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How to Prepare for the Project Management Professional Exam

Studying for any exam requires huge amount of effort, time and diligence. Not one among those with which you can have a one night study session, the PMP exam requires extensive preparation over months, to pass. If you are among those who are already well established in your career, it may be years before you have studied for an exam, your study skills may be a little bit rusty.

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Survey: Before beginning your session, survey the material that you have planned to cover. Review all the charts, graphs and headings in both A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) and your prep book. Attaining familiarity with the topics that you wish to cover will give you a better understanding of where to find certain topics in the book, for your initial study and for your revision.

1. The latest version
Use the latest version of the PMBOK guide that is released by PMI (current version 5) to develop a concrete understanding of all the knowledge areas, processes, concepts and formulas.

You must also stay updated and be aware of the project management concepts and changes present in the latest version of PMBOK guide (version 5) over its previous version (PMBOK guide version 4) to make a comprehensive preparation for the exam. PMI has released the 5th Edition of PMBOK Guide early 2013.

2. Prep Book
The PMP certification is loaded with difficult question and answers, which test your knowledge and ability to apply them in difficult scenarios. Studying for the exam could take up a significant amount of your time and commitment. Therefore, it is important for you to know what to study and how to study for the exam.

For instance, one of the challenges that you face while studying for the exam is dealing with inputs, tools and techniques and outputs (ITTOs) of each process. They take up a significant amount of your time while preparing for the exam. However, many preparation materials recommend PMP aspirants to work on the basics (such as why a process is used, what is the process all about and when is the process used) before preparing on the ITTOs. This reduces the time required to prepare for these topics.

3. Flash Cards
Paper or electronic, flash cards are cost effective, portable and a tried and tested way of studying for the PMP exam. These flash cards can be downloaded and can easily be flipped through on the computers or smart phones, or they can be printed. Creating flash cards on your own can be immensely helpful during your preparation.

4. Prep Workshops
The PMP Exam Prep workshops are a good option if you prefer the classroom setting or need more one on one interaction. Apart from the PMI membership, these are also a great way to network with the aspiring PMPs in your area. Another benefit of these workshops is that they usually satisfy the 35 contact hours required to apply to take the PMP exam.

Conclusion

It is not impossible to pass the PMP exam. Just a little effort and you are set.

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Where we will see PMP Certification Training in next 5 years?

Project Management Professional Certification has become an increasingly popular and important means of verifying and certifying professional competence in the project management arena. Those who have undergone PMP Certification Training in most cases bring several years of prior project management experience to the table in addition to holding an associate degree or a four-year degree in an appropriate field of study. Once this training has been completed and a certification has been granted, the recipient needs to renew the certification periodically by earning a prescribed number of professional development units, PDUs.

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Project managers are to be found in all sectors of industry ranging from manufacturing, finance, and construction, to information technology, new product development, engineering, and architecture.

In Next 5 Years

One of the questions to be answered to the question of where PMP Certification training might be headed in the next five years can be answered in partly by looking at the value the certificate is holding in the market. Professional certification also indicates commitment to the project management profession, and can indicate commitment to the bearer’s company as well.

The downside of certification training is that it can be time-consuming and represents an expense. A capable and experienced program manager may not find the training to be all that time consuming. However an attractive salary after PMP certification makes the exam affordable. The pros definitely outweigh the cons in any event, making the future of PMP certification training favourable.

According to a study conducted by CNN Money, of the 50 job titles rated as being the best jobs in the American economy, the role of IT Project Manager was rated fifth, with a 16% growth in the number of available positions anticipated over a 10-year period. Also, the PMI statistics tend to support the 16% estimate, especially since the PMI figure covers all sectors and not just the IT sector.

The skills project managers are expected to bring to the table to be certified include, among others:

  • Cost-benefit
  • Business case development
  • Risk identification, risk management, and risk response practices and techniques
    WBS tools
  • Resource planning, procurement planning and execution, workflow procedures, and change management practices
  • Project scheduling
  • Project review techniques
  • Continuous Improvement practices

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PMP Certification Online Training

There are a number of private organizations as well as institutes of higher education offering PMP Certification training online. Skillogic offers PMP Certification Online training in two modes – one is self-learning and the other one is instructor-led online classroom. While self-learning is ideal for those comfortable with self-study, instructor-led online classroom allows one to avail interactive training from the comfort of home or office.

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To see where project management certification training is headed, one can look towards other countries as well, with India being a prime example of a nation that currently has a growing need for professionally certified project managers in a number of industrial sectors. As has been mentioned, there is an increasing need for highly trained and experienced program managers in the IT sector.