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Start To Finish Processes From The PMP® Prep To Taking The PMP® Exam
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1. Take The Class - Learning & Studying For the PMP® Exam & What You Will Cover & How You Will Do It:
You Will Receive Organized Information In Such A Way If You Just Focus On What We Give You, You Will Be Prepared to Take The PMP® Exam: It’s all in writing in an organized syllabus. You will also receive Workflows & Other Learning Tools. There is nothing else to buy. Bringing a notebook and pen so you don't write on the materials and you can re-do the Practice Questions is a great idea. A lot of project management just needs to be understood - understanding the Process Groups, Knowledge Areas, Processes, Outputs, Inputs, Tools & techniques, definitions and meaning of the terminology, along with understanding your roles, tasks and responsibilities as a project managers and Professional Conduct best practices.
SmartPath LLC will help you fill in your project management experience gaps or help you understand the process groups, knowledge areas and processes, etc: Some people have a lot of gaps in their project management, meaning perhaps they have never done earned value management, or a work breakdown structure or critcal path scheduling is foreign, etc; or the companies they worked for were large and they had a risk department that did most of the risk related project process activities; or an audit company did a lot of the quality assurance or quality control aspects of project management; or the procurement department did all of the purchasing and had a lot of sole source agreements etc and you just had to check with them for the negotiated prices and provide them with purchase orders. However for the project management exam, you need to understand all aspects of start to finish project management. During the PMP® Certification Training with Exam Prep, you will receive a lot of project management examples and will be able to visualize how things are done through our workflows and illustrations. Classes are small, so you will have the opportunity to ask lots of questions.
About PMI's Project Management: In PMI® project management there are 5 Process Groups, within are 9 knowledge areas, and 42 processes. This is where the understanding needs to take place. You will learn about these, why you need to do the processes, and what tools & techniques are available to you for the best result, along with your roles, tasks, conduct and responsibilities. After doing a process there is an output of the process – that output may become an input of another process etc. It is so important to understand the connections between the processes and the way the processes flow. So understanding is key, and with many years of experience you may know most of these already. You may have different names for them, so once you get the new terminology down you will be feel at ease. You will also be able to visualize start to finish project management as the knowledge areas are developed throughout the training and you see how they fit into a start to finish process flow.
How SmartPath LLC Helps You Visualize & Learn: You will receive a Process Groups Chart clearly showing the 5 Process Groups, and where the 42 processes and 9 knowledge areas fall within the 5 Groups. This workflow also shows the process sequences. You will receive 9 workflows for each knowledge area that show all of the inputs and outputs as well as the crucial tools and techniques - and the key outputs are in red. The tools & techniques are below the process and often illustrated to help you retain the information. You will receive a workflow that shows critical knowledge regarding some key output to input mapping that you should understand and practice. You will also receive a start to finish project workflow that shows how projects typically flow, the roles, tasks and responsibilities of the project manager, and all formulas needed for the Exam. These workflows are a great summary to the learning and they will help you pass.
These laminated workflows can be written on with dry erase markers and used for day-to-day project management visibility as well as help you pass the PMP® exam. Our workflows are in the offices of large organizations all over the US.
Practice Exam Questions: SmartPath LLC training comes with lots of PMP® Exam Practice Questions. About 600 in all. The most important aspect of Exam Practice Questions is to get you use to the types of questions you may have in the Exam, point out how to analyze the correct answers, and help you develop speed answering questions. There are no rote questions that you learn over and over and "then you have it" like the Microsoft Certifications. You need to expect the unexpected. If you learn through cramming you will limit your ability to use your analytical skills. We will teach you how to do this. You may have are verbose questions, some negative, or even some double negative (although these are less likely now), straight up questions, or just plain tricky questions. Perhaps you will have lots of situational questions. Study daily throughout your training to reinforce your learning.
(2) Apply for PMI Membership: This is the next best step. It is currently $129 to become a member for the first time. It is very easy to maintain your credential and submit your experience once you are a member. For example, if you pay for your PMP® Exam before you become a member, the Exam will cost you $555. If you become a member first, the Exam is $405.
(3) Submit Your Experience:After You Complete the 35 Contact Hours of formal education for the PMP® Exam, you may apply on the PMI® website to sit for the Exam by submitting your experience and answering the questions about your training. Expect 3 to 5 days turn around approximately during business hours. In class, (and/or by request after joining the class,) you will receive a document that SmartPath LLC has prepared that will give you guidance to prepare your experience submission. It will save you a lot of time if you follow the directions. In class, you will learn the correct terminology to use when describing the projects you worked on, and other helpful information. How to submit your experience is a small part of the first day of class. You should use the process descriptions and process group names and knowledge area names that you see on Workflow #12.
(4) Study 1-10 Days:
a. How Quickly should you take the Exam if you are already Exam approved: If you are taking the training for Exam Prep only and have already completed a certification training prior, then you may want to schedule your Exam within 1 to 4 days. However, in our experience, the training is quite intensive and if you prefer to take one or 2 days of rest, we recommend it. Taking a week or so to shore up areas you may not be "top notch" on will not hurt you either. In fact, why take the Exam twice. That is totally unnecessary.
b. Awaiting PMP® Exam Approval & Study Time: How much study time will depend on the individual, usually based on the depth of your experience and current understanding. Very experienced lead project managers, with no prior training, are capable of taking the Exam and passing within 1 to 7 days. Most take a weekend to study. If you have gaps in your experience, or you get busy on a new project you can take the Exam any time up until the next Exam change as the materials will remain relevant. However we recommend you taking the Exam no later than 2 weeks out so you don't have to ramp yourself up for the Exam again. Use the time to understand the process connections. Our materials have been proven by a designed experiment to be able to help you pass even if you never came to one class. While you are awaiting the PMP® Exam approval, study the materials that need memorizing (Workflow # 12 & the Formulas) or those that need understanding such as inputs, outputs, tools and techniques, procurement contract calculations, or PMI® Professional Conduct. In class you will already have a comfort level with backward and forward passes, risk probability calculations, EVM along with contract fee calculations. When it comes to the Exam Practice Questions learn them by analyzing them. Sometimes this is the most important thing you can do the day before the Exam - just analyze questions.
Use SmartPath LLC Guidelines to prepare for the Exam: These are (a) Checklists of what you must know to pass the PMP® Exam & (b) How to Study for the PMP® Exam. (c) Know the Roles, Tasks & Responsibilities listed on Workflow 10.
(5) Pay the Project Management Institute for the PMP® Exam as soon as you are approved to take the Exam.
(6) Schedule the PMP® Exam with prometric.com: With approval from the PMI® organization, you will be told that you can pay for the Exam. Once you have paid for the Exam you will go to prometric.com and schedule your exam by following the instructions that you will be given.
(7) Take the PMP® Exam – 4 hours – 200 questions – 25 questions are fluff – they don’t count but they don’t tell you which ones are fluff. You are required to get 61% correct of the 200 questions that count in order to pass. You will do your Exam brain dump on one side of those pieces of paper, including formulas, memory joggers & Workflow #12. You have about 10-15 minutes to become comfortable before the test begins. You cannot take calculators, paper, pencils, pens, cell phones or other personal items with you. If you do, you will put these things, along with your wallet in a locker. You make take some small candies. There is a calculator on the computer screen at the bottom right and it is easy to use. Just click on the icon and it will come up.
1. Take The Class - Learning & Studying For the PMP® Exam & What You Will Cover & How You Will Do It:
You Will Receive Organized Information In Such A Way If You Just Focus On What We Give You, You Will Be Prepared to Take The PMP® Exam: It’s all in writing in an organized syllabus. You will also receive Workflows & Other Learning Tools. There is nothing else to buy. Bringing a notebook and pen so you don't write on the materials and you can re-do the Practice Questions is a great idea. A lot of project management just needs to be understood - understanding the Process Groups, Knowledge Areas, Processes, Outputs, Inputs, Tools & techniques, definitions and meaning of the terminology, along with understanding your roles, tasks and responsibilities as a project managers and Professional Conduct best practices.
SmartPath LLC will help you fill in your project management experience gaps or help you understand the process groups, knowledge areas and processes, etc: Some people have a lot of gaps in their project management, meaning perhaps they have never done earned value management, or a work breakdown structure or critcal path scheduling is foreign, etc; or the companies they worked for were large and they had a risk department that did most of the risk related project process activities; or an audit company did a lot of the quality assurance or quality control aspects of project management; or the procurement department did all of the purchasing and had a lot of sole source agreements etc and you just had to check with them for the negotiated prices and provide them with purchase orders. However for the project management exam, you need to understand all aspects of start to finish project management. During the PMP® Certification Training with Exam Prep, you will receive a lot of project management examples and will be able to visualize how things are done through our workflows and illustrations. Classes are small, so you will have the opportunity to ask lots of questions.
About PMI's Project Management: In PMI® project management there are 5 Process Groups, within are 9 knowledge areas, and 42 processes. This is where the understanding needs to take place. You will learn about these, why you need to do the processes, and what tools & techniques are available to you for the best result, along with your roles, tasks, conduct and responsibilities. After doing a process there is an output of the process – that output may become an input of another process etc. It is so important to understand the connections between the processes and the way the processes flow. So understanding is key, and with many years of experience you may know most of these already. You may have different names for them, so once you get the new terminology down you will be feel at ease. You will also be able to visualize start to finish project management as the knowledge areas are developed throughout the training and you see how they fit into a start to finish process flow.
How SmartPath LLC Helps You Visualize & Learn: You will receive a Process Groups Chart clearly showing the 5 Process Groups, and where the 42 processes and 9 knowledge areas fall within the 5 Groups. This workflow also shows the process sequences. You will receive 9 workflows for each knowledge area that show all of the inputs and outputs as well as the crucial tools and techniques - and the key outputs are in red. The tools & techniques are below the process and often illustrated to help you retain the information. You will receive a workflow that shows critical knowledge regarding some key output to input mapping that you should understand and practice. You will also receive a start to finish project workflow that shows how projects typically flow, the roles, tasks and responsibilities of the project manager, and all formulas needed for the Exam. These workflows are a great summary to the learning and they will help you pass.
These laminated workflows can be written on with dry erase markers and used for day-to-day project management visibility as well as help you pass the PMP® exam. Our workflows are in the offices of large organizations all over the US.
Practice Exam Questions: SmartPath LLC training comes with lots of PMP® Exam Practice Questions. About 600 in all. The most important aspect of Exam Practice Questions is to get you use to the types of questions you may have in the Exam, point out how to analyze the correct answers, and help you develop speed answering questions. There are no rote questions that you learn over and over and "then you have it" like the Microsoft Certifications. You need to expect the unexpected. If you learn through cramming you will limit your ability to use your analytical skills. We will teach you how to do this. You may have are verbose questions, some negative, or even some double negative (although these are less likely now), straight up questions, or just plain tricky questions. Perhaps you will have lots of situational questions. Study daily throughout your training to reinforce your learning.
(2) Apply for PMI Membership: This is the next best step. It is currently $129 to become a member for the first time. It is very easy to maintain your credential and submit your experience once you are a member. For example, if you pay for your PMP® Exam before you become a member, the Exam will cost you $555. If you become a member first, the Exam is $405.
(3) Submit Your Experience:After You Complete the 35 Contact Hours of formal education for the PMP® Exam, you may apply on the PMI® website to sit for the Exam by submitting your experience and answering the questions about your training. Expect 3 to 5 days turn around approximately during business hours. In class, (and/or by request after joining the class,) you will receive a document that SmartPath LLC has prepared that will give you guidance to prepare your experience submission. It will save you a lot of time if you follow the directions. In class, you will learn the correct terminology to use when describing the projects you worked on, and other helpful information. How to submit your experience is a small part of the first day of class. You should use the process descriptions and process group names and knowledge area names that you see on Workflow #12.
(4) Study 1-10 Days:
a. How Quickly should you take the Exam if you are already Exam approved: If you are taking the training for Exam Prep only and have already completed a certification training prior, then you may want to schedule your Exam within 1 to 4 days. However, in our experience, the training is quite intensive and if you prefer to take one or 2 days of rest, we recommend it. Taking a week or so to shore up areas you may not be "top notch" on will not hurt you either. In fact, why take the Exam twice. That is totally unnecessary.
b. Awaiting PMP® Exam Approval & Study Time: How much study time will depend on the individual, usually based on the depth of your experience and current understanding. Very experienced lead project managers, with no prior training, are capable of taking the Exam and passing within 1 to 7 days. Most take a weekend to study. If you have gaps in your experience, or you get busy on a new project you can take the Exam any time up until the next Exam change as the materials will remain relevant. However we recommend you taking the Exam no later than 2 weeks out so you don't have to ramp yourself up for the Exam again. Use the time to understand the process connections. Our materials have been proven by a designed experiment to be able to help you pass even if you never came to one class. While you are awaiting the PMP® Exam approval, study the materials that need memorizing (Workflow # 12 & the Formulas) or those that need understanding such as inputs, outputs, tools and techniques, procurement contract calculations, or PMI® Professional Conduct. In class you will already have a comfort level with backward and forward passes, risk probability calculations, EVM along with contract fee calculations. When it comes to the Exam Practice Questions learn them by analyzing them. Sometimes this is the most important thing you can do the day before the Exam - just analyze questions.
Use SmartPath LLC Guidelines to prepare for the Exam: These are (a) Checklists of what you must know to pass the PMP® Exam & (b) How to Study for the PMP® Exam. (c) Know the Roles, Tasks & Responsibilities listed on Workflow 10.
(5) Pay the Project Management Institute for the PMP® Exam as soon as you are approved to take the Exam.
(6) Schedule the PMP® Exam with prometric.com: With approval from the PMI® organization, you will be told that you can pay for the Exam. Once you have paid for the Exam you will go to prometric.com and schedule your exam by following the instructions that you will be given.
(7) Take the PMP® Exam – 4 hours – 200 questions – 25 questions are fluff – they don’t count but they don’t tell you which ones are fluff. You are required to get 61% correct of the 200 questions that count in order to pass. You will do your Exam brain dump on one side of those pieces of paper, including formulas, memory joggers & Workflow #12. You have about 10-15 minutes to become comfortable before the test begins. You cannot take calculators, paper, pencils, pens, cell phones or other personal items with you. If you do, you will put these things, along with your wallet in a locker. You make take some small candies. There is a calculator on the computer screen at the bottom right and it is easy to use. Just click on the icon and it will come up.
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