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Barbara Brindisi Oceanside, Ca, United States

Hi Everyone ... I am scheduled to take the PMP exam mid January. Does anyone suggest any materials to assist me in passing the exam? I appreciate your help/wisdom.

Posted: Dec 30, 2019 5:33 PM

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Eduardo Saravia Neyra Electronic Engineer| Compañía Latinoamericana de Radiodifusion SA Lima, Lima, Peru

You should practice the simulator questions.
Remember that almost all the question are situational and few theory questions.

Good luck

Posted: Dec 30, 2019 6:35 PM

Rami Kaibni

Community Champion

Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Barbara

From my experience, the best advise I can give to you is the following:

Textbooks:
- PMBOK 6th Edition
- Rita Mulcahy’s PMP Exam 9th

Courses and Simulation Exams:
- RMC Solutions
- PM PrepCast
- PM Star
- Udemy (Joseph Philips)

Hope this helps - Good Luck and Happy New Year !

RK

Posted: Dec 30, 2019 8:33 PM

Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States

There is a few blog entries and discussions with recommendations and lessons learned from the experience in this site. I recommend you to look around this site.
Also, Rami did a good summary of the most used textbooks

Posted: Dec 30, 2019 11:35 PM

Ehab Zahra PM I| SABIC Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Practice on the situational questions specially on change requests and closing activities .

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 5:24 AM

Eduard Hernandez

Community Champion

Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Barbara,

The materials listed so far are excellent resources.

Bear in mind that if you have not yet started to prepare for the exam, 15 days to do so is feasible but challenging. Thus, I would go for one week of hard core reading followed by one week of hard core simulation.

Good luck! Please keep us posted on the outcome.

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 6:34 AM

Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal

Dear Barbara
Interesting your question
Thanks for sharing

You can gather the opinion of many people

The most important question is:
- How do I learn?
Depending on how you learn:
- What plan should I use to learn and of course get certified

PMBOK Guide is the ideal learning support
Practicing in an exam simulator is very important

In addition, you can use the question battery here in our community at "ANSWER PMCHALLENGE QUESTIONS"

I'll be here hoping you pass the exam

Share with us your results.

I would love to applaud your success

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 7:05 AM

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

Hi Barbara - Awesome! What materials have you been using thus far?

Certainly, great suggestions in the previous comments. Mayte touched on an important point. There is a significant amount of existing content in this community already. Take some time to search and read through the various experiences and insights that have been previously shared; whether via discussion, article, or blog posts.

Good Luck!

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 8:04 AM

Justus N Scrum Master| BCBSTX Arlington, Tx, United States

Rami is on point! those resources have been proven to yield the best results

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 8:11 AM

Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Review PMBOK several times. Try mock exams and standard tests.

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 8:13 AM

Arash Max Ghorbandaei, PMP,RMP,ACP,LSSBB Senior Project Manager| Associa Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hi Barbara,
Rita's books are probably your best bet. There a number of sites that also provide a variety of PMP prep courses and exam questions (Udemy is one I've used and am happy with).

Best of luck with your exam. Do let us know how it goes.

Arash

Posted: Dec 31, 2019 11:31 AM

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