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PMP ® Exam Lessons Learned From Those Who Have Been There By Amar Roy, PMP and Cornelius Fichtner, PMP Are you considering studying for and obtaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) ® Certification? Are you wondering what study tools and methods others have used successfully? Are you interested in reading about the exam experiences of those who have recently passed the PMP ® Exam? Then there is a forum you should check out on The PM PrepCast website . All of the posts are lessons learned and tips from those who have recently become Project Management Professionals and who probably started with the same questions and concerns that you have. Let’s take a look at one example from this forum. It was written by Amar Roy, PMP shortly after he obtained his PMP ® Certification and contains the following insights into how the exam went for him. Lessons learned and tips related to registering for the PMP ® Exam: Decide on a timeline for when you wan...

My Top 10 Recommended Web Sites for Free PMP Exam Sample Questions By Cornelius Fichtner, PMP After eight years as a project management trainer, I have helped more than 20,000 students prepare for their Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam. In my experience along the way, I’ve found one thing that unites them all: They all want to practice with free PMP Exam sample questions. In an effort to help, I have identified 10 web sites that offer free PMP Exam sample questions. I recommend each of them for the quality of their questions. 1. www.oliverlehmann.com . Hands down, this web site has the toughest questions around. If you are able to answer more than 50% correctly, then hats off to you. Lehmann provides sample questions in a variety of formats. From the site, you can take a free 75-question simulated, timed (90 minute) exam. He also includes a link to over 3,000 free sample questions (4,000 for PMI members) as well as a download option (PDF) for an additional 175 s...

Why PMI Won’t Say If You Passed Or Failed Your PMP Exam By Guest Blogger Cornelius Fichtner, PMP The PMP Exam is changing on August 31st 2011. If you are taking the exam on or after this date, then your 200 questions will be based on the new PMP Exam Content Outline. To learn more about the detailed changes to the exam, please read my article “ The PMP Exam Changes on 31 August 2011. What This Means For You ”. In addition to what you can find in that article, PMI recently announced the following: If you are taking the PMP Exam on or after 31 August 2011, then - for a limited time only - PMI will not immediately tell you if you have passed or failed your exam. Let me explain: If you take your PMP Exam today, then “pass” or “fail” will immediately be displayed on your screen and printed on your examination report. But because PMI is changing the exam, they require some time to validate the new structure. They also need to make sure that the percentage of people passing/failing the ...