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Published: Sun, 12/20/15

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Congratulations to our students who passed the PMP exam!

- Larisa Munsch, PMP
- James Collins, PMP
- Mark Anthony Jesoro, PMP
- Praveen Chandra, PMP
- Vivek Gupta, PMP

 
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Susan Iadarola, PMP

"I’m a Marketing professional with 20+ years’ experience in the financial & insurance services industry who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina (past 5 years) and is a native of Long Island, New York.  I passed the PMP exam on my first try on September 19, 2015 after four month of study (2-3 hours per weekday and 10+ hours on weekends). Here’s how I prepared and the lessons I learned..."
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Free PM PrepCast Lesson: Project Stakeholder Management Overview for the PMP Exam

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 lifecycle.


This lesson is our overview of the following Stakeholder Management areas:
  • Stakeholder Identification & Analysis
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
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PMP Exam Tip: What are Activity Attributes?​

Specific components of a particular activity are known as activity attributes. In the beginning, these are typically descriptive factors related to the specific activity, but they can also describe activities that will become more relevant later in the project timeline.

Most activity attributes can be organized, sorted and summarized. This happens based on a few specific categories. A few of the categories for activity attributes are activity codes, the specific people involved in the activity, locations for the activity, the time and costs required for completion, etc. It helps to organize the activity attributes into similar categories. The various components that are a part of each activity can be described to further extend the activity attribute.​..

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The PMP Exam Changes After 11 January 2016. Here’s What This Means For You

​Every five to seven years, the Project Management Institute performs a "Role Delineation Study (RDS)". This is basically a big survey among project managers like you and me from around the world with the goal to identify what it is that we do on our projects. As a result of the most recent RDS, PMI now has a pretty accurate picture of the tasks that we project managers perform, as well as the knowledge and skills required for our job...​
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PMP Exam Lessons Learned from Valerii Pudov

Exam prep steps and lessons learned on becoming a PMP shared to us by Valerii Pudov, PMP.

I have recently passed a PMP Examination and decided to write a short article to share some steps during my preparation, which I hope will prove valuable for those willing to undertake the exam in the future...

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PMP Exam Sample Question 

Your pharmaceutical drug manufacturing project is running late and you have deadlines to meet on your project. You want to replace some of the inefficient human resources with more talented human resources to finish the project on time. What risk response strategy is being followed in this context?

A. Share
B. Accept
C. Transfer
D. Mitigate

HINT: You are trying to reduce the likelihood of the risk occurrence.

Get the answer here!
 
The PM Formulas: The Authoritative Guide to all PMP Exam Formulas
Are you stressed about the math and formulas you need to study and know for your PMP Exam? Don't worry! There's a better way to study them with The PM Formulas!