however, assumes the reader has a pretty deep backgound in project management. This is not a beginner’s book.

Andy Crowe’s book follows the PMBOK guide very well. I was very comfortable with the text and the style. It is probably my favorite of the three because of how it complements the PMBOK guide.

The Head First text reminds me of the text books that my children bring home from High School. It has great graphics and little asides in the margins. It involves more media, and uses the modern concepts of visual learning much better than the other two books. I has numerous explanations that make it a better beginner’s book. If you are new to PMP, or the the PMI methodologies, I think this is a great place to start.

Before you go to take that difficult PMP test, do yourself a favor–read the book (or books) and really get ready to take the PMP test.

Elroy King

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Project Management Professional Exam Prep

Sep09
2010 3 Comments Written by elroyking

The PMP exam is the biggest road block for most Project Managers in their journey to become PMP certified. Those PMs have the education and the experience, they have just been told that the exam is very hard. Well, it is hard, about.com characterizes it as one of the most intensive certifications out there.

But you can be ready for that PMP exam and get that credential. You just need some good resources and some great help.

First of all, think about a good PMI approved class. Taking a 4 to 6 day class is a little costly, but usually can’t be beat for intensive hands on training in the PMI methods of project management.

If you can’t afford the class, or the time to take it, the best PMP training that I know of that includes the visual, audio, and all the elements of a great class, but is a lot more convenient and a lot less expensive is The PM-Prepcast The PM-Prepcast will amaze you, catch a free episode right here. http://www.project-management-prepcast.com/index.php/freetry-it/free-prepcast

A great complement to the PM-Prepcast is Rita Mulcahy’s text PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam. It is the most popular PMP exam prep material available. It includes games, exercises, and vocabulary. Rita has helped thousands of PMPs get certified.

Your ace in the hole, however, should be PMP exam simulation software. Rita puts out a very popular exam software, PM Fastrack Exam Simulation Software for the PMP Exam: Version 6. It is a little pricey, but seems to get very good results. A separate option, that costs a lot less is the PMP Exam Simulator. Take the exam on the simulator first. You will get a feel for what the exam is like, and you can take those exam failures on the simulator rather than on the real exam. You will find exactly what you need to study to be ready to take the exam by taking a number of practice exams. The exam simulator has 6000 test questions, they include 10 full exams. You will really be ready to take the PMP exam after getting through the simulator.

Get your Demo PMP Exam Simulator, with 50 free PMP exam questions right here as a free gift from me. (Well, OK, it is a free gift from them, but I’m passing it along to you as a free favor!)

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What Is The Difference Between A Project And Operational Work?

Sep07
2010 10 Comments Written by elroyking

Many project managers are faced with the question, is this a project? Or is this operational work? It can be difficult to distinguish the two because both types of work are performed by organizations. Both types of work will involve team members, and will be limited by resource and other constraints. Both types of work will be planned, monitored, and controlled. And both types of work will be performed to achieve the goals of the organization.
What makes the work project work and not organizational work?For the most part, it is the fact that project work produces a unique product and service and comes to an end at some point. Operational work will produce the same thing again and again. Project work will produce something different than the organization has produced before. For example: Setting up a manufacturing area or plant would be a project. The manufacturing that happens after the plant is set up and operational will be operational work. Operational work will often support project work, or will continue where the project left off, so there is often a lot of interaction between the project and the operational teams. Resources may be different from the project team to the operational team or may be shared by both. In fine, if the work has a definite beginning and end, and produces a unique product or service, it is a project. If the work has a continuing element about it, and it produces many of the same things again and again, it is operational work. Usually the design and development of a new product is a project, but the continued production of the product would fall to operations.I hope this definition and discussion will be helpful to you on your projects and on the PMP exam. Rita Mulcahy, in her text PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam has a more in-depth discussion about projects and operational work on pages 21 and 22, in the chapter on Project Management Framework. She defines many terms that you will need for the PMP exam including projects, program, portfolio, PMO, objectives, constraints, stakeholder management, and many more. Pick up your copy of PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition: Rita’s Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam and begin your journey to being prepared to take the PMP exam and getting the PMP certification. You will be glad that you did.Elroy King

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