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Tips for passing the PMP certification exam

According to PMI's website (June 4, 2003), PMI?s certificate of added qualification program has been suspended while PMI leadership reviews the program. http://www.pmi.org/prod/groups/public/documents/info/pdc_caqsuspend.asp

It is very interesting that the same group of people who are so disciplined in organizing projects for theri companies, that they can't be disciplined to take the necessary time to study for the PMP exam. I suuget that a you find a local chapter and/or study group to have the accountability for your study time.

I suggest experience and a week with Rita's book. Take opinions from folks that can't spell "their" and "suggest" for what it's worth.

It is important to understand and apply the (5) Process Groups with the (9) knowledge areas in order to organize a response to many of the questions, structured around a solution to a problem as referenced in Chapter # 3.

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Just an update on the above comment. The site pmipmp.com has been relaunched at www.preparepm.com

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This article is based on the PMBOK 2nd Edition. Be aware there are now 44 process groups.

I used pmsimulation to pass easily.

Great tips! I shared these tips with the author at http://pmpbank.googlepages.com

Thank you.

WOW .. there are 15 copies of this article on the web. Makes me wonder who the original author is.

Search for "active approach to the job by not waiting until a risk" (enclose in double-quotes) and see for yourself.

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I had taken the test last week, but i failed.
The reason behind is :
1. I had purchased pmstudy material, and only prepared pmstudy material (4 test papers = chapter wise knowledge areas questions)

friends please please dont buy pmstudy material, they are very easy questions and has no resemblance with actual pmp exam.

i am sharing this info coz i dont want others to do same mistake which i had done.

best way to pass which i believe now is only to read throughly pmbok...which i am doing now.

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There are many great study tools available that teach you not only the key material but how to take the test. These sort of resources really make your study far more efficient and focused that simply reading the manual over and over and are well worth the mostly modest investment. Video tutorial series that allow you to watch on portable devices are a great idea, you can grab a study moment wherever and whenever you can!

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I just took the test last Monday and I passed on my first try. I studied from the Andy Crowe book (search for it in Amazon) and I was happy to find tha the questions on the exam were very similar. In my blog I give you 3 things to keep in mind, check it out: blog1.gomezpm.com

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I successfully passed the updated PMP exam last week and below I am sharing my experience in general, study guides and preparation I took which might prove to be useful for someone.

About the updated Exam:

*It took me almost 3 hours.
* Some tricky questions involved picking the ???best??? of many correct answers
* The technique of eliminating 2 answers first didn???t work in some cases???for some there were 3 correct answers to choose the ???best??? one from
* Many questions were direct.

My preparation:

* of course the pmzilla and techrepublic community (silent lurker in the forum, listing hints, strong resources, exchange private msgs with passers)
* took trainings from PM Prepcast and PMChamp
* took an intense online PMP coaching from PMChamp (the updated 2011 exam - highly recommended)
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* Rita's exams (very useful, highly recommended)
* PMBOK Guide (little read here, read there only) Im more into taking mock exams
* I listened to the PM Prepcast on drives to and from work

Insights:

* discipline and determination are rewarding buddies
* The PMBoK is a standard and framework, not best practices
* 3 days before the exam, take time to relax

my prayers are with you PMP reviewers! you can do it too!

Certain areas of the PMP exam will be tested in a different way because an existing domain was seen to be common across all content areas of the exam. Specifically, the Professional and Social Responsibility content area will now be tested in every domain rather than as a separate domain on the exam.

This means that questions from the Professional and Social Responsibility area will now be spread out in each knowledge area and process group.

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