Category: PMP Exam Tips

In project management, once the original plan does not proceed as expected or there are any changes in the external environments, the Project Management will need to investigate whether changes to the original plan is needed. This is where Fallback and Workaround would need to be implemented. However, Aspirants should...

In Project Cost Management, project managers will have to deal with Cost Baseline and Cost Budget. However, these two terms are easily confused in everyday language. In the PMBOK® Guide, Cost Budget and Cost Baseline are different concepts that need to be distinguished clearly. This post will expound on the similarities...

Control charts are one of the Seven Basic Quality Tools used in Control Quality as described in PMBOK® Guide to give a visual depiction of the changes in the outcome of a process. Though in the ideal situation, a process will give the same results for each and every time it...

In Project Schedule Management, when the Project Management needs to deal with time delay (or the sudden request from management to deliver the deliverables sooner), there are two important methods to compress the schedule (schedule compression techniques) so as to catch up with the target dates while preserving the project scope: crashing...

There are always variances for the results from a process over time. The results are to be plotted on a control chart. The closer the results from each other, the smaller the variance (a variance of 0 indicates that all the results are identical — however this cannot be achieved in reality)....

A great opportunity to earn PDU for FREE for re-certification! The PMI Information Systems & Technology Symposium 2016 would be held on 30 June 2016 for PMP® and PMI-ACP® Certification holders to earn up to 6 PMP® PDU. This event is free of charge for PMI members only — NEW! registered PMI members will...

In Risk Management Knowledge Area of the PMBOK® Guide, apart from the primary risks — which are uncertain events that may have impacts (either positive or negative) on the project objectives if occur, there are also residual risks and secondary risks. All these types of risks must be identified, analyzed, monitored...

The PMP® Exam requests Aspirants to have gained 35 Contact Hours of project management education and holders to accumulate at least 60 PDUs per 3-year re-certification cycle in order to renew the PMP® credential. The same is required of PMI-ACP® aspirants and holders — 21 Contact Hours of Agile Education and 30...

Important Update: Brain Dump is not allowed during the tutorial before the PMP® Exam now. Aspirants would however need to make use of the 4-hour exam time to do the brain dump if needed. If you are not familiar with concept of “Brain Dump”, you may refer to this article...

For every project, one of the key activity is to define the “scope”. There are actually two types of scopes — project scope and product scope. Many Aspirants may mistakenly consider project scope and product scope are identical, in fact, project scope and product scope are two different concepts. This post will...

PDU Requirements for PMP® / PMI-ACP® Certifications From 1st December 2015, PMP® and PMI-ACP® Certification holders will need to categorise their education PDUs according to the PMI Talent Triangle with 3 key aspects: Technical Project Management: Knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of Project, Program and Portfolio Management Leadership: Knowledge,...

Summary: The PMP® Exam Simulator by OSP International LLC (a PMI Registered Education Provider which is also the publisher of the renowned PM PrepCast™) has been upgraded to version 2.0 recently with all questions rewritten/reviewed to align with the new PMP® Exam in 2019. The most sought-after new feature “Live Feedback™”  —...

The Bootcamp On-Demand Course offered by PMtraining is also known as online training course. PMtraining offers various courses in PMP®, CAPM® and PMI-ACP® Certification, both in online mode as well as bootcamp mode. Who is PMtraining? PMTraining (formerly PMP®erfect.com) is a member of the SSI Logic group of companies which was...

UPDATED for new PMP® Exam 2019. One of the fastest and most convenient way to get the PMI required 35 Contact Hours for PMP® Certification nowadays is to take an online courses. Though the term “contact hours” may suggest “direct contact within a classroom with the instructor”, PMI does in...

Project Quality Management is an important aspect of project management according to the PMBOK® Guide as the quality of the deliverables directly affects the satisfaction of the customers. The acts of ensuring quality for the project and deliverables inevitable involve costs and this should be well considered during the project...