PMP Certification - Free Exam Questions and Useful Links

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As you know, apart from lots of knowledge and experience, PMP Certification need lots of practice as well.

Following are some useful free available PMP exams/questions online:-

 >> Oliver Lehmann's free exam: 
    http://www.oliverlehmann.com/contents/free-downloads/175_PMP_Sample_Questions.pdf
    http://www.oliverlehmann.com/pmp-self-test/75-free-questions.htm

 >> Head First PMP online exam simulator:
    http://www.headfirstlabs.com/PMP/free_exam/

 >> PMPForSure's – 100  Questions:
    http://www.pmpforsure.com/pmp/

 >> Exam Central's Questions:
    http://www.examcentral.net/pmp/pmp-exam-questions#.

 >> ITTO Mock exam
    http://www.webgale.com/free-pmp-itto-mock-exam/
      
 >> Edwelprograms's exam
    http://www.edwelprograms.com/Free-PMP-Practice-Exam.aspx

 >> Free PM exam
    http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com/
    http://free.pm-exam-simulator.com/

 >> Good PMP Notes/Links:
    http://ragapmpnotes.blogspot.co.uk/
    http://pmzilla.com/memorizing-inputs-tools-and-outputs-pmp
    http://www.pmroadtrip.com/readonlinev4.html


All the questions are based on PMBOK-4, but very useful. I'll keep updating/adding links.

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PMP PMBOK-5 - All Process and Knowlwdge Areas

Project Integration Management
4.1 Develop Project Charter
4.2 Develop Project Management Plan
4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control
4.6 Close Project or Phase
Project Scope Management
5.1 Plan Scope Management
5.2 Collect Requirements
5.3 Define Scope
5.4 Create Work Breakdown Structure
5.5 Validate Scope        5.6 Control Scope
Project Time Management
6.1 Plan Schedule Management
6.2 Define Activities
6.3 Sequence Activities
6.4 Estimate Activity Resources
6.5 Estimate Activity Durations
6.6 Develop Schedule
6.7 Control Schedule
Project Cost Management
7.1 Plan Cost Management
7.2 Estimate Costs
7.3 Determine Budget
7.4 Control Costs
Project Quality Management
8.1 Plan Quality Management
8.2 Perform Quality Assurance
8.3 Control Quality
Project Human Resource Management
9.1 Plan Human Resource Management
9.2 Acquire Project Team
9.3 Develop Project Team
9.4 Manage Project Team
Project Communications Management
10.1 Plan Communications Management
10.2 Manage Communications
10.3 Control Communications
Project Risk Management
11.1 Plan Risk Management
11.2 Identify Risks
11.3 Perform Qualitative Risk Analysis
11.4 Perform Quantitative Risk Analysis
11.5 Plan Risk Response
11.6 Control Risks
Project Procurement Management
12.1 Plan Procurement Management
12.2 Conduct Procurements
12.3 Control Procurements
12.4 Close Procurements
Project Stakeholder Management
13.1 Identify Stakeholders
13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management
13.3 Manage Stakeholder Engagement
13.4 Control Stakeholders Engagement

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PMP Certification -Summary of new changes in PMBOK 5

Hello friends!!

On this page, I'll start a series of posts on PMP certification based on PMBOK 5. 

Hope you are aware that pmbok has been changed/updates recently. Here we will very briefly have a look on the key points/changes in new PMBOK 5. If you are planning to go for PMP certification, below information will be useful-

-    PMBOK 5 has been released in Jan 2013 and available in market to purchase.

-    PMBOK 5 will take effect on 31^st July 2013 (for Exam purpose). If you are planning to sit for exam ON or AFTER 31^st July 2013, it’ll be based on PMBOK 5.

PMBOK 5 comes with few changes (not major), which are very briefly described in this post. These changes makes PMBOK 5 even more easier and simple to read/understand.

In PMBOK 4 – There was 9 Knowledge Areas + 42 Processes

In PMBOK 5 – There are 10 Knowledge Areas + 47 Processes

In Brief:- 

1 Knowledge Area has been added

-          Stakeholders Management

5 new processes have been added

-          Plan Scope Management

-          Plan Cost Management

-          Plan Schedule Management

-          Plan Stakeholder Management

-          Control Stakeholder Engagement

Also, few process names have been modified. 

 

Below diagram shows all the 47 processes and 10 knowledge areas in PMBOK 5.

I'll soon start posting detailed posts on common points like "How to clear PMP", "What kind of preparation/study plan required", "What study materiel is best" etc.

I encourage you to post your comments and let me know what you want me to include in the series of posts.

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