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Why would someone purposely choose to write the new PMP exam via the pilot?

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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm really perplexed by the folks who are starting to post in PMI's LinkedIn discussion group asking for study aids for the pilot of the new PMP exam.

I just don't get why someone would willingly want to be a "guinea pig", especially given the level of effort and cost associated with the exam.

The lack of any meaningful study aids other than a list of ten fairly lengthy reference books from PMI would be a detractor by itself.

What am I missing, folks?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Jan 23, 2020 6:31 PM
Replying to Deepesh Rammoorthy
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There are early adopters for every new thing these days :)
Isn't one of the required competencies for an effective PM supposed to be judgment?

At the risk of offending some I'll state that just because "it is there" doesn't demonstrate good judgment (unless we are talking about climbing Mt. Everest) so unless the candidate has a legitimate reason why taking the new exam is a better decision than the current one, I'd suggest that might be used as a data point to disqualify them for their PMP credential as I'm not sure I'd want to hire them to manage any of my projects!

Kiron
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Ijeoma Agada Project Coordinator| Gulf of Guinea Petroleum Consulting Limited Federal Capital Territory - Abuj, Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
Jan 23, 2020 11:28 AM
Replying to Brian Kellum
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I get all of your points, but as a new applicant, the test will be difficult regardless, I can get a jump on the future of PM by going through the process, and they offer to let you retest once for free.
I am a new Applicant as well. If the offer to retest once for free is really true, i think that is thoughtful and fair.
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1 reply by Rami Kaibni
Jan 28, 2020 8:05 PM
Rami Kaibni
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The offer is true and the exam is in March as far as was advertised. Good Luck !
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jan 28, 2020 6:59 AM
Replying to Ijeoma Agada
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I am a new Applicant as well. If the offer to retest once for free is really true, i think that is thoughtful and fair.
The offer is true and the exam is in March as far as was advertised. Good Luck !
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Heather Nonnemacher Philadelphia, Pa, United States
I'm also curious! I was just starting to explore my PMP certification in August when I learned that the exam format would be changing in December (and thankfully, that was later postponed). That impending change was a great motivator to hurry up and get it done! I couldn't imagine preparing for this without the wealth of resources that are available right now, especially decent-quality free resources.
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Kiron
Interesting your question
Thanks by the sharing

I'm also missing something :-)
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Yoon Sup Um Seoul, South Korea
If i understand your post correctly, they just don't have a confidence because they didn't have adequate work experiences and related knowledge.
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