PMP Certification:  Looking For Guidance?  You've Come To The Right Place!

 

I provide guidance here — having shutdown my for-profit training business.

The PMP Certification Challenge

Working on your PMP certification? There is no ‘Easy Button’ — you are about to step onto a road for a three month march, and you want to make sure that march is no steeper than it needs to be, and leads to success.

Who’s guidance you choose to follow, and how smart and consistently you work, will determine the outcome of that march.

 

Why I believe I am a credible guide

  • Deep expertise — I conducted CAPM and PMP certification training for over ten years before I saw the 7th edition PMBOK® Guide released and decided to exit the PMP exam prep training business.

  • I conduct PMP study group sessions every week and hear about students exam experiences. I gather dozens of exam experiences per year which helps me maintain awareness of exam trends. With weekly interactions extending over many months, I gain dozens of data points per year of what works and what are the most common failure modes.

  • Honest guidance

  • I are Objective — no longer selling training — no ax to grind.

Too often students experience tedious course materials, fanciful statistics of exam pass rates, and an unspecified instructor.  Does that sound like a good use of your valuable time?

 

Next Steps — ‘CAPM First’

A CAPM eLearning course is the best place to start for most people — even for seasoned project managers. The odds of success are far greater — as the exam for this junior-level certification is more straight-forward. Then, with the CAPM certification in hand, you’ll have a strong platform to build from, as you continue to prepare for and pass the more difficult PMP certification exam.

This ‘CAPM-first’ approach is also less expensive: with the CAPM certification in hand, the requirement for the more expensive 35 hours of PMP training is waived.

Study Strategy: See series of videos, starting here

Additional guidance found in FAQ — in particular:

Study Guide: I recommend the book by Crosswind (see FAQ item #11)

Practice Tests: See FAQ #10

Self-paced eLearning course for 23 hours to sit for CAPM exam: (see FAQ #7a)

Total Cost Picture: For recommended path (See FAQ #12)

My eBook is available as a free PDF file, along with several valuable free lessons, here.

Veterans

I have an interest in helping US Military, Military Spouses and Veterans. Some resource links for Veterans can be found here.

I can no longer offer the $17.76 training deal that I used to offer, but I continue to help Veterans with project management training through the non-profit organization Black Diamond Charities.

 
 

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