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The
ever increasing demand for more project managers is
creating divergent pressures on the project management
profession. In one direction, project managers are seeking
training and accreditation as a means of increasing their
professionalism, raising their profile, and making
themselves more marketable in a competitive market. At the
same time, many organizations, with limited understanding
of the ‘profession and practice’ of project management
still appoint almost anyone to the role of project
manager, keeping the concept of the ‘accidental project
manager’ alive and flourishing. Some accidental project
managers have been remarkably successful; but many find
themselves blamed for problems and project failures they
were ill-equipped to prevent. The purpose of the PMKI
is to help project managers be successful not only to
encourage them to remain in the profession but also
because every project failure is a failure for the Project
Management profession as well as the organization that
commissioned the project.
Our discussion paper, Project Management Certification Options within Australia looks at the range of PM related certifications available in our business area. The valuation of credentials, and the unique value ascribed to the PMP credential is a complex issue addressed in our discussion paper The Value of your PMP Qualification.
DP: PM Credentials in Australia. Project management certification options within Australia fall into two general categories, competency based certifications and knowledge based certifications based on examination.
Art: Professional Project Management. What does professional project management look like? This article looks at the concept of a formal profession and what this means for project management.
Based
on years of observation of adult learners in both our
face-to-face classroom courses and during distance
learning courses, it is fascinating to see how the rate of
information absorption (ie, learning) varies from person
to person. The rate of learning does not seem to be
correlated to a person’s IQ, industry, or role in the
workforce. If anything, people who absorb the learning
more slowly seem to retain the information longer.
It would appear the ability to learn is a skill that is exercised naturally by younger people, but as one grows older this natural ability seems to fade with only some adults maintaining their innate capability to learn, frequently linked to active practice via a recently completed university course, etc. This means assimilating the information needed to be successful in an examination is not easy, particularly if you have not studied for a while. To help, we have compiled a list of suggestions that may assist you to get back into the study mode and help with your exam techniques.
WP: The Art of Learning. Learning new things should be an enjoyable process at all stages of life and career. Learning how to learn effectively is the first step along the journey, this paper has a range of techniques and ideas to help. A comprehensive map of learning theories is available for download.
Art: The Psychology of Effective Learning. Teaching and learning are interrelated, but people learn in a variety of ways and have different learning preferences. This paper and the referenced reports highlight the most effective learning options.
Art: The role of questions in the learning process. You can only pass an examination by effectively answering the questions – it’s not what you know that matters so much as how you interpret that knowledge into answers to a set of questions you’ve never seen before. Conversely, simply studying questions and answers will never provide sufficient knowledge to pass your exam! The role of questions is to sample your knowledge and provide an assessment of your overall understanding.
Course design is also an important factor. In our CPM and EVM courses, our course design focuses on making the information you need to be successful easily available.
Managing the overall examination process is an easy way to enhance your score, the trick is to use the time before, during, and after the exam effectively.
Art: Examination Techniques. This paper is focused on PMI’s computer-based examinations; however, the suggestions are generally relevant to all high intensity exams.
Success
in the exam requires you to be good at answering
questions! But, simply studying questions and answers will
never provide sufficient knowledge to pass your exam!
Questions have a key role to play in the learning process,
but what you know and what your score is are not the same
A good question answering techniques can add 10% to 15% to
your score!
Art: Understanding your PMI Score. There is a random 25% chance any answer will be correct (provided you have answered A, B C or D - one option will always be correct!). This paper helps you understand how your actual test score relates to your level of knowledge.
Art: The role of questions in the learning process. You can only pass an examination by effectively answering the questions – it’s not what you know that matters so much as how you interpret that knowledge into answers to a set of questions you’ve never seen before. Conversely, simply studying questions and answers will never provide sufficient knowledge to pass your exam! The role of questions is to sample your knowledge and provide an assessment of your overall understanding.
Art: Examination Techniques. The mid-section of this paper is focused on dealing with PMI multi-choice questions.
In this section Scroll / click down to see our recommended list of free PMP and CAPM questions.
Free Questions (mainly PMP & CAPM)
These
are the question sets we like - we are very choosy about
who gets on this list!
Oliver Lehmann - https://www.oliverlehmann.com/pmp-self-test/100-free-questions.htm
Oliver provides his sample questions in a variety of formats (no registration required). From the site, you can take a free 100-question simulated, timed (120 minute) exam. He also includes a link-page to thousands of free sample questions as well as a download option (PDF) for an additional 175 sample questions, which is also available in German. Smartphone owners can access another 30 free questions for their iPhone/iPad and/or Android in the iTunes Store and Android Market, respectively.
Cornelius Fichtner
https://www.project-management-prepcast.com/PMP-Practice-Exam-Questions-Sample-Test 120 Free Sample PMP® Practice Exam Questions.
https://free.pm-exam-simulator.com/. Sign up to try Cornelius' Exam Simulator for three days -- free! This PM Exam Simulator gives you the opportunity to practice taking the PMP Exam in a way that mimics the actual exam. The Simulator feeds you questions of the same style and difficulty that you’ll see on the exam and proportionately as far as the correct process group (i.e., Initiation=11%, Planning =23%, etc.). You’ll experience various types of questions, from formula-based questions to interpretational questions. Another plus for this site is that you can take the practice exam in three modes: Real Exam Mode (just like the real PMP exam experience); Timed Mode (receive hints and answers, but still adhere to a limited time); or Learning Mode (receive hints and answers with no time limit).
ErudiCAT. https://www.erudicat.com
Free resource with multiple questions and straightforward explanations to prepare for PMP exam - start clicking.....
Project Management Academy (USA) - https://projectmanagementacademy.net/free-pmp-questions
This site offers 50 free scenario based PMP questions similar to the exam. After completing the PMP questions you click the grade button at the bottom to see your results and complete explanations.
PreparePM - https://www.preparepm.com/mock1.html
This site offers two different free “mock exams”—the first has 70 questions; the second has 28 questions, and the answers to the questions are included at the end of each exam. You can filter the sample questions by the various knowledge areas covered in the exam (i.e., questions on Risk Management, or Quality Management, or Ethics, etc.), so you can focus your studies on the areas where you think you need the most help. The site also includes a link to a free, timed 200-question PMP practice exam (although you do have to register on the site).
Simplilearn - https://www.simplilearn.com/pmp-exam-prep-free-practice-test
Telephone number and email address required. 200 question timed test (240 minutes) with answers and explanations. This is a test and can be attempted multiple times. You can pause the test and resume later.
Exam Central http://www.examcentral.net/pmp/pmp-exam-questions#.
Registration required. This PMP Exam study site includes a 1000+ sample-question test bank. Once you have registered, you can access the test bank, as well as an unlimited number of full-length mock exams, customizable PMP flashcards, and a PMP dictionary. Two nice features of note: first, once you take a practice exam, you can re-open it for review; second, the practice exam provides you with visual, analytical progress reporting, so you know exactly where you stand during your mock exam.
fabmarks https://www.fabmarks.com/pmp/resources
A set of 20 free questions - quick and easy...... Plus a useful set of hints, tips and links for the exam.
Note: Information on these pages is of a general nature, refer to PMI resources for up to date examination information.
- PMP Resources
- CAPM Resources
- PMI-SP Resources
- PMI's CCR System
There are a number of certifications in the Australian
market - other places may vary. Our assessment based on
observation of the job market is:
At the project management level choosing between PMP, the
RegPM CPPM and PRINCE2 is more difficult. Most job
applications seem to see any one of the three as being
acceptable - you have done the work and studied project
management. Some organizations have a strong bias to
either AIPM or PMI and because PRINCE2 is focused on the
PRINCE2 methodology, organizations using PRINCE2 have a
preference for PRINCE2 Practitioner.
Apart from the obvious PRINCE2 link, generally PMP seems to be preferred in organizations with an international focus, IT, banks, finance, etc. RegPM in organizations with an Australian engineering focus (but this seems to be a fairly mild preference most of the time). The practical difference between RegPM and PMP is that the PMP credential can be obtained by passing an exam; the RegPM credential requires you to be employed as a project manager, using the 'PMBOK processes' in the real world, to demonstrate competency in their application.
Art: The value of Project Management qualifications. Salary Surveys, show a steady increase in salaries for qualified project managers and in the USA, Australia and a number of other countries,
DP: The Value of your PMP Qualification. The real value of a credential to an individual and to an organisation assessing the person for employment.
If you would like to discuss this further feel free to Contact Us we are AIPM members as well as PMI and have held the MSP credential from the 'PRINCE2 family'.
Prs: Should you certify your schedulers? This presentation focuses on initiatives to revitalize our industry by creating a career path for planners and schedulers as well as clearly identifying the benefits of certification for organizations that employ planners and schedulers. New initiatives by Planning Planet are designed to deliver a career framework for professional ‘Time Managers’, taking people from novice, to a practitioner skilled in the art of planning and scheduling.
Art: The problem with CPM. The problem with scheduling and CPM is not the technology, it’s the people - virtually anyone can learn to use software in a few hours. But being able to push some buttons to make some use of the tool and understanding the basic fundamentals of scheduling are two very different things
The Guild of Project Controls Scheduling
Qualifications - The Guild of Project Controls offer a
scheduling certification structure. For more information
visit http://www.planningplanet.com/guild
The Praxis Pathway
The Praxis Pathway has
three component paths: individual, team and organisation.
These paths are interwoven and collectively designed to
achieve the central goal of improving the effectiveness
and efficiency of project delivery: https://www.praxisframework.org/en/resource-pages/applying-praxis
AXELOS® ProPath™
AXELOS®
ProPath™ certification scheme from AXELOS Global Best
Practice, has been developed to provide a specially
selected combination of best practice qualifications via a
clear and progressive pathway: https://bestpractice.axelos.com/propath-project-programme-portfolio-certifications-more-information/
For papers on education and training presented
at the PGCS Annual Symposium see:
https://www.pgcs.org.au/papers/general-management/
