His trials and tribulations in preparing for the PMP exam...

Published: Sun, 04/19/15

Congratulations to our students who passed the PMP exam!

- Gentile Senat, PMP
- Vicente Bonilla, PMP
- Ejike Ezejiofor, PMP
- Jason Vance, PMP
- Luiz Felipe Rodrigues, PMP

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Student Profile

Sara Kraft, PMP

"Taking practice exams are absolutely critical. I used The PMP Exam Simulator and found it to have the most challenging and accurate questions. It's hard to take other 'free' practice exams seriously when they are full of grammar and spelling errors!.."

PMP Exam Basics Exam Rules

PMP Handbook (pdf)
CAPM Handbook (pdf)
PgMP Handbook (pdf)

PMP Exam Coaching Experience with Derek Satz

This is the second of three interviews in this series, in which we focus on the coaching student. It's a lessons learned interview from the perspective of the PMP exam student who used a coach so that we can learn how a PMP Tutor helps his students to achieve success.

In this interview we welcome Derek Satz, PMP and we will be hearing about his trials and tribulations in preparing for this exam. One very notable fact about Derek is this: Derek has 11 certifications to his name and he says that the PMP certification was the most difficult one to achieve.

I asked him why he thinks that the PMP exam is so much more difficult and I read you his answer during the introduction of the interview. It's a long introduction, but worth hearing.

Please visit www.pm-prepcast.com/coaching for more information about our PMP exam coaching program.

Listen to her interview here...

Project Stakeholder Management Overview for the PMP Exam

This free lesson of The PM PrepCast is available this weekend only!

Project Stakeholder Management covers the processes required to identify all individuals, groups or entities impacted either positively or negatively by the project, analyzing expectations, interest and impact of these stakeholders on the project, developing effective strategies to engage them in key decisions as well as to communicate with them throughout the project life cycle.

Watch the lesson here...

When can a PMI Audit happen?

We received the following question from one of our PMP Exam students:

Dear PrepCast Support team:

I have received an email from PMI where they are asking me to deposit the PMI credential examination fee. I have one question here, after depositing the fee is there any chance to face the audit or my application already through from that checks? Thanks, Nitin

My answer was as follows...

PMP Exam Sample Q & A

You are meeting with a customer for initial discussions about a software implementation project. At the end of the day, the customer asks you for a general estimate of the project duration. Based on your experience with three similar past projects you estimate an 8-10 month implementation time frame.

What is this type of estimation technique called?

A. Three-Point Estimating

B. Bottom-Up Estimating

C. WAG

D. Analogous Estimating

HINT: Identify the estimating technique that compares a project to a previous, similar project.

Get the answer here...

PMP Exam Lessons Learned from Ramon Scoble

Lessons learned, his journey and preparation to the PMP exam shared by Ramon Scoble, PMP.

In mid-December 2014 I finished employment with one company and began looking for a new opportunity, although I was not desperately in need of work. Having worked 20 years in engineering companies where there were strong and detailed project management methodologies I considered taking the PMP exam. I had 10 years ago read through a colleague's PMBOK Guide and was aware of the Institute and it's work...