Category: PMP Exam Tips

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...

While there are many websites on the internet teaching PMP aspirants how to get PMP certified, most of them contain information that are either incomplete or disorganized. A PMP aspirants emailed me recently expressing the frustrations he had while searching for useful PMP Certification Exam information. Tips for the PMP...

Recently, I got an email enquiry about the PMP Certification Examination and how to prepare for the PMP Exam. As the answers would be useful to other PMP aspirants, the Q&A are published below with a view to helping other people aiming to get PMP certified with the same queries....

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is a publication by the Project Management Institute (PMI) which documents the standards and best practices for the field of project management. Currently in the fifth edition, the PMBOK® Guide is considered one of the most important exam prep...

While studying for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam, PMP aspirants will read from the A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) about the Project Management Plan (PM Plan). This is the most important document (or collection of documents) for any projects as well as the PMP...

Many PMP Certification Exam aspirants find answering PMP Exam question very difficult. No because of the fact that they are not well prepared for the PMP Exam but that since many questions appearing on the exam paper are “situational questions”. Arriving at the correct answer of PMP situational questions is...

The Project Management Institute website has recently been re-organized. PMI claims that the improved website allows “members to find what they are looking for easier“. While this may be true, PMP aspirants find it a hard time to find out where they can access the FREE books on PMP exam...

In order to be eligible for the PMP Certification Exam, an applicant must have at least 4500 hours of project management experience (for degree holders) or 7500 hours of project management experience (for secondary degree holders).  Is there any requirement for the project management experience to be gained after completing...

The Project Management Institute (PMI) requires PMP Certification aspirants to have accumulated at least 35 contact hours (not PDU) at the time of PMP application in order to qualify for the PMP exam. However, as PMI allows great flexibilities in choosing the education providers for obtaining the contact hours, this has...

It is totally beyond my imagination that my PMP Exam journey website would be visited by so much people around the world. When I first uploaded the blog posts about my PMP Exam journey, it was my humble wish that the posts can be of use to PMP aspirants so that...

Out of the various types of preparation courses for the PMP Exam, I highly recommend online PMP exam prep courses out of flexibility and cost effectiveness. I took an online PMP courses to help me pass the PMP Exam successfully at first try. Read below for the two recommended online...

Is studying the PMBOK® Guide alone enough to pass the PMP Exam? The answer really depends on how familiar you are with the PMBOK® Guide. Some say that around 80 – 90% of the PMP Exam questions are covered in the PMBOK® Guide. However, it is clear that the PMP...