I’d do timed quizzes (20-40 questions) every other evening, any question I’d get wrong I’d circle back and read the detailed explanation. PrepCast Simulator for $149 + Trial Exam Questions PrepCast Exam Simulator - **most important step** (did over the course of 2 months) You can find this by googling “PMP Cheat Sheet” (Though with the updated test format I didn’t use my calculator once.)ĥ. Be familiar and understand everything on the cheatsheet, I found it a great framework to study towards and circle back to while quizzing. This is basically the essence of the entire exam rolled into one table, best mind map I was able to find.Ĥ. Know and truly understand PMBOK Guide Six Edition Table 1-4 Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping (well explained in the article in bullet point 3). And a good article on motivation theories.ģ. Two good articles on how to understand the framework they want you to systematically place yourself in and select the knowledge area process or tools to implement based on the phase. With the new exam format its less important that previous years, I wouldn’t have bought this if I wasn’t able to expense it with work.Ģ. For reference only, flow charts were great.

I also bought and flipped through PMBOK 6th Ed. Emphasis on knowing the artifacts, tools and techniques at the end of book. I skipped the first standards sections, read the new framework on the project domains/groupings.

Timeline: Started around October – wrote exam in January.īuy and read the Agile Practice Guide and PMBOK 7 (did over the course of 1 month) All of the current PMP content/exams online is still geared towards the more specific granular procedures and tools but still very much works for new broader best practice structure. I had mirrored my study plans off this original reddit post: Īfter having just written the exam in January 2022 I've noticed the shift in priorities of PMI from knowing specific framework processes and tools and techniques (as prescribed in the PMBOK 6) to a more general high-level performance and tailoring (as prescribed in the PMBOK 7) is well underway. I wanted to pay it forward as I use reddit heavily for advice on the daily.

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