How to effectively tackle the PMP Course & examination?

PMP Course is massive, let alone the PMBOK guide features 10 knowledge areas and 5 processes. Along with additional study guides, endless mock tests and difficulty level, makes the PMP examination, one of the most difficult ones to crack. The examination includes 200 multiple-choice questions, which are designed to test your skills, knowledge and understanding to tackle everyday projects and scenario based tasks. The examination is difficult to crack, but it is not an impossible task.

How to prepare for the PMP examination?

Clearing the PMP Prep Exam, solely depended on the efforts you have put in you examination preparation. There are certain facile steps, which you must practice in order to successfully crack the examination on the first attempt. For starters, you must be thorough with the concepts and terminology mentioned in the PMBOK guide. The guide is the core reference study material for 70% of the questions asked in the examination.  Below mentioned are the domains featured in the PMBOK guide along with their weightage in the question paper.  

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       13% - Initiating

·         24% - Planning

·         31% - Executing

·         25% - Monitoring and Controlling

·         7% - Closing 25%

You can take help of tools in your PMP Exam prep. Tools such as simulators to help you get the pace required to solve 200 MCQs in time, mock tests to determine your weak areas or any types of diagrams or flow charts are useful for understanding the concepts and terminology mentioned in the examination course.

Take the mandatory professional training

Doesn’t matter for what credential you are preparing for, be it project management or business analyst certification, you must undergo professional certification training from a PMI/IIBA registered institute.

Also you can attend workshops and seminars that are frequently organized by these regulatory bodies. There you can meet certified professionals and other aspiring candidates, and share reviews on how to tackle the examination.