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Freebie Friday: Comparison of Agile Methods

 

Understanding the major differences between the eight most popular agile methods is a must for the PMI-ACP exam. This comparison have them all. For each method we show how it stacks up against ten criteria in a comparison table.

The goal is to help those who are preparing for their PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®Exam by providing a much needed“ quick reference”. Use it as a cheat sheet in your exam preparation.

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Agile Method Comparison

 

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PMP Exam Tip: Create a "Battle Plan" for the exam

 

Depositphotos 18426035 xsThe Project Management exam is the hottest certifications exam today. It is the most challenging project management certification exam to prepare for. This is because most of those thinking about taking this exam are at the stage of their career when they are already working full time and then they try to find the time to study for their certification.

If you think that the PMP Certification exam is your average college test where you can cram yet still get high marks, then think again. The PMP exam is anything but easy. It is an experience-based exam in a 200-question, four-hour computerized format. When you are studying for the exam, you could answer the sample questions easily enough in the comfort of your own room with no ticking clock, no distractions and no security cameras pointing at you. However, during the actual examination, you will find yourself in a radically different setting.

Think of it as the battleground and you as the soldier. And any good soldier would create a battle plan before the exam. He knows that planning can spell the difference between passing and failing. You have to formulate strategies in terms of how to answer and review the questions, how to ease the tension from your body and how to replenish your energy. Your battle plan will serve as your guide during the exam and will help you focus on the task ahead of you. With a battle plan, you will be able to breeze through your exams knowing that you have everything under control and and can maximize the time allotted for you to finish the exam within the allowable period.

 

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Featured PMP Exam Lessons Learned from Vijay Anand Karthikeyan, PMP

Lessons-LearnedThis week's featured lessons learned comes to us courtesy of Vijay Anand Karthikeyan. In this lesson learned Vijay shared with helpful tips for the PMP exam preparation and some hindsights ...

  • Prepcast was really helpful in understanding all the concepts. I referred it through my preparation as & when a topic was not clear to me.
  • Read through Rita prep book ~ 3 hrs per chapter. For any concept which was in Rita & not present in PMBOK, i made notes on my PMBOK.
  • You DON’T have to memorize ITTOs for the exam. If you understand them, that should be enough.
  • I did write the formula dump for the exam but I did not write the different process groups & processes down.
  • Remember every line in PMBOK Is a potential question. Interpretation of the content is very important
  • Whenever you do sample questions, make note of all the mistakes that you make & review them periodically. This is critical to succeed in the exam.
  • I feel Pmstudy & exam central full length tests come close the real test. PM Exam simulator comes third. -Rita fast track was good to start with but too wordy compared to the real exam.

Keep reading here: https://www.project-management-prepcast.com/index.php/kunena/11-lessons-learned/3445-project-complete-good-luck-to-all-aspirants

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PM Podcast Episode 264: How to Plan Your Project Using Index Cards (Free)

This week's episode of The Project Management Podcast:

When it comes to identifying a reason for why so many projects fail then Bryan Barrow (http://nova-consulting.co.uk - http://uk.linkedin.com/in/bryanbarrow) has a simple answer for you. He says that a root cause of poor project delivery is poor planning. But he also says that this is not a failure of project management, but instead this is a failure of project leadership.

So if poor planning is the culprit then there has to be a better way to plan our projects. Right? Right!

Bryan is an advocate of planning your project with index cards. So in our interview we are going to first discuss what the problem is with planning your project using sticky notes, and then we’ll look at the benefits of index card planning for your project, in particular on improved leadership, greater financial control, improved project governance and improved cross-department team-working and collaboration.

And by the way… Bryan Barrow will be speaking on the topic of Index Card Planning on April 29th at the 2014 Project Zone Congress in Frankfurt Germany. So if you are listening to this interview before April 2014 you can find out more at http://projectzonecongress.com/

Please go to The PM Podcast to find this and all previous episodes...

 

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

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