Hello,

 My mission, and the mission of my organization, AME Group Inc. a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) through PMI is to help you, and others, obtain your PMP® Credential without wasting time and money. I have been facilitating PMP® Exam Prep Workshops since 1997. Most months I help well over 250 people just like you pass the PMP® Exam. Here a just a few of my many ideas on what to DO and what NOT TO DO.

 DO

1.  Set a limited time frame for your studying. We suggest six to eight weeks. Really focus on your studies. Do not drag it out. Learn something useful for your role as a project manager, not just information to pass the exam.

2. Work with great content.

• Practice on over 1,000 sample questions. Not a hundred, but at least a thousand, maybe more. We do not learn to ride a bike by reading a manual. We do not learn to pass the PMP® Exam by reading A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). You must practice for the PMP® Exam by doing sample questions.
• Understand why the wrong answers are wrong. Knowing why the right answer is right is not enough. You must understand why the wrong answers are wrong.
• Know the tools and techniques of the PMBOK® Guide. Know which tools and techniques are associated with which processes and why. Know how to apply the tools and techniques in scenarios.
• Know Table 1-4 of the PMBOK® Guide. Be able to data dump the entire table at the beginning of the exam. Know which processes belong to each process group and each knowledge area.
• Take a PMP® Prep Workshop. Take it face to face. Take it online. Don’t take just any workshop. Make sure the training company is a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) through PMI®. Take a test drive with the training company and your specific instructor before you purchase. Ensure that they will:
  1. Guarantee you a specific instructor
  2. Answer questions before, during and after the workshop. At least once a day someone emails me a sample question from another training provider asking me to explain the question to him or her. If you paid for their training… they should answer your questions.

3. Find a world-class guide. This is your time and your money. Find someone who has guided thousands of project managers successfully to obtain the PMP® Credential.

 DON’T

1. Don’t memorize answers. Make sure you understand the sample questions including why the right answer is better than the three wrong answers.

2. Don’t read the PMBOK® Guide cover to cover. Skim it one section at a time. After each section practice on 25 or more sample questions related to that section. Focus on figures and tables.   Dig deep into the book to understand the sample questions.

3. Don’t waste your time

• With sample questions that do not explain why the wrong answers are wrong. Certainly don’t waste your time with sample questions that don’t explain why the right answer is right.
• With training providers that will not answer your questions.

My company, AME Group Inc. has several ways to help you. Again, my suggestions:

1. Go to my youtube page and check out my recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/aileenellis9.

2. If you like my style go to my home page and contact me or send me an email. Tell me more about yourself and how your studies are going. Ask to be put on our distribution list for free online PMP® Exam training with me: http://aileenellis.com/

3. If you like the online training consider one of my online products.

• If you require 35 contact hours go to: http://aileenellis.com/course/pmp-exam-online-workshop-aileen-ellis-35-contact-hours/
• If you do not require 35 contact hours go to: http://aileenellis.com/course/pmp-exam-online-self-study-program-aileen/

Both products contain 35 hours of videos and thousands of unique sample questions.

Always feel free to reach out to me by email at [email protected].

I hope this short list helped you and I wish you well both on the PMP® Exam and in the future as a Project Management Professional.

Regards,

Aileen Ellis, PMP, PgMP

AME Group Inc. Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.) through PMI

www.aileenellis.com

[email protected]