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Featured PMP Exam Lessons Learned from Lisa Schilpp, PMP

This week's featured lessons learned comes to us courtesy of Lisa Schilpp.

In this lesson learned Lisa Schilpp shared with us her experience on how she successfully passed the PMP exam.

"I started studying for the PMP exam 11 weeks ago, but I had a lot of life distractions. During that time, I read the PMBOK once and listened to two or three podcasts each day, while I was in the car or walking the dogs. But, I really kicked my studies into gear during the final 3 weeks, where I started to memorize the formulas, take practice tests and re-read the PMBOK. I also listened to most of the PM PrepCast a second time. I had hoped to have time to read Rita Mulcahy's book also, but I didn't. So, I stuck with the PMBOK, the PM PrepCast and the PM Formulas Guide. On test day, the test was very stressful -- harder than I thought it would be, and seemed to be a little harder than most of the sample tests I took. So, to be extra sure you will pass, find the time to add Rita's Mulcahy's book into your preparation plan. Everyone who has read it and took her sample tests said they were well prepared. Good luck!"

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Freebie Friday: Free PDU Tips for PMPs

Explore the many ways on how you can earn PDUs.

Get the series of tips we prepared to help you earn PDUs for your recertification.
 
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December 2013 Discount Coupon

For our next amazing deal and offer, we bring you a $18 discount coupon for The PM Prepcast. Instead of paying the regular price of $179.99, you can get The PM Prepcast for just $161.99. This offer is good from December 1-31, 2013 only. Details are as follows:

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Free PMP Exam Sample Question

The following PMP® exam sample question is taken from the Free PMP Exam Simulator (The answer is at the very bottom):

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You are managing an electric works project. You are required to design and deploy the electrical network for an airport construction project that is underway. Your project is part of the airport construction program your company is undertaking. A number of other sub-projects, such as building and runway construction, and communication network deployment are part of the program. Due to the inter-project dependencies, your sponsor always seems panicked and in a hurry to do everything. Which of the following classification models should you choose to analyze the impact of your project sponsor as a stakeholder?

A) Power/Interest Grid    
B) Power/Influence Grid    
C) Influence/Impact Grid    
D) Salience Model

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Hint: This model analyzes stakeholders based on their power and urgency.
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Answer and Explanation:
The Correct answer is D. The Salience Model analyzes stakeholders based on their power (ability to impose their will), urgency (need for immediate attention), and legitimacy (their involvement is appropriate).

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Featured PMP Exam Lessons Learned from Manish Kumar, PMP

In this week's featured lessons learned Manish Kumar shared with us some tips in the preparations he did for the PMP exam:

1. 35 Contact Hours: I did not want to attend a weekend program as I always thought they were fast-paced than what I wanted. So instead went for The PM PrepCast from Cornelius Fichtner and really liked it. I could study using the Podcasts at my convenience, could repeat them whenever needed and the best part was being able to listen to it while driven to work ...

2. Started my first pass through PMBOK and took 5 weeks to finish it studying 2.5 to 3 hour every weekdays and 6 to 10 hours on weekends. One should definitely read PMBOK once...

3. Started studying Rita’s Exam Prep book and completed 1st Pass in 4 weeks. This is when I decided to book the exam date for a month later. In the last one month I did 2 quick passes of Rita’s book first in the descending order of complexity/difficulty of questions as prescribed by Rita in her book and then once from beginning to end. Trust me even while doing the 3rd pass of Rita I was getting terms that looked like...

To read more of his complete experience, please follow this link: http://www.project-management-prepcast.com/index.php/kunena/11-lessons-learned/3362-4-hours-of-non-stop-critical-thinking

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Project manager, PMP trainer, host of The PM Podcast, public speaker and gummi bear connaisseur.

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