Category: PMP Exam Tips

BREAKING NEWS! PMI has just announced that owing to the requests of stakeholders (most PMI R.E.P.s and exam prep book publishers cannot update their exam prep resources to meet the updated version of the PMP® Exam by 2 Nov 2015), the switch to the new PMP® Exam syllabus would be...

This post talks about the concept of “opportunity cost”. Every PMP® aspirant would wonder why they will need to learn about concepts and knowledge not covered in the PMBOK® Guide. This is a actually the top common misconception about the exam! In fact, the PMP® Exam is not just about...

Most successful PMP® exam takers have mentioned the use of “brain dump” as one of the most useful tactics for passing the exam. What exactly is a “brain dump” and how to create one? You will get the answers in this article. What is brain dump? A PMP® Exam brain dump...

Both the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam and the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®) Certification Exam are created and administrated by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in recognition of the knowledge of the holders in the field of project management. This post will provide an overview of the...

After the termination of the PMI Community of Practice website on the pmi.org, all the previous available recorded webinars to earn Category A PMP® PDU are nowhere to be found. PMP® Certification holders may find it hard to earn PMP® for their re-certification. Where can we earn PMP® PDU for...

A great opportunity to earn PDU for your re-certification for FREE! From now on until 31 July, 2015, the PMXPO 2015 is available as on-demand streaming videos for you to watch and earn up to 6.25 PMP® PDU. 6.25 PDU for FREE at PMXPO 2015 PMXPO is an annual online...

PMI has just posted the new PMP® Exam Content Outline (which is the equivalent of the exam syllabus for the exam) to be effective from 11 Jan 2016 online. It has included a few changes which will affect aspirants in their exam preparation if they plan to take the exam after...

This seems a dump question at first glance. The answer is obviously One should renew the PMP® / PMI-ACP® certification when one has accumulated the required number of PDU (60 for PMP®; 30 for PMI-ACP®) and before the 3-year re-certification period is over. The above is what’s written in the PMP®...

PMI has implemented a major change in the CCR program (i.e. PDU requirements) for PMI Certifications (from 1 December 2015). This post aims to highlight the changes that every Certification holders and aspirants would need to know. Summary: How to Get PDU in the Correct Talent Triangle Skills Area for FREE?...

One of the pre-requisites for the PMP® Certification is getting the required “35 Contact Hours”. Some Aspirants would reflect that they do not have the time for the 35 face-to-face contact hours in lectures. Luckily, with the advancement of technologies, PMI allow Aspirants to earn the “Contact Hours” through Online...

[PMI-ACP® exam study notes]  Both the PMP® Certification as well as the PMI-ACP® Certification are created and administrated by the Project Management Institute. This post addresses the relationship between what is written in the PMBOK® Guide (PMP® exam) and Agile principles and practices (PMI-ACP® exam). Agile Project Management (PMI-ACP®) There is no official...

Is reading the PMBOK® Guide absolutely required? Many PMP® aspirants will surely have this question in mind while preparing for the PMP® Certification exam. This post will give an overview of what the PMBOK® Guide is and explain why you would like to read it during your PMP® exam preparation....

Perhaps one of the most dreaded type of PMP® Exam questions is the calculation questions. To the majority of project managers, calculation is usually performed automatically through project management softwares. However, in the real PMP® Certification Exam, only an on-screen calculator is provided. The PMP® aspirants need to memorize all...

I prepared and passed the PMP® Certification Exam by using PM PrepCast™, that’s why I recommend the PM PrepCast™ PMP® Exam Prep study material to fellow PMP® aspirants as a way to get the required PMI 35 contact hours as well as to be fully prepared for the actual PMP® exam....

Recently, I received an email from a reader inquiring about online PMP® training / exam prep. The reader came across an online PMP® course that offers “unlimited reseat of the PMP® exam” (including PMP® re-exam fees). This offer seems to be too good to be true. I dug into the exact...