12 tips for those who want to get a PMP certificate (Project Management Professional)

We interviewed the last 50 users of inpmi.ru who passed the PMP (Project Management Professional) Project Management Exam for the last half year, what advice could they give to those who are just about to take the exam. Here are the 12 most popular tips:

1. Start by reading PM BoK. Yes, it is boring. No, this can not be avoided.
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2. Practice answering questions. There are two options: either buy a Rita Mulcahy's Fast Track CD or pay for one of the online services. If you use our service inpmi.ru - this is the code for a 25% discount for Habrahabr users (expires 01/31/2016): HABRAHABR2015

3. If you do not want to pay - on some sites trial tests are available for 20-30 questions. One way or another you can practice.

4. Answering questions will help identify weak areas of knowledge. And then re-read the necessary sections PM BoK.

5. When practicing answering questions, make sure that you consider all possible answers - right and wrong, to strengthen your understanding.

6. Print several A4 copies of the Project Management process table, broken down by Process Groups and Knowledge Areas. Hang at home and in the office, passing each time looking at a particular area. Questions about this are not always amenable to a logical approach, so it is better to learn. You can practice on the puzzle for free - for example, here .

7. Read reviews from those who passed the PMP exam. This will help to be prepared for what to expect during the exam and feel more relaxed.

8. The day before the PMP exam, take a break, listen to the music, take a walk, go to bed early. This exam is not the last and not the most important in your life!

9. Practice in advance several times on a clean sheet to write the necessary formulas (for example, on the Mastered Volume). Having come to the exam on a sheet of paper immediately write all the formulas that you remember.

10. Define a strategy for answering questions in advance. For example, we recommend this: If you encounter a difficult question, skip it. Try to answer 200 simpler questions in the first 3 hours. Thus, there will be another 50-55 minutes to consider 30-40 more complex issues again at the end.

11. If the exam does not know the answer to the question - try to guess. You have a 25% chance for the correct answer. A question without an answer or with an incorrect answer will be considered the same in the exam system.

12. We strongly advise you to go to the exam when you pass the exam simulator (on the Rita Mulcahy disc or on one of the online resources, for example, ours ) by at least 85%.