My PMP Exam, PMI-ACP Agile, ITIL v4 Foundation Certification: Free Study Notes & Tips -- through Online Self Study for Working Professionals


Updated for the new PMP Exam: I have painstakingly updated the free study notes as well as other learning guides for the PMP Exam for the new PMP Exam in 2023. Wish you PMP success!
Below are my latest published blog posts on Certification Tips and Web Development:

PMI-ACP Practice Exams

PMI-ACP Exam Practice Question Review: PMTraining

Taking practice exams is no doubt one of the most effective way to prepare for professional examinations including PMP Certification and PMI-ACP® Certification. During my PMI-ACP® Exam preparation, I have attempted a number of PMI-ACP® practice exam questions from a number of sources, among them is the PMI-ACP® Exam Practice...

After passing the PMI-ACP exam

After passing the PMI-ACP exam …

[For PMI-ACP® computer based test (CBT)] After 3 hours of finishing and checking the 120 PMI-ACP® exam questions with your full attention, you will be presented with a blank screen after clicking the “End Exam” button. Don’t worry, this is just an indication that the PMI server is checking and...

New PMI-ACP Exam 2015

New version of PMI-ACP exam from 15 July 2015

The PMI-ACP® exam will be updated in July 2015 following a large scale Role Delineation Study (RDS) conducted by PMI to keep the exam abreast of the latest development of Agile project management practices. PMI-ACP® candidates will be able to sit for the current version of PMI-ACP® up to 14 July...

PMI-ACP Exam Last Minute Study Notes

PMI-ACP Exam Last Minute Study Notes

The most important knowledge and facts for the PMI-ACP® Exam are listed below. This post intends to serve as a last minute study notes for PMI-ACP® candidates to study right before the PMI-ACP® Exam. The notes here are short and concise, with little or no explanations. If you would like...

PMI-ACP Exam Tips

How to Correctly Answer PMI-ACP Exam Questions

I passed the PMI-ACP® exam with “proficient” in all the domains tested. The following are the tips generated from my PMI-ACP® experience. It is hoped that these PMI-ACP® tips would help PMI-ACP® candidates to get several more questions right. Wish you PMI-ACP® success! Tips 1 – Look out for “Tricky” Words Since...

PMI-ACP Study Notes - Agile Coaching

PMI-ACP Study Notes: Agile Coaching

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Unlike the role of project managers in traditional waterfall project management, Agile managers (e.g. ScrumMaster, Coach, etc.) have the primary role of helping team members to embrace Agile principles and removing obstacles. Ideally, Agile teams are self-organized and self-managing. Agile coaching is therefore an important function for...

PMI-ACP Study Notes - Agile Project Execution

PMI-ACP Study Notes: Agile Project Execution

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] The distinction between Agile Planning and Agile Project Execution is not clear cut. In fact, for Agile projects, planning is interwoven into the project execution following the plan-do-check-act cycles. Analysis and planning is performed for every iteration and even every day of Agile life. Working with Agile...

PMI-ACP Study notes - Agile Planning

PMI-ACP Study Notes: Agile Planning

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] After having obtained the project charter, the customer / Product Owner and the team would be engaged in the planning for the Agile project. Agile planning deals with project organization, planning, management, communications and continuous management. Though it is often said that Agile projects emphasis on responding...

Passing the PMI-ACP Exam Audit

My PMI-ACP Audit Completed. Here’s How.

I got selected randomly for the PMI-ACP® Exam Audit. I am the “lucky few” who got selected for both PMP Audit and PMI-ACP® Audit (that’s why I believe the audit selection is completely random). It took me nearly a month to complete the PMI-ACP® Audit (delivery time included). The audit...

PMI-ACP Agile Methods - FDD, DSDM, Crystal Family

PMI-ACP Agile Methods – FDD, DSDM, Crystal Family

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Feature-Driven Development (FDD), Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) and Crystal are other Agile methods mentioned in the PMI-ACP® Exam syllabus. This post is about the guidance principles and practices, etc. of FDD, DSDM and Crystal. According to the experiences of PMI-ACP® aspirants, these Agile frameworks are seldom tested...

PMI-ACP Exam: Lean Software Development

PMI-ACP Agile Methods – Lean Software Development & Kanban

[PMI-ACP® Exam Study Notes] Lean Software Development has its principles adopted from the Lean Manufacturing Approaches. Lean is not an Agile method in the strictest sense but its values are in close alignment with Agile. This post is about the guidance principles and practices, etc. of Lean Software Development and Kanban. Lean Software...

GreyCampus online Instructor-led ITIL Foundation Course Review

Firsthand Review: GreyCampus Online PMP Certification Course

The GreyCampus online PMP course has completely been rebuilt for the new PMP Exam. The quality of the has been improved quite a lot! I have written a new review on the new course here. One of the pre-requisites for the PMP Certification is getting the required “35 Contact Hours”....