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In my earlier message I shared the news that PMI has pushed the new PMP® exam date.

The new exam was earlier announced to be kicking in on 16 December 2019, which, as of now stands revised at 1 July 2020.

Now if you had not begun your prep yet, this is a good news.

But if you did begin your prep, this is a great news!

You know why?

Because you have already overcome one of the biggest hurdles to PMP® prep, which is..

Never Able to Begin.

Most of the aspirants want to begin, wish to begin, swear to begin, even plan to begin… but never actually get to begin their PMP® preparation.

Now that you have begun, you have it easy.

For one, there is NOT going to be mad rush to book the exam slots at PearsonVUE. You can get a slot pretty much for any date you want.

Two, many people are going to take it easy and drop their prep efforts.

Please don’t do that.

Don’t follow the herd.

Get going now and get through with your PMP® exam by this year-end.

Third, no matter where you have been with your prep so far, I am giving you a fast track route now.

This is not a shortcut, mind you – because when it comes to PMP® exam, there are no shortcuts.

Of course, you can make it easy and enjoyable experience (the path-of-least-resistance way), as the PMP® Last Mile Prep program students can vouch for… but there are no shortcuts.

So, this fast track route.

Grab this course for free – for a limited time! Sign up below.

This is a new course I have just released.. which for a short time I am going to give for free.

For my people.

You.

Go ahead and sign up for free PMP® course online: ‘PMP® Launchpad’.

This is a 10-day course. You get an email in your inbox as the new content is released every day. Just follow the link in the email, consume the content, watch the video, and then move on with your day.

This is the least disruptive way to get the most for your PMP® prep efforts.

Get that much-needed boost to your exam prep.

You will be at a different level of confidence in 10 days from now.

I promise.

Sign up to access the course for free, and get more PMP goodies right into your mailbox.

Cheers and all the best,
Shiv Shenoy, PMP

PS: If you are on LinkedIn, tap/click the Bell icon 🔔 on my profile to get all the PMP content right into your feed.

PPS: Like I said, I am giving this away for a limited time – so grab this opportunity and get going.

Any questions you have, all you got to do is email and ask me. I’m here to help you land your PMP® goal.

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“With PMP® you can excel at tech project management role”, says Ponmani Tamilselvan, who aced his PMP® exam recently, he has been quite active in our LinkedIn and Facebook community – helping other PMP® students as well! I requested him to share his prep advice, which he happily obliged.

Ponmani has around 9 years of experience in software industry. He is working as Senior Designer in Visteon Corporation, and is part of management team setting up processes to support software project development teams in the organization.

1. Why PMP?

I believe I have good management and leadership skills as I am able to guide project teams to successfully deliver time and again. However I felt the need to learn from a globally acclaimed certification to enhance my capabilities.

The necessity of standard certification program and the knowledge it helps me gain motivated me to take up PMP® certification exam.

Moreover, for most of us who started our career in technology domain, PMP® certification is a good step towards excelling in tech project management role.

2. How do you think PMP® will help?

The immediate impact I see is that now a days I am able to think of lot more probabilities and scenarios than earlier whenever I am faced with a challenging project situations.

I am sure in the long term PMP® will help me grow in my career faster than without it.

I intend to do couple of more certifications which would add lot of dynamics to my profile. This broadens my ability to contribute in  different types of projects. And I believe I can accelerate my professional growth this way.

3. Can you share the resources you used?

I started with Simplilearn online course (review here). Even though for basic understanding it was enough I realized that it will not be enough to clear the exam. I felt I might fall short.

Also, my focus was to pass PMP® on the first attempt by being 100% prepared.

So I researched little bit more. I saw many successful peoples talking about PM PrepCast, Joseph Philips courses exam sets, and Shiv Shenoy’s PMExamSmartNotes. I referred all these three resources. [continue reading…]

PMP® exam stress can be hard to manage. In this post Edet Archibong shares 3 tips to avoid exam stress & a new exam perspective you might not have thought of!

Edet has over 6 years of experience working for Huawei Technologies Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as a Quality Manager, Site Manager and Implementation Manager. His works takes him across several West African Countries. While he loves traveling, Edet has a goal of constantly learning to enhance his knowledge.

Let’s have a read..

How did you decide of taking up PMP®?

I have been working on various projects for 6+ years, and in each project I get to work on a different aspect of project management. I always wondered about the areas of project management that I am missing.

It became clear to me that I needed a comprehensive and all-round understanding of project management – which was possible by taking up a certification exam.

While I researched and found various options, Project Management Professional (PMP®) was one option that covered all aspects of project management.

Right from pre-initiation (business case, needs assessment etc) to all the way closing the right way. Right from collecting user requirements to managing procurement – PMP® covers it all.

My core goal has been to be able to manage any project end to end on my own.

I figured PMP® would be the one that helps me get there.

Now that you have PMP® certification, how do you think it will help you?

I believe that knowledge and action both will get us grow in our career. I have got knowledge part from my PMP® prep experience.

It would help me take more informed decisions on my projects, which would make me confident about my actions. Also, I believe PMP® helps me become a better leader.

Also Read: PMP Brain dump strategy is NOT dead. Click to know all about it (and get my brain dump for free).

Tell us about the study resources you used for your exam.

[continue reading…]

Happy Independence Day to all my Indian friends!

This is an occasion to realize the importance of freedom.

While thanking all the people that laid their lives for our freedom, this is also time to think of ways to get freedom for ourselves.

For me and my readers – You – this is about how to get Freedom from the stress of PMP exam. Freedom from anxiety.

This is why I have recorded this special video for you.

Watch it below –

Grab Your PMP Pass Now!

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Lisa Dudenhoeffer is part of our LinkedIn support group, and passed her PMP exam recently. In this post she shares the exact steps she took to get her PMP certification – including her exact 12-week PMP exam prep study plan!

Lisa is currently employed as a Technical Project Manager for the commercial real estate industry. She is a constant learner, striving to find ways to better communicate with stakeholders and help champion the project teams that she works with.

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1. What event or experience triggered your desire to take up PMP exam? Did you consider any other project management certifications?

My entire career has been in the IT space, however I had just landed a new delivery management position with a software company that was significantly behind in the PM and implementation process.

Quickly, I discovered that management wasn’t interested in broadening their vision and practices.

It didn’t take long until I had become very dissatisfied with my latest adventure, so I decided to use the time to focus on getting my certification as a way to educate myself on newer tools, processes and understanding before venturing out looking for a new job again so soon.

I researched several options and choose the PMP as it appeared one of the most respected certifications for all varieties of projects.

2. Now that you are PMP certified, how this may impact your work?

I believe having the certification will open opportunities in my career but also allows for networking connections. One area that I focus on is continuing to pursue education opportunities to maintain my certification which allows for enhancing my skill set.

3. Which study resources did you consider, and eventually used for the exam preparation?

I chose a 6 week online boot camp training session sponsored by PMI where we met every Saturday for 6 hrs. [continue reading…]