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We are excited to share with you what we would like to call "The BEST Student Feedback EVER!". This is why I find sharing my knowledge in PMP rewarding. Read the incredible feedback from one of my students in this week's issue..
What else is in this week's issue?
Last but not the least, Congratulations to our new PMP's!
Until Next Time,
Cornelius Fichtner, PMP
President, OSP International LLC
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Recommended PMP Exam Study Material: Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam
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The Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam (Disclosure: Compensated Affiliate) offers a fresh perspective on preparing for the PMP Exam certification. Not the typical, dry PMP preparation book, this one explains the current principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, 4th Edition in a clever and entertaining way.
Instead of simply loading yourself with heavy words and formulas to memorize, Head First PMP works with the brain by using a very engaging, visually rich format: mental games, stories, questions, answers and graphics. The author uses the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory to simplify the difficult four-hour PMP exam. The multi-sensory approach makes it very easy for you to retain the information that you need for the exam.
This book will help you:
- Pass the certification exam with flying colors. It has a strategy on the underlying concepts that make The PMBOK Guide principles more manageable to understand.
- Learn everything you need to know for the exam. It has one hundred percent coverage of the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, 4th Edition.
- Test yourself thoroughly and effectively. It has hundreds of practice questions and exam strategies that will gauge your readiness to take the exam.
- Explore the material through puzzles, games, problems, and exercises that make learning easy and entertaining. It has all these fun and witty methods designed for you not to get bored!
With Head First PMP: A Learners Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam, you can apply the principles not only to the exam, but also to your everyday work life.
For more information and customer reviews, click here!
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| Congratulations! |
Our warmest congratulations go to the following students of ours who have recently passed their PMP Exam:
- Victor Armaselu, PMP
- Don Maclellan, PMP
- Hossam Elalfy, PMP
- Suresh Richard Sujanani, PMP
(image shown on the right) Have you passed your exam as well? Then let us know by writing to examtips@pm-prepcast.com
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| The BEST Student Feedback EVER! |
Yesterday, I received the following, absolutely incredible feedback from one of my students. This is why I am an instructor:
Now what I am about to tell you is VERY complimentary of you. Are you ready? Two days after our Study Coach class ended, I attended a 6 day $4500 PMP Bootcamp Class. There were 5 other people in the class besides me. The instructor was very nice. He was definitely not as "current" as you. He works a full time day job but then teaches the course a few times a year. It is nice to have people teach courses who are working in real world experience to provide real world perspective, however for the PMP exam, it is helpful to have someone who has had hundreds of students like you and be able to synthesize all the feedback that is given to you. So for this PMP stuff, I think you and Kevin provided much better info. Read more here..
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Exam Tip: Calculating ES/FS
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We recently received the following question from a PMP Exam Student:
"There's some confusion in my head with regards to some of the network diagram calculations. I'm lead to believe there are actually two methods to calculate ES, LF, ES etc.. etc..
The first method adds or subtracts 1 where applicable. This assumes that the start activity has ES, EF, LS and LF as 1. The second method assumes the start activity has zeros for all values thereby not having to add or subtract 1 to any of the formulas.
Is there any indication in the exam that would lead me into knowing which "method" is being utilised so that I can apply the right formula?"
I answered that he is correct. there are indeed 2 approaches:
- First approach: You calculate the network diagram starting on day 0
- Second approach: You calculate the network diagram starting on day 1
I personally use the second approach, because when my sponsor tells me, that my project starts on the first day of September, then that is September 1 and not September 0. This is also the way that all modern scheduling tools seem to work. You schedule your project based on a calendar start date and not "on day 0".
That is why there is a slight difference between the calculations (you have to add/subtract 1 from the results in the 2nd approach). However, don't worry about this for the exam too much. The way that the question is formulated you should be able to identify how to go about this. Also: I understand that in most cases when you have to calculate this, it is the end result that is important and not how you got there.
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| Sample PMP Exam Question |
Cost of Quality refers to the total cost of all efforts related to quality throughout the Product Life Cycle. Organizations should invest in product quality improvement to reduce which of the following?
A.) Internal Cost of Quality
B.) Prevention Costs
C.) Appraisal Costs
D.) External Cost of Quality
Hint: If organizations don't invest in product quality improvements, the cost of product returns, warranty claims, and recall campaigns increases.
Please click here to give your answer and see the explanation...
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The PMP Exam is a test of project management practices
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In order to succeed in the PMP Exam, you should  have hands-on experience in project management.
Watch this week's PMP Exam tips video and see how the PMP Exam is a test of project management practices.
Click here to watch the video.
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Any "Lessons Learned" you would want to share from your PMP Exam journey? |
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 " Whew! It's over...I passed on the first try. I relied pretty heavily on those that had already passed their exams for tips so I wanted to pay it forward and hopefully do the same for someone else..." Read more about what Lindsay Pineda,PMP has to share here..
Care to share your lessons learned from your PMP exam journey? Then let us know by writing to examtips@pm-prepcast.com
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