Hi guys!
I am looking forward to taking the PMP exam in 2019, and looking for a prep course.
I am browsing the CCRS database on PMI's website, but the limited search options make it quite tedious to find an online provider for a PMP exam preparation course.
Would you be able to recommend one? Which one did you use?
Thanks in advance!
Amelie Saving Changes...
Hi Amelie, I too am studying for my PMP, and yes PMBOK is the holy book as Tamer rightly says, some great posts with additional study options which I will certainly be looking at, so thank you everyone and good luck Amelie.
Thanks for this, and good luck to you too Julie! Saving Changes...
Even more than a prep course, practice tests are so very vital to preparation. I used the PM Prepcast Cornelius Fitchner's podcasts and practice tests as well - anything he does is good.
Thanks for this Annette!
I am looking forward to do a lot of preparation testing too... but first: PMBOK et al.! Saving Changes...
Hi
Of course I'll recommend my PMP® prep courses on Udemy. Message me and I'll send you a discount coupon. Be careful - not all courses are 6th ed. I just noticed that Joseph Philips has a new PMP® math course but it is based on the 5th ed and I don't think he realizes it. For example he has a lesson on the communication channels equation but that's not in the 6th ed. Anyway I have an inexpensive one that has 3 simulation exams based on PMBOK 6th ed.
Thanks Paul -
I was careful in buying the package to make sure it was based on Version 6. Glad I double checked! Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Nov 26, 2018 3:45 PM
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Hi
Of course I'll recommend my PMP® prep courses on Udemy. Message me and I'll send you a discount coupon. Be careful - not all courses are 6th ed. I just noticed that Joseph Philips has a new PMP® math course but it is based on the 5th ed and I don't think he realizes it. For example he has a lesson on the communication channels equation but that's not in the 6th ed. Anyway I have an inexpensive one that has 3 simulation exams based on PMBOK 6th ed.
Hi Paul,
I am pretty sure you know that, but maybe others who read this does not. So, PMP Exam is based widely on the PMBoK Guide but NOT only. That means, just because it is not mentioned specifically in the PMBoK Guide (like the communication channels) does NOT automatically means that there will be no questions about it in the exam.
Sources for PMP Exam are various and not ONLY the PMBoK Guide.
For instance, the communication channels are mentioned in Rita's Prep Book 9th Edition which is aligned to the PMBoK Gide 6th Edition.
So, PMBoK GUide is not the only source for PMP Exam preparation.
Regards,
Markus
PS: btw: Communication Channels are mentioned in the PMBoK Guide 6th Edition as well. Ok, not the equation to calculate them, but it does not harm to know it .... ;) Saving Changes...
Sarah FischerEngagement Manager| InFlightKitchener, Ontario, Canada
Hi Amelie,
I just completed my PMP in December. At the recommendation of my mentor, I used Rita Mulcahy's PMP exam prep book. Read it through, completing the chapter quizzes. And then took all quizzes again. Then reviewed the chapters I felt the least comfortable with. That, combined with some online practice tests, was my approach (no course required).
I hope this helps and isn't too late of a reply! If you are interested in the online practice tests, please let me know and I will look them up in my email records.
PMBOK 6 should be the main source of information,
Rita Prep book latest edition is aligned on PMBOK 6,
and lots of simulation would nicely complement it.
Online training I have read many good comments on many of them here and some poor one. Some are not that expensive an very good.
Bonne chance
Vincent Saving Changes...
John FarlikProgram & Project Management| SPX FLOWWaxhaw, Nc, United States
Nov 26, 2018 5:24 PM
Replying to Annette Suh
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Even more than a prep course, practice tests are so very vital to preparation. I used the PM Prepcast Cornelius Fitchner's podcasts and practice tests as well - anything he does is good.
I would echo that Cornelius Fichtner's content is really good. I also used PM Educate for my PDU work. It is online with sample tests. Saving Changes...
Cary WardProject Coordinator| 1975Waxhaw, Nc, United States
I used the Project Management Training Institute class for the PMP exam prep course. It is on the pricey side, but everyone in my class passed the test! Saving Changes...
