PMP Exam:

For details of PMP application and eligibility, please visit www.pmi.org and download the
PMP Credential handbook: http://www.pmi.org/PDF/PDC_PMPHandbook.pdf

PMP EXAM Preparation - Sample Resume

A sample resume which you may like to use it as a reference.

Academic Education: BSc (University of xxx)
                                          MBA (University of xxx)

Company Name: XXX

Project 1:   ABC Systems Implementation
Position:    Project Manager
Duration:   June 2000 - Dec 2000   approx 1,500 hours
Project Objective:  xxx

Description:
As a Project Manager within th Project Management Office of the company,
spearheaded the ABC systems implementation project and successfully completed
the project within time and budget and delivered quality project deliverables
as according to the customer's requirement and expectation.       

Initiating Process          (approx   # of hours)
    - Initiation:
      Identified as project manager and established
      the project team.

Planning Process           (approx  # of hours)
     Project Integration Management
   (approx   # of hours)
       - Project Plan Development:
         Gathered information and developed project plan.

     Project Scope Management 
     (approx   # of hours)
       - Scope Planning:
          Developed and documented project scope statement.
       - Scope Definition:   xxx

    Project Time Management
    (approx   # of hours)
       - Activity Definition: xxx
       - Activity Sequencing: xxx  
       - Activity Duration Estimating: xxx
       - Schedule Development: xxx

     Project Cost Management
     (approx   # of hours)
       - Resource Planning: xxx
       - Cost Estimating: xxx
       -  Cost Budgeting: xxx

     Project Quality Management
     (approx  # of hours)
        - Quality Planning: xxx

    Project Human Management
    (approx   # of hours)
        - Organizational Planning: xxx
        - Staff Acquisition: xxx

     Project Communication Management
      (approx  # of hours)
        - Communications Planning: xxx

     Project Risk Management
     (approx  # of hours)
        - Risk Management Planning: xxx
        - Risk Identification: xxx
        - Qualitative Risk Analysis: xxx
        - Quantitative Risk Analysis: xxx
        - Risk Response Planning:  xxx

    Project Procurement Management
    (approx   # of hours)
        - Procurement Planning: xxx
        - Solicitation Planning: xxx

Executing Process          approx   # of hours

Controlling Process        approx # of hours

Closing Process               approx # of hours
   

Breakdown of PMP Exam Questions (Estimation)

Domain	Number of  Questions	Percent of  Questions
Initiating	23	11%
Planning	46	23%
Executing	53	27%
Monitoring and Controlling	42	21%
Closing	18	9%
Professional and Social Responsibility	19	9%

Passing mark:  61%
Not all the 200 questions will be used for the grading as some of the questions are for evaluation purpose.

Exam Transcript: The PMP Exam transcript will not tell you whether you pass or fail in the process groups
nor the knowledge areas. However, it will rate as Proficient, Moderately Proficient and Below Proficient
for the knowledge areas. Candidate should aim to be Proficient in all knowledge areas as well as the
process groups.

   10 Recommended Study Materials

Description	Authour	Publisher
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Fourth Edition	PMI	PMI
Q & As for the PMBOK Guide (Fourth Edition)	PMI	PMI
PMP Exam Prep (Sixth Edition)	Rita Mulcahy	RMC
PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide (Fifth Edition)	Kim Heldman	Sybex
PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide (Third Edition)	Joseph Phillips	McGraw Hill
Project Management Workbook and PMP/CAPM Exam Study Guide (Ninth Edition)	Harold Kerzner	Wiley
Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (Tenth edition)	Harold Kerzner	Wiley
Optional:
Project Management: A Managerial Approach (Seventh Edition)	Samuel J. Mantel Jack R. Meredith	Wiley
The Handbook of Project-based Management: Leading Strategic Change in Organizations (Third Edition)	J. Rodney Turner	McGraw Hill
Gower Handbook of Project Management (Fourth Edition)	J. Rodney Turner	Ashgate

 

10 Tips on PMP Exam Study

	Set the visions and missions of taking PMP exam. What are the motivation factors?
	Be confidence, positive, optimistic and focused.
	Fix an exam date.
	Have a study plan (project plan for PMP exam). Time management!
	Stick to your study plan and don't give excuses.
	Keep the PMBOK Guide with you all the time.
	Get the recommended study guides and text books.
	Take a PMP prep course from REP.
	Aim for higher mark, ensure you score 85% for mock exams.
	Have passion with the PM Knowledge areas, PM Process Groups and understand the interactions among inputs, tools and outputs.

10 Do

	Do prepare for 1 to 3 months study and commit 2 to 3 hours per day.
	Do use your Project management experience and lessons learnt. Sometimes, it is just commonsense.
	Do concentrate on Situational questions. Imagine yourself in the condition.
	Do understand the PM Knowledge areas, PM Process Groups and PMBOK definitions.
	Do more practice questions and mock exams.
	Do get used to the 4 hours exam. It can be exhausting!
	Do participate in newsgroups, chapter meetings and study groups.
	Do understand and remember the formulas. Write them down during the first 10 minutes of exam.
	Do take notes of the questions with the phrases like: BEST, LEAST, PRIMARY, UTLIMATE, LASTING, FIRST and LAST etc.
	Do be careful that answers are all look correct! Choose the one that solve the problem with the least cost, least time, least efforts and with lasting solution. Use Elimination technique! Remember there is only 1 best answer!

10 Don’t

	Don’t recommend memorizing the inputs/tools/outputs without understanding underlying process flows and logics.
	Don’t over-study!  PMBOK, a few good reference guides, mock exams are sufficient.
	Don’t panic and focus too much on questions you are not sure. Keep moving!
	Don’t leave any answers blank.
	Don’t rush into the answer. Read answer from (d) to (a).
	Don’t study at last minute! You will get even more panic.
	Don’t use outdated practice questions and answers, mock exams .
	Don’t skip your meal before the exam. It is a long 4 hours exam!
	Don’t under-estimate the exam. Prepared well before going ahead to the real exam.
	Don’t be tricked by the short questions, read them carefully! Never rush into the answer.

 

10 Tips on Actual Day 

	Please bring along your passport ! If your registration name is not the same as the passport, you are in trouble!
	No Scientific calculator is allowed. Watch, handphone and wallet are not allowed too bring in too. The exam session might be video-taped.
	The room might be cold or you may be feeling colder struggling the 4 hours exam. Dress more.
	Leave some water and snack in the locker.
	Use ear plug or headset.
	Paper and pencil are provided, make use of them to write down the formulas and major processes.
	Question is on the left top corner, timer is on the right top corner.  Use NEXT at the bottom to proceed. Remember to use EXHIBIT to show diagram or table.
	Use the MARK and ITEM REVIEW features for your unsure questions.
	Don't press the EXIT buttom unless you are ending the exam !
	Don't rush out the room and remember to collect your printed result.

 

What to do if all Answers seem correct?

	Have you read the question carefully?  However, don't over read it as you may get more confused. What is the question trying to address? What problem to be solved? If the answer is partly true, skip it. There is only one best answer to the question. The best answer should address all the scenario in the question. The one that really work! Use elimination technique.
	Is it a tricky question?  Go through the question again, word by word and look up for the key words. Stop imagine other possibilities and again there is only one best answer that provides value or solve problems indicated in the question. The answer should be the TOTAL solution not partial. Think of what the examiner is looking for?
	Leave the  question aside for a while, put a note and come back later. Don't spend too much time on one question. When you return to the question, it might be  easier to spot the obvious answer at second attempt.
	After trying all the efforts and still not sure which is the best answer? Skip judgmental skill and use feeling, sensing and intuition.  Repeat the answers in your mind, which is the best?  You may "feel" or "sense" that some answers are wrong only one is right!

         Good luck to all aspiring PMP candidates! 

            Congratulation to new PMPs! Please pass on your experience to
            others.

            For those who didn't manage to clear the exam, please don't give up.
            There are many resources there to support you or send me an
             email for some advices. Forget about the exam result for the moment,
             take a break, recharge the energy and perhaps try again in few months time.