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Published: Sun, 10/04/15

Congratulations to our students who passed the PMP exam!

- Ian McFarland, PMP
- Paul Smith, PMP
- Lise LaFontaine, PMP
- Beau Storch, PMP
- Prashant Shah, PMP

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"My recommendation to other students is to first have signed up for the PM PrepCast emails. They VERY VERY clearly give you step by step guide of keeping your mind in the game. I personally took tests up until 2 days before the exam. .."

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PMP Handbook (pdf)
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PgMP Handbook (pdf)

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Join Cornelius Fichtner's Presentation at the PMI Global Congress in Orlando

Cornelius Fichtner is presenting "How to Successfully use Social Media and Online Collaboration on Your Projects" at the PMI Global Congress in Orlando Florida.

When: 11-13 October 2015
Where: Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando Florida

How to Attend:

Select this as the session you are going to attend on Tuesday, October 13th 2015, at 8:30am as you make your global congress selections. Then simply show up... :-)

See you there!

How to Prepare for the PMP Exam in 30 Days

You are asking yourself right now, “Where do I start to guarantee I pass the PMP exam in 30 days”? Be patient, stay calm, and continue to read this quick article to understand the steps of this process - how each step leads to the next.

So remember - finish one step before starting the next to prevent yourself from becoming overwhelmed. Preparing for the PMP exam will take daily dedication to studying and understanding the material...

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Use your PM Exam Simulator - Early and Often

This PMP exam tip is brought to you by our PMP Exam Coach - Dan Ryan, PMP:

Use your PM Exam Simulator - Early and Often

I work with many students who use exam simulators to practice for the PMP exam. I have had the experience to find out that a great many of these students do not activate their PM exam Simulator until days or even weeks after their studies have begun. When I ask them why they say "I was planning on finishing all the PM PrepCast videos first" or "I was going to finish reading my PMP prep book first"...

Lessons Learned by Muhammad Rauf Akram Nasir

Lessons learned, study resources and more shared to us by PM PrepCast student, Muhammad Rauf Akram Nasir, PMP.

By the grace of ALLAH, today I earned my PMP certification with 4 P’s and 1 MP. It was a great journey and I want to share my lessons learned with all of you so you can take advantage of it.

I thought of becoming a PMP back in 2013 but I was so busy with my job and few exciting and challenging projects that I could not even spare some time to research about it or even to get registered on PMI website...

PrepCast Website Upgrade & Downtime

This is an early announcement for all our website users.

We are in the process of upgrading The PM PrepCast website to the latest version of our content management system. At the same time we will also move the website to a bigger and faster webserver.

This upgrade and migration will result in a website downtime of 24-48 hours. The exact date of this downtime has not yet been scheduled.

We will keep updating you of our progress and will announce the exact date of the downtime approximately 2 weeks in advance.

PMP Exam Sample Question

Estimating costs demands expert skills. Which of the following is most important to document when estimating costs?

A. Documentation of all assumptions made
B. Documentation of any known constraints
C. Indication of the range of possible estimate
D. Documentation of the basis of the estimate

HINT: All of the choices are examples of the supporting details you must attach to each cost estimate. But which one is the most important?

Get the answer here!

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