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New Article about the PMI-ACP: Written by 7 ACP-Certified PMs (including me!)

This article is valuable for everyone considering the PMI-ACP certification. It was a group effort led by the PM Prepcast Team.  The article includes 7 sections on the 7 Agile Domains, each written by a different ACP (my section was Domain II: Value-Driven Delivery). Article Link: PMI-ACP(R) Exam Outline Explained by Agile Certified Practitioners 7 DOMAINS [...]

By | 2020-11-23T18:29:10-05:00 November 16th, 2020|PMI-ACP, PMP, Uncategorized|0 Comments

My new eBook is #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases for the PMP Exam! (only $2.99)

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 [...]

By | 2020-11-14T20:14:36-05:00 November 14th, 2020|CAPM, PMP|0 Comments

Quick Guide to all the Figures, Diagrams & Tables in my book: The PM Answer Book, 2nd Ed.

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. [...]

By | 2020-09-07T01:36:11-04:00 September 7th, 2020|PMP, Uncategorized|0 Comments

#5 In New Series: Final Advice To PMP Test-Takers Before Jan. 2021. “Are You Studying The ECO?”

PMI provides a VERY valuable document for PMP Candidates: the PMP Exam Content Outline (ECO). URL: https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/public/pdf/certifications/project-management-professional-exam-outline.pdf On Pages 5 - 10 of the ECO, the "Tasks" Project Managers are expected to know for the test are broken out by domain.  For example, as part of CLOSING (Domain 5 on page 10), here is the first task [...]

By | 2020-12-26T09:20:39-05:00 August 30th, 2020|PMP|0 Comments

#3 in NEW SERIES: Final Advice To PMP Test-Takers Before Jan 2021. “Taking your PMI test from home? A few Tips & Gotchas”

The OPT option (Online Proctored Test) is now available for 3 PMI certification exams: PMP, CAPM & PMI-ACP. I took my PMI-ACP exam from home recently and I wanted to share a few tips from my experience, plus a few more from my PMP students testing from home during the quarantine. 1) "No Talking!” [...]

By | 2020-12-12T09:24:56-05:00 August 4th, 2020|PMI-ACP, PMP|0 Comments

I just passed my PMI-ACP Certification Exam (Here’s how YOU can too!)

1) I just passed my PMI-ACP Certification Exam    (Agile Certified Practitioner) The PMI-ACP is like the PMP For Agile. It will look good on your resume.  And studying for it is a great way to learn a lot about the latest-and-greatest Agile tools. 2) Which Agile disciplines is the PMI-ACP based on? The ACP is based mainly on 4 of [...]

By | 2020-09-23T13:08:18-04:00 July 30th, 2020|NYU PMP, Uncategorized|0 Comments

#2 in NEW SERIES: Final Advice To PMP Test-Takers Before Jan 2021. “RECO: Take Quizzes By Topic with the PMP Exam Simulator”

Cornelius Fichtner, President, OSP Int'l Timed & Learning Quizzes Instead of doing 200 Question Practice Exams, which is very tiring and can result in over-kill and burn-out, The PMP Exam Simulator from OSP Int'l offers a great feature called Timed & Learning Quizzes. This lets you select short quizzes of 10 or more questions (whatever [...]

By | 2020-12-26T09:14:20-05:00 July 21st, 2020|PMP|0 Comments

#1 in NEW SERIES: Final Advice To PMP Test-Takers Before the Jan 2 Test Change (“TIPS For Studying the ITTOs”)

My final advice to a student about ITTOs (Before she passed her PMP Test) Sometimes a student asks me for some specific last-minute advice before they take their PMP Test. To help my readers,  I'm going to be sharing notes in this space that I've written customized to my students' questions (before they passed their tests!) [...]

By | 2020-12-26T09:12:13-05:00 July 18th, 2020|NYU PMP|0 Comments