{"id":5842,"date":"2024-08-28T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2024-09-05T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:18:44","slug":"the-why-and-how-of-my-pmp-certification-a-personal-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/news\/project-management\/the-why-and-how-of-my-pmp-certification-a-personal-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"A personal journey to the how and why of my PMP certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5842\" class=\"elementor elementor-5842 elementor-5828\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b59c2fc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height red noisy elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"b59c2fc\" 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certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44177f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"44177f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-db030de elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVon Sara Rydbeck\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2efc209 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>August 28, 2024<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-84e7708 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/tag\/certification-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/tag\/experience-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Experi\u00adence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/tag\/pmp\/\" rel=\"tag\">PMP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/tag\/project-management-en\/\" rel=\"tag\">Project Manage\u00adment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/tag\/training\/\" rel=\"tag\">Training<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_xing\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Share on xing\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-xing\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0fb1f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d0fb1f8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19ab054\" data-id=\"19ab054\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e58d585 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e58d585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><i>The room is small and I\u2019m in the cubicle closest to the window. It\u2019s in the middle of summer but relatively cool, mercifully, since not even drinks are allowed in here. I\u2019m using the provided ear plugs so that we can keep the window open while the construc\u00adtion work goes on outside. I stare at the screen and read the question again. The clock in the upper right corner is counting down, the question number next to it indica\u00adting I\u2019ll have to speed up if I\u2019m going to answer all of them in time. I still have no idea what I just read since in my head I\u2019m already busy planning to retake the test after my holiday, as I\u2019ll surely fail today. I\u2019m forcing myself to focus, remin\u00adding myself of my study buddy at univer\u00adsity who liked exams \u2013 he was curious to see how he\u2019d do. Me, I strug\u00adgled with the exam situa\u00adtion back then, to the extent that my mind would go blank once I sat there with the test before me and the clock ticking. So how come I am volun\u00adt\u00ada\u00adrily putting myself through this now? I\u2019ve had the brilliant idea to get PMP certi\u00adfied.         <\/i><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66300b3 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66300b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>What is PMP?<\/h3>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">PMP stands for Project Manage\u00adment Profes\u00adsional and is issued by the U.S.-based Project Manage\u00adment Insti\u00adtute (PMI). There are other alter\u00adna\u00adtives, such as PRINCE2 from the UK or IPMA from Germany, but PMP was the one I received the most tips and recom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions about from friends who work actively as project managers in Europe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The creden\u00adtial demons\u00adtrates both practical experi\u00adence and theore\u00adtical knowledge in project manage\u00adment. In this article, I share my journey both towards the decision to get certi\u00adfied and through the certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion process itself. Hopefully this will be helpful to someone conside\u00adring the same invest\u00adment in terms of time, money and effort.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c3f75 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29c3f75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p1\">Why I decided to get certi\u00adfied and why now<\/h3>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">What is a project? Unlike opera\u00adtions, where work is planned and executed in repea\u00adting cycles, projects end, hopefully with the fulfill\u00adment of its unique goal. And project manage\u00adment is a skill, or a set of them, yet it seems not uncommon for the role of the project manager to be filled as a conse\u00adquence of the halo effect; someone who is good at the core business is expected to naturally know how to manage a project.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When I left academia more than a decade ago, I figured that project manage\u00adment was in a way part of my skill set. Every research project sets out to solve a problem, find something out and output a result to be shared with the rest of the commu\u00adnity. If the project is successful, the frontier of our knowledge is pushed forward if only, as in my case, ever so slightly. To achieve that, you usually need to colla\u00adbo\u00adrate with other resear\u00adchers, get your hands on compu\u00adting resources and data, and nobody else is going to take care of all that coordi\u00adna\u00adtion and commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion for you.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Like many physi\u00adcists, however, I transi\u00adtioned into industry and business by lever\u00adaging the trans\u00adferable skills associated with data analysis, mathe\u00adma\u00adtical model\u00adling and general knowledge work. I soon found myself concep\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adzing database solutions and then moved into data science since I missed the analy\u00adtical work. I worked in projects develo\u00adping solutions for external and internal clients and observed with interest how we worked and how differ\u00adently in the diffe\u00adrent workplaces. At one, projects were organized as predic\u00adtive (another label for water\u00adfall), with a concep\u00adtual phase followed by imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and testing of the entire solution. It seemed to me that this was doomed to fail, since clients invariably changed their minds about what they wanted along the way. At the other, I learned a lot about agile metho\u00addo\u00adlo\u00adgies, and became convinced that this was the only way to go, except how do you sell a project when you can\u2019t even say what the customer gets for their money in the end? As the need arose and my career outside of academia progressed, I started doing the managing part of project work myself. What I knew, or thought I knew, about project manage\u00adment, I learned on the job, from external consul\u00adtants and from my own experi\u00adences. I had a creeping feeling it was not enough.        <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earning the PMP is both a chance to show off your skills and to learn from all the hard-earned wisdom already out there. It seems very well thought out to me: to get certi\u00adfied you need to first demons\u00adtrate experi\u00adence in project manage\u00adment, then while studying for the exam you go through the whole frame\u00adwork of processes and knowledge areas in a syste\u00admatic way. I think I gained much more from the theory I learned while reflec\u00adting on my own past experi\u00adences than if I had started by doing the course work first and only after that had headed out into the real world. It works as therapy too: in the myriads of real-world situa\u00adtions described, you can recognize the problems you encoun\u00adtered yourself and find out you\u2019re not alone. And, reassu\u00adringly, that there are solutions to those problems.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Inciden\u00adtally, one of the insights for me during the certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion was how even in a predic\u00adtive setting, changes are expected and a crucial part of the process, challen\u00adging my precon\u00adcep\u00adtions about this way of working. All in all, I\u2019m glad I decided to go through with the PMP since I now feel I have a much better founda\u00adtion going forward, whatever the setting. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63430c5 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63430c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p1\">How to get certi\u00adfied: my journey and practical advice<\/h3>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are three milestones:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Get the required one-week training.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Apply. You need to demons\u00adtrate project manage\u00adment experi\u00adence.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Study for and take the exam.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5 class=\"p1\">Training<\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">The first thing to check off the list is the 35-hour seminar required for the appli\u00adca\u00adtion.<br>In principle you can search for autho\u00adrized training partners on the PMI website, but while the site is other\u00adwise abundant with useful infor\u00adma\u00adtion, I perso\u00adnally didn\u2019t find this parti\u00adcular feature very helpful. A Google search for \u201c{your city} autho\u00adrized pmp training\u201d is a better bet and if you\u2019re in Germany and\/or can do a seminar in German, I can recom\u00admend plusDV Unter\u00adneh\u00admens\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adtung.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The seminar covers the process groups and knowledge areas in the PMBOK guide (for Project Manage\u00adment Body of Knowledge). My first impres\u00adsion about the content was that it\u2019s all about an overwhel\u00adming amount of documen\u00adta\u00adtion, at least the predic\u00adtive approach (which as I hinted before, I already had my doubts about), but what seemed a bit on the dry side at first was brought to life by the experi\u00adenced instructor and a lot of inter\u00adac\u00adtive exercises. An extra benefit of the training seminar was meeting the other parti\u00adci\u00adpants from other indus\u00adtries. If you\u2019re choosing between an online and an on-site seminar, I recom\u00admend the latter.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to the seminar, we received support and coaching for the regis\u00adtra\u00adtion and appli\u00adca\u00adtion steps, as well as access to training software with exam simula\u00adtions. Also included was a one-year PMI member\u00adship which gave a discount on the exam fee and access to the PMI library of books and publi\u00adca\u00adtions for download. <\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\">Appli\u00adca\u00adtion<\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">In my appli\u00adca\u00adtion I had to demons\u00adtrate at least three (recent) years of project experi\u00adence, in addition to the 35 hours of training. If you don\u2019t have a univer\u00adsity degree, you can compen\u00adsate with two more years of experi\u00adence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For each project, you enter the title and metho\u00addo\u00adlogy, catego\u00adrize it accor\u00adding to team size and budget, and describe the project and your respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties on it. You also name a contact person that played a key role in each project. Your appli\u00adca\u00adtion will be reviewed by the PMI and there\u2019s a chance that you or that contact person could be contacted for clari\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions and audits.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A chall\u00adenge for me during the certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion was the workload I had in my job, making it diffi\u00adcult to find time and energy for the certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion activi\u00adties. I didn\u2019t finish my appli\u00adca\u00adtion until more than two months after I did the training. Once I had submitted it, it took a few days before it was approved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Upon appli\u00adca\u00adtion approval, you have one year to schedule and take the exam.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\">Prepare for the exam<\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is a very nice part if you, like me, enjoy learning. However, my chall\u00adenge was still my general workload and before it was possible to schedule in some study hours, well over half my year had passed by. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The estimated study time needed to prepare for the PMP exam is 100 hours. For some, it might be possible to do it in less time, but for me, a big part of the motiva\u00adtion was to learn and under\u00adstand the material. In the end, I think I used a bit more than 100 hours (I\u2019m a slow reader), but not much more.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After the seminar, I received a comple\u00admen\u00adtary exercise book, but never used it. Instead, on recom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion from a friend, I bought the book \u201cHead First PMP\u201d (Green  Stellman, 4th edition), which uses research results on how the brain works and learns to make the material easy to digest and the knowledge to stick better. Most of my study time for the exam was spent working through that book. Some things that I had found a bit confu\u00adsing or contra\u00addic\u00adtory during the seminar were clari\u00adfied here. As I mentioned earlier, I reflected a lot on my own experi\u00adences while reading, which I suspect also helps learning.    <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd758a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bd758a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/head_first_pmp-267x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5751\" alt=\"head first pmp book\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/head_first_pmp-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/head_first_pmp-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/head_first_pmp.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The book \"Head First PMP\" is a helpful study guide for the exam.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d60c3f5 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d60c3f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">I have another strong recom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion in addition to \u201cHead First\u201d: read at least also the \u201cAgile Practice Guide\u201d, which you can download from PMI. I have the impres\u00adsion there has been a transi\u00adtion in the last years with more and more emphasis on agile project manage\u00adment. About half of the exam is now on agile or hybrid. This was empha\u00adsized in the seminar through a separate section but is more of an aftert\u00adhought in \u201cHead First\u201d.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Once I had worked through the book and had scheduled the exam, I also practiced on exam simula\u00adtions. These allow you to familia\u00adrize yourself with the test format as well as review and check your knowledge. The actual PMBOK guide is a good reference to have handy during this.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6985e3 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6985e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"p1\">Exam experi\u00adence (and how it went)<\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">The exam consists of four hours of multiple-choice questions. The questions cover an outline defined by the domains People, Process and Business Environ\u00adment and tasks associated with each domain and are appar\u00adently collected from experts all over the world. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many of the questions describe a practical situa\u00adtion, and you are asked what the project manager should do. There are also some more theore\u00adtical questions, but even though both the seminar and the book contained a lot of questions where you need to perform a calcu\u00adla\u00adtion, there is almost none of those in the exam. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Practical points for the interested:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">There is a possi\u00adbi\u00adlity to take the test online, but I did it in a test center. To secure a spot, I needed to book it only a couple of weeks in advance. <\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">There are a few options to do the exam in another language, for example German is available. I did it in English. <\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">You have a calcu\u00adlator on the screen, and the test center also lent me one. They also provide you with a pen and something to scribble notes on. <\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Other\u00adwise, all you get to bring into the exam room is your ID and key to the locker where you left your things.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">You get a 10-minute break for every third of the answered exam questions for which you can leave the exam room. I got to keep the drinks and snacks I brought available in the recep\u00adtion and locker area. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">As I hinted in the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion, to me the exam was by no means easy, and I utilized the time I was given. Tip: I used the function\u00ada\u00adlity to mark questions for review that I wanted to spend more time on. That way I could first work through the ones that I was more certain about and optimize how I used the time.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You get three attempts at the exam, so my time plan included a retake before my year was over, in case I didn\u2019t pass on the first attempt. I had read somewhere that even though you take the test on a computer, you don\u2019t get the results immedia\u00adtely, so when I finally stumbled out of the exam room after the last third, I had no expec\u00adta\u00adtions. While I was still fumbling with my locker, the lady at the recep\u00adtion called out \u201cHerzli\u00adchen Gl\u00fcck\u00adwunsch!\u201d \u2013 the preli\u00admi\u00adnary result was that I had passed! After less than two days, I received the official confir\u00adma\u00adtion that I had indeed passed and was now finally, a year after the seminar, PMP certi\u00adfied.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When are you ready to take the exam? During exam simula\u00adtions, I scored around 80 % on average just before the exam, 84 % on the Head First self-assess\u00adment test at the end of the book. You don\u2019t get to see your real exam score, but you get an exam break\u00addown by domain.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-906f672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"906f672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pmp_examp_breakdown-300x206.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5753\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pmp_examp_breakdown-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pmp_examp_breakdown-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pmp_examp_breakdown-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pmp_examp_breakdown.png 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The break\u00addown of how I did on the exam.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e34bdb maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e34bdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">My best advice: Trust in your prepa\u00adra\u00adtion and priori\u00adtize getting a good night\u2019s sleep before the exam. You\u2019ll need a clear head and the ability to stay focused for a few hours. Use the breaks and stay hydrated.  <\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p3\">After the exam<\/h5>\n<p class=\"p1\">The certi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion is valid for three years from the date of passing the exam. To renew it, you collect profes\u00adsional develo\u00adp\u00adment units (PDUs) that can be of diffe\u00adrent types. Among other options, you can take courses, read books, write articles or give presen\u00adta\u00adtions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This part makes a lot of sense to me. Apart from using your knowledge as a practi\u00adcing project manager, they want you to stay up to date and share your knowledge. I\u2019d want to keep learning either way, but this works as a motivator to fit it into a busy schedule.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc450d6 maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc450d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>And the journey goes on<\/h3>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you kept reading until here, you know I made it out of that exam situa\u00adtion with a PMP to show for it. You also know about the effort it took, so that you can compare it to other training options. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For me it was worth it and something I recom\u00admend, for its rigor and compre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adness, if like me you need these skills in your work regard\u00adless of whether \u201cproject manager\u201d is your main job title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Compa\u00adnies are diffe\u00adrent, clients are diffe\u00adrent, and the business landscape ever changing. 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