CAPM week1 chapter1

1. Welcome To The
Muzette Charles
mcharles2@pace.edu
Certified Associate Project Management
CAPM® Exam Prep – Week 1

2. Why take the CAPM® ?

3. Why take the CAPM® ?
 Regardless of your career stage, the Certified Associate in Project Management
(CAPM)® is an asset that will distinguish you in the job market and enhance your
credibility and effectiveness working on — or with — project teams.
 Project management is a rapidly growing profession. Through 2020, 1.57 million
new jobs will be created each year and qualified practitioners are in demand.
With the CAPM, you’ll be on the fast track to opportunity.
 If you’d like to manage larger projects and gain more responsibility or add project
management skills into your current role, then the Certified Associate in Project
Management (CAPM) is right for you.

4. Comparison between
PMP ® and CAPM® Exams

5. Tricks of the Trade
Studying for the CAPM® Exam
Chapter 1
 Pass the exam on your first try
 Learn, not just memorize
 Shorten your study time
 Determine the gaps in your knowledge
 Gain insider tips on the exam
 Make sense of the topics on the exam

6.  Apply to Project Management Institute - PMI
 Authorization Notice to make appointment to take exam
 Designated Computerized Testing Sites
 One year from date of Authorization Notice to pass exam
 Can take exam up to 3x within that one year
 If you fail all 3x times, must wait one year to reapply
Tricks of the Trade
Studying for the CAPM® Exam
Chapter 1

7. Rita Mulcahy’s CAPM® Exam Prep
This book combines full knowledge area
coverage, Quicktest reviews, practice
questions and creative ways to reinforce
your understanding of Process inputs, tools
and techniques, and outputs (ITTOs) with
page references to the PMBOK ® Guide.
Tricks of the Trade
Studying for the CAPM® Exam
Chapter 1

8. PMBOK® Guide
“CAPM candidates need to read (and
study) the PMBOK® Guide at least once, if
not twice. It is the primary source for exam
questions, so you need to be familiar with
it.”
Tricks of the Trade
Studying for the CAPM® Exam
Chapter 1

9.  150 multiple-choice questions with 4
answer choices per question
 3 hours to complete exam
 15 experimental questions randomly
placed & not scored!!
 Questions weighted by Knowledge Area
 No penalty for wrong answers
 135 questions scored on PASS / FAIL
Tricks of the Trade
How is the CAPM® Exam Scored?
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10. Tricks of the Trade
How is the CAPM® Exam Scored?
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11.  General PMI-isms
 Planning the Project
 While the Project Work is Being Done
 Closing the Project
Tricks of the Trade
Studying for the CAPM® Exam
Chapter 1