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Here is what you can expect 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.
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Our warmest congratulations go to the following students of ours who have recently passed their PMP Exam:
- Emad Ismael
- Stephen Alan Kosack
- Andreas Buse
- Hedda Cohen Indelman
- Madan Vemurie
Have you passed your exam as well? Then let us know by writing to examtips@pm-prepcast.com
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A PMP Exam Simulator Assesses Your Readiness for the PMP Exam
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The Project Management Professional (PMP) credential offered by PMI is a great asset for any project manager. It is a sign that you understand the roles and responsibilities of a project manager, and have the experience and expertise required to do your job well. As well as being practically useful for your day job, the credential is also a signal to employers that you take your role seriously and have spent the time investing in professional development.
Studying for the PMP exam requires you to review the concepts and contents of the PMBOK Guide. You'll probably want to include some other study materials as well to make your personal revision schedule more interesting - variety in how you learn will break up your study and allow you to cover more topics quickly. However, how do you know when to stop studying and apply to take the exam?
A PMP exam simulator can help you assess your readiness for the PMP certification. A simulator is a piece of software that mimics the environment of the exam, down to the way the questions are presented. Using a simulator will give you an idea of whether you are ready to apply to take the real PMP exam. So how will a simulator give you that feedback? Read more here..
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Exam Tip: Study Integration Management Last
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Have you ever been tempted - even just a little bit - to turn to the back of a book and read how it ends before you invest all that time reading the book? Well, here's a tip that lets you do just that with your PMP exam studies of the PMBOK Guide: Skip the first knowledge area (Integration Management) for now and focus your attention on the other eight first.
Here's why: In order to really understand Integration Management you need to first understand what goes on in the other eight areas. Think about it... the section on Integration Management teaches you how to get scope, time, cost, quality, resources, communications, risk, and procurement to play nicely with each other. Unless you understand the unique purpose, goals, and characteristics of each individual knowledge area, it will be increasingly difficult to orchestrate your integration. How can you integrate if you don't know what you're throwing in the mix?
Imagine it like a movie set, where Integration Management is the director and the other eight knowledge areas are the actors. You need to work with the actors first, getting to know their personalities, quirks, and their lines, before the director can bring the cast together to create something great.
So when you start your study of the PMBOK Guide knowledge areas, briefly skim over Integration Management, just so you get a basic understanding; then study the other areas; and finally, come back and study Integration Management in more detail. Having this understanding of the sum of its parts will up the odds that your projects will be integrated (and live) happily ever after.
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| Sample PMP Exam Question |
You are managing an insurance project. An executive steering committee meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and you are required to make a presentation on the project progress. Which of the following presentation formats is best used in this type of meeting?
A.) Hammock Diagram
B.) Network Diagram
C.) Milestone Chart
D.) Gantt Chart
Hint: In management meetings you are looking for a chart that gives a high-level overview.
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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 The PM PrepCast is a PMP Exam Prep Video Workshop that you download to your portable media player like an iPod, smartphone or table PC. This gives you the freedom to study for the exam wherever and whenever you want.
It is a complete PMP exam study approach that increases your chance of passing the PMP Exam.
It will shorten your study time because it keeps you focused and you don't have to read dozens of other books to prepare.
Watch the 42 hours of video from The PM PrepCast and you'll be ready to tackle the exam.
Watch a short video here...
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