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I grew up in the small village of Ichertswil in Switzerland - what you see below is the view that I enjoyed for the first 30 years of my life: 
If you would like to see the house where I grew up then go to Google Street View, "turn around" and look up the hill. See the 2 houses in the distance right in front of the forest? The one on the left was ours. We sold it about 5 years ago. |
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OK... Maybe I shouldn't have tried this on April 1st and then tweeted about it because now everyone thinks it's an April Fool's Joke: I Googled for "PMP Exam" and my own website came out as #1 - even before PMI. Here is a screenshot - unaltered: 
Click the image to enlarge it. |
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This week's episode of The Project Management Podcast: If you work in a small company then it is quite likely that your project portfolio application is just a list of current projects in Word, Excel or even handwritten on a napkin. But once you outgrow this stage you are going to be faced with a myriad of project portfolio tools with an even more confusing array of features that you may or may not need.
My guest today, Curt Finch, is going to make this a lot easier for you because together we are going to look at the 6 top criteria to consider when shopping around for a project portfolio application. We'll be starting out with a more general look at what PPM solutions are and we'll end with looking at which of these criteria companies usually have most problems with during the actual implementation of the software. Please go to The PM Podcast to find this and all previous episodes... |
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How would you feel if you fail the PMP Exam by just one question? Avoid this by using your exam time wisely. Here is one such strategy:
Four hours is plenty of time for you to read and re-read all questions. You should be able to go through all questions in your first pass in about two to three hours. During this first pass you will probably not know all answers to all questions. That's OK because that's what the "mark" feature is for. Use it to mark the questions you are unsure and then use the remaining time to review all those questions in detail that have stumped you at first.
Another strategy is to concentrate on the easier questions first (those that you feel you'll find the right answers for quickly) and then come back for the harder questions in your second pass. In this way, if you are confronted with a particularly puzzling question, you will simply mark it and move on to the next. Many test takers report that sometimes, a succeeding questions provides a clue or gives you the "nudge" that you need to figure out the difficult ones you have skipped.
Remember also, that some questions will appear to have two right answers. In this case you have to answer the question by trying to think like the PMBOK Guide. So if you have studied and understood the concepts from your PMBOK Guide, then there is really not much to fear before going into the exam room. And don't be surprised to come across questions that are framed in an unusual way or use terms that are unfamiliar to you. In these cases the examiners want to know that you understand the processes rather than just memorized them.
Last but not least: Remember to check, check and check again that you have answered all the questions. Make sure not a single one of them is unanswered. There is no penalty for answering a question incorrectly. So go ahead and guess on those questions where you really have no idea. Who knows... that might just be the question that lets you see "Pass" instead of "Fail" on the screen. |
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I am humbled by the following recommendation that I have received from Harjit Singh, PMP via Linkedin: If Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, Cornelius Fichtner is the King of PM Pod/Prep Cast. I found his PM Prepcast extremely helpful to me and now I love listening to his PM Podcasts. Cornelius's contribution to the PM community is remarkable!
Thank you Harjit - you have made my day. |
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