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I teach PMP classes and have been doing it for 10 years. I am often asked about the questions on the exam. First of all, I took the exam in 2005 and it was a hard test. How difficult? Probably one of the most difficult tests I have ever taken. It can be passed. In fact, about 80% pass it on their first… [ 171 more words ]

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More of an information note than a blog, but worth reading. If you are using the BLT testing center, just know that the questions are scoring about 8 to 10% harder than most other testing programs. If you know Oliver Lehman, his questions are much harder, but the ones on my site are tough. When I teach, I tell students that scoring a 75% on a clean practice test is "good enough". [ 51 more words ]

BLT Testing Center More of an information note than a blog, but worth reading. If you are using the BLT testing center, just know that the questions are scoring about 8 to 10% harder than most other testing programs.…

As a PMP instructor one of the questions I am often asked is how much does a PMP make? Of course, that depends on many factors including, location, years of experience, and industry. I teach in the United Sates so, as an example, the published data from PMI show a PMP making between $103K to $124K, with an 22% difference between PMPs and non-PMPs. [ 217 more words ]

What’s the PMP worth? As a PMP instructor one of the questions I am often asked is how much does a PMP make? Of course, that depends on many factors including, location, years of experience, and industry. I teach in the…

The new PMBOK starts every knowledge area chapter with a section on new concepts, tends, tailoring and Agile as it related to the selected knowledge area. For Cost Management the key concepts include being concerned about cost of resources needed for activity completion and the effects on cost of project decisions. Understand costs are looked at in different ways, for example it may be measured when acquired, delivered, incurred, or recorded for accounting purposes. [ 74 more words ]

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Typically, the toughest knowledge areas are Integration, Stakeholder, Procurement and Risk management. These four represent the number 13, 12, 11 and 10 in order of difficulty. The highest scored areas are Professional and Social Responsibility, Quality and Time Management. The most difficult process group is monitoring and controlling. There are many questions on the exam covering change management. The other reason this is hard is the formulas users need to know are generally covered in these questions. [ 34 more words ]

What are the most difficult Knowledge Areas and Process Groups on the PMP exam? Typically, the toughest knowledge areas are Integration, Stakeholder, Procurement and Risk management. These four represent the number 13, 12, 11 and 10 in order of difficulty. The highest scored a…