PMP Certification:  Looking For Guidance?  You've Come To The Right Place!

 

How to prepare for the PMP Exam? You will find sound guidance here.

This website used to be associated with ‘Project Road Training’ (PRT) — a for-profit training company that I founded and operated from 2016 to 2021.

I maintain this site now simply to offer PMP exam prep guidance to the general public.

There is also a password-protected student portal where I endeavor help US Military, Military Spouses and Veterans through Black Diamond Charities — a 501 (c)3 non-profit.

The PMP Certification Challenge

There is no ‘Easy Button’ — you are about to step onto a road for a three month march, and you want to make sure that march is no steeper than it needs to be, and leads to success.

Who’s guidance you choose to follow, and how smart and consistently you work, will determine the outcome of that march.

 

Why I believe I am a credible guide

  • Deep expertise — I conducted PMP certification training for over ten years before I decided to exit the business and adjust fire. I conduct this training still… just on a non-profit basis for the military affiliated, through BDC.

  • I conduct PMP ‘study group’ sessions every week and hear about students’ exam experiences. I glean dozens of exam experiences per year which helps me maintain awareness of exam trends. With weekly interactions extending over many months, I gain a deeper understanding of my students’ study efforts than your typical 5-day bootcamp instructor. Hence I feel I have a stronger sense of what works and what are the most common failure modes.

  • You will find honest guidance here… I’m not trying to sell anything.

Too often students experience fanciful statistics of exam pass rates, an unspecified instructor and tedious course materials.  Does that sound like a good use of your valuable time?

Who am I?

My name is Bill Baxter. You can find my LinkedIN profile here.

You can find glowing testimonials for my training here.

 

Next Steps — ‘CAPM First’

A CAPM eLearning course is the best place to start for most people — even for seasoned project managers. The odds of exam success are better — as the exam for this junior-level certification is more straight-forward. Then, with the CAPM certification in hand, you’ll have a strong platform to build from, as you continue to prepare for and pass the more difficult PMP certification exam.

This ‘CAPM-first’ approach is also less expensive: with the CAPM certification in hand, the requirement for the more expensive 35 hours of PMP training is waived.

Study Strategy: See series of videos, starting here

Additional guidance found in FAQ — in particular:

Study Guide: I recommend the book by Crosswind (see FAQ item #11)

Practice Tests: See FAQ #10

Self-paced eLearning course for 23 hours to sit for CAPM exam: (see FAQ #7a)

Total Cost Picture: For recommended path (See FAQ #12)

My eBook is available as a free PDF file, along with several valuable free lessons, here.

If you already have your PMP certification and you are wondering what else you can do to broaden your perspective, I have a list of suggested book titles at FAQ #17

Veterans

I have an interest in helping US Military, Military Spouses and Veterans. Some resource links for Veterans can be found here.

I can no longer offer the $17.76 training deal that I used to offer to Veterans, but I continue to help Veterans with project management training through Black Diamond Charities.

 
 

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