Okay, so you are thinking about going for the Project Management Practitioner exam, and do not know where to start. Let’s get you started. Below is a project plan for clearing the PMP certification.
The first thing to do, is to obtain PMI membership. This might get you the PMBOK guide (Project Management Body of Knowledge) bundled. In addition, you get a discount on the exam fee and access to all PMI resources online for one year. You may also join a local chapter of PMI.
When he set out on operation PMP, he realised it would not be possible for him to read the entire PMBOK. So, he decided to use audio books for this purpose, and installed them onto his car audio that he could listen to while travelling. These are available from pmprepcast.com. He spent about six months listening to these, around 5 hours a week.
At this time, he tried to assess himself. There are PMP-like sample tests available on various websites. Working through multiple tests in simulation mode gives you an idea of how you are placed against the real one. You can take these four hour tests, always keeping the formula cheat sheet on hand.
For the last lap, he accepted three week solitary confinement. Leave from office, away from family, away from TV: reading about eight to ten hours a day. Then he decided he had had enough, woke up one morning – and appeared for the test. Sounds easy, doesn’t it?
