length of time it takes to study for PMP

It depends on your readiness as well as learning speed. However, I only review the PMBOK and Rita's book in a week. 2 days full time (8 hrs) and 5 days (2to3 hours per day).

I planned for about 6 months to prepare. During that time I:

- Helped start and participated in a study group
- Established a schedule for reading an exam prep book in coordination with the PMBOK (I don't recommend reading the PMBOK straight through, unless that fits with your learning style)
- Took a video exam-prep course (back when they were on DVD, not online)
- Listened to exam prep podcasts
- Studied flashcards (I recommend writing them out - this can help you remember them better than just reading them)
- Took a couple of practice exams to help assess my readiness and identify areas to focus my studies

If you don't mind rambling, I blogged the experience. You might be better off skimming than reading... https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-pos...t-s-get-started

Tips:
- Treat preparing for the exam like a project. Schedule time to study. Plan and track your progress.
- If you don't already know, figure out how you best learn and retain information and then find/use study resources that fit that approach.
- Don't plan on learning anything new in the last month before you take the exam. At this point, it should all be review.
- In the last days before you take the exam, schedule a day off to not think about it. Give your brain a break, as opposed to the last-minute scramble.
- Get plenty of rest the night before the exam.
- If it fits your learning style, take a boot camp. Just keep in mind that you don't attend a boot camp to learn how to manage projects. The focus is exam prep.
- The emphasis of the exam is how PMI would have you manage projects, not necessarily how you are managing them today. It's called the PMBOK Guide because it's a guidebook and you can't always do everything in it, but you need to know how to apply it.

I'm writing my exam on Saturday. I actually began in April, by taking the PMI Project Management course for the CAPM, and then passed the CAPM exam in June.

Immediately after passing the CAPM, I started my prep work for the PMP by changing my Exam subscription on Pocket Prep Professional.

My company also currently offers PMP on demand training through Skillsoft for free, and I purchased Study Hall Basic. I've also read PMBOK 6 and 7 twice, along with the Agile Practice Guide. I also purchased the AR PMP course through Udemy, and have used Eduhubspot's free trials/question of the day. I also tried the free trials from Cornelius Fichtner.

thanks! What is Rita's book?

I took six months to study for my PMP exam. I joined my employer's PMP study group, I read the PMBOK Guide a few times, I took some Skillsoft project management courses.