The Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Certification is the most recognized and respected Project Management Certification. PMP Certification is used as a screening tool by companies that have to fill their Project Management positions. PMP certified person applies Project Management methodologies in a standardized way. You get to know the best project management practices worldwide and your project management methodologies are not limited to hard work and organizational skills.This certification is provided by Project Management Institute (PMI), USA.

Course Outline

PMP examination is a computerized test of 4 hours duration, with 200 multiple-choice questions, each with four choices. Out of the 200 questions, 25 questions are pretest questions. These 25 pretest questions are randomly placed throughout the examination to gather statistical information on the performance of these pretest questions. This strategy is followed to determine whether the pretest questions can be used in future PMI examinations as actual questions. The pretest questions, included in the 200-question examination, are not considered for pass/fail determination. Hence, candidates are evaluated on basis of the remaining 175 questions.
To pass the PMP examination, out of the 175 questions, candidates must correctly answer a minimum of 106 questions. Which means the minimum percentage score to be obtained should be 60.6%. The details about the Exam Objectives are provided below.

Guidelines to prepare for PMP
To prepare for PMP examination, the amount of effort would depend on your education and experience profile. On an average, you need to put in between 100 to 200 hours. This means you have to put in 3-6 months with a little more than 3 hours per day.

Steps for Preparation

Step 1: Practice with Whizlabs PMP simulator that gives you an easy way to diagnose/assess your current level and plan your future course of study.

Step 2: Enroll for 35 hours Project Management Training, if you have not taken it already. One of the prerequisite for filling up the PMP application form is that one must have undergone 35 hours of Project Management Training.

Step 3: Study Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK, 2000 edition is the current one right now) at least twice.

Step 4: After your study of PMBOK 2000, list out areas where you would require more theoretical inputs. And in those areas gain theoretical insights from some project management text books (for example, Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (7th edition) by Harold Kerzner).

Step 5: Practice remaining tests of Whizlabs test kit except the final step. They will take you smoothly through the entire preparation for this exam.

Step 6: Continue study of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK, 2000 edition is the current one right now) for another 1-2 times.

Step 7: Memorize the important points on the final week before exam and take the final test of Whizlabs test kit.

 

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