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Published: Sun, 11/11/12

Important: We Need Your Input
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How has the PMP Exam changed your life?

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The Agile Prepcast is launching soon! Be one of the few to get a discount!
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November Discount Coupon
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For our next amazing deal and offer, we bring you a $9.99 discount coupon for The PMP Exam eFlashcards. Instead of paying the regular price of $29.99, you can get The PMP Exam eFlashcards for just $20.00.

This offer is good from November 1-30, 2012 only.
PMP Exam Tip: Know the Difference between a Planning Package and a Work Package
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Many PMP students have trouble understanding the difference between a planning package and a work package. Let's turn first to the PMBOK Guide to clear up any confusion:

Planning Package = A work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities (see also control account; control account [Tool] = A management control point where scope, budget (resource plans), actual cost, and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement)
PMP Exam Sample Q and A
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Which of the following Enterprise Environmental Factors does not influence the Estimate Activity Durations process?
A.) Duration Estimating Databases
B.) Project Management Information Systems
C.) Productivity Metrics
D.) Published Commercial Information

Hint: All of the given choices are valid Enterprise Environmental Factors but which one of them is not relevant to the Estimate Activity Durations process?
Video of the Week
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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.
Recommended PMP Material
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PMP in Depth: Project Management Professional Study Guide for the PMP Exam
By Paul Sanghera

If you're searching for the right PMP study guide to help you pass the PMP Exam, PMP in Depth: Project Management Professional Study Guide for the PMP Exam will get you on the right track (Disclosure: Compensated Affiliate). The material is intelligently presented in a logical sequence so you won't have to hop from topic to topic.