I’m happy to say that more of my students have passed their PMP exam in the last 3 months than any quarter in all the years I’ve been teaching PMP (since 2007). Here are a few last tips & resources to help you down the home-stretch (blog series). NEW SERIES: Final Advice To PMP Test-Takers [...]
Many test-takers make the mistake of studying Integration Mgt only at the beginning of their test-prep. RECOMMENDATION: Boost your PMP score by studying it FIRST and LAST. 5 Reasons Why Integration Mgt Needs A Deep-Dive In Your Final Test-Prep: 1) Integration Mgt BEGINS all projects So you need to study the 7 Integration Processes first, especially [...]
Boost Your PMP Score: Learn The Keywords As Logical Pairs Many test-takers have trouble with the huge number of PMBOK terms: Some are opposites, some are synonyms, some are close, with subtle differences. This quick book helps you learn the many important terms, and be sure of the differences between them, so you can [...]
To help everyone using my book to study for your PMP / CAPM, below is a Quick Guide to all the Figures, Diagrams, and Tables in my book: The Project Management Answer Book, 2nd Edition. FIGURES.PMAnswerBook.2nd.Edition.JeffFurman All are listed in the following format, and grouped by Knowledge Area, e.g. [...]
One of my Army students (Amana) who passed her PMP test on her first try came back to share some of her tips with our recent class. This was her biggest tip, which the class started calling: The Amana Rule: "Put more study-time into the areas where you have less experience on your projects." [...]
Today I received a 'Like' on my book's FB page from Amman, Jordan (Country #66 - Thx, Rana!) :) My book,The Project Management Answer Book, is popular with International Readers because it's in very clear, concise English. It offers hands-on templates and helpful diagrams which make the PMI PMBOK easy. And it includes my [...]
Being optimistic is great. And who can forget Nellie Forbush's "Cockeyed Optimist" (Broadway legend Mitzi Gaynor) in the classic: "South Pacific?" But being a "cockeyed optimist" is not a Backup Plan! What will you do, after all the hours of preparation you put into your new Zoom class, if your Internet suddenly conks-out? Any [...]
At NYU we upgraded our courses to Remote Delivery in March due to Covie-19, and I've already taught 20 hours of PMP Prep via Zoom. My next 3 PMP & Advanced PM courses will be given via Zoom, as follows: 1) PMP Prep class will be 5 Saturdays (July 18-Aug 25). 2) Earned Value Management [...]
This week I gave my first PMP Prep class via ZOOM. In the process, I found this set of Keyboard Shortcuts from ZOOM. Hopefully these will help you get a bit more out of your Zoom Meetings and Remote Trainings. Meeting Shortcuts Command(⌘)+J: Join Meeting Command(⌘)+Control+V: Start Meeting Command(⌘)+J: Schedule Meeting Command(⌘)+Control+S: Screen [...]
The changes to the PMP exam originally scheduled for July 1, 2020 have been pushed back to January 2, 2021. This is due to the disruptions to training, testing and more caused by the ongoing Coronavirus threat. Blurb: "For all PMP candidates, we are extending access to the current PMP exam until 31 December 2020 and [...]