The document outlines the essential steps and qualifications needed to prepare for the PMP certification, emphasizing the global importance and financial advantages of certification. Key areas of focus include understanding the exam structure, professional skills, and the creation of a thorough study plan, along with recommended training materials and study strategies. It stresses the significance of mastering concepts from various domains, utilizing practice tests, and engaging with study groups to enhance preparation.

1. How to prepare for PMP
Certification?

2. Understanding Project Management
 You should know that Project management is shorthand for project, program,
and portfolio management. Project management certifications are designed
by practitioners for practitioners based on the standards and ongoing research
to meet the real-world needs of organizations. Moreover, PMI certifications
provide value to your resume and allow you to work in any industry, anywhere
in the world, and with any project management methodology. Using a
project, program, and portfolio management strategy can help surround the
entire organization to deliver value at each step along the way

3.  Do you know? There are more than 1,000,000 PMP certification holders
globally. And, the PMP certification holders are earning up to 25% more than
non-certified project management professionals.

4. PMP Certification: Exam Overview
 PMP certifications deliver value to your career by helping you to prove that
you have the specific skills and experience that employers seek. The PMP
certifications help project managers to demonstrate project management
knowledge, experience, and skills. However, the professionals who hold the
PMP certification are well-positioned to provide the professional skills
necessary to lead project teams with achieving successful project results.

5. Role of a Project Manager
 As an experienced project manager they must meet the requirements that
include –
 Firstly, they must be able to perform their duties under general supervision
and are responsible for all aspects of the project for the life of the project
 Secondly, they lead and direct cross-functional teams for delivering the
projects within the constraints of schedule, budget, and resources
 Lastly, they validate knowledge and experience by applying a methodology to
projects that have well-defined project requirements and deliverables.

6. Project Management Professional
Qualifications
 In order to earn the PMP Certification, it is important to make sure you meet
the given sets of Project Management Professional Certification Requirements
–
 A four-year degree
 36 months leading projects
 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® Certification
 — OR —
 A high school diploma or an associate’s degree (or global equivalent)
 60 months leading projects
 35 hours of project management education/training or CAPM® Certification

7. Project Management Professional Exam
Outline
 Project management professionals need more diverse skills and approaches
than ever before. The Project Management Professional Exam Outline
changed on 2 January 2021 to meet those needs and will focus on three new
domains:

8. Domain I – People (42%)
 This domain consists of total 14 tasks including, Manage conflict, Lead a
team, Support team performance, Empower team members and stakeholders.
Together with ensuring team members/stakeholders are adequately trained as
well as building a team, address and remove impediments, obstacles, and
blockers for the team. Further, you will learn about Negotiating project
agreements, collaborate with stakeholders, and building shared
understanding.

9. Domain II – Process (50%)
 The Second domain consists of 17 tasks including executing project with the
urgency required to deliver business value, Manage communications and
assess and manage risks. Moreover, you will learn to engage with
stakeholders, plan and manage budget, resources and schedule. Together
with, planning and managing quality of products/deliverables, and scope.
Further, you will learn to Integrate project planning activities, manage
project changes, plan and manage procurement and artifacts. Also, you will
determine appropriate project methodology/methods and practices.

10. Domain III Business Environment (8%)
 In the last and final domain, you will learn to plan and manage project
compliance, – Evaluate and deliver project benefits and value. Moreover, you
will be required to evaluate and address external business environment
changes for impact on scope and support organizational change.

11. Steps to Prepare for the PMP Certification
Examination
 In the growing project management world, many top companies, businesses,
and organizations are applying this to get benefits. As a result, they are
looking for certified project managers to hire with professional skills and
abilities. But, not everyone can achieve that role, it requires a lot of effort,
time, and hard work. PMP candidates have to spend 35 hours or more
preparation for the exam. But, it is also necessary to have good study
material and study plans to maintain a flow and complete the syllabus on
time. Related to this, below there are methods and areas provided on which
you can focus on during the preparation time. Let’s take a look at those

12. Create a Study plan
 For achieving PMP certification it is important to prepare for the exam as you
are preparing for the project. That is to say, you need to create a plan
accordingly covering all the tasks and concepts that will help you pass the
PMP exam. This study plan will help you with maintaining a steady flow and to
create a timeline. In these sessions, divide your topics and tasks into smaller
parts and work on them sequentially.

13. Mastering the exam concepts
 Understanding the concepts for the PMP exam is an essential part of studying
for the exam. There are various domains that include tasks provided with the
required skills and knowledge you should have to get perfection in
that. Moreover, going through these domains will give you a high-level idea of
what all get covered as part of the exam.

14. Online Training
 For PMP exam the Project Management Institute’s Registered Education
Providers (R.E.P.s) are organizations approved by PMI that offer Project
Management Professional Training. PMI started to accredit training providers
to establish a global network of quality education providers to help hundreds
of thousands of PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) ® credential
aspirants and credential holders.

15. Reviewing PMBoK Guide
 For the PMP exam, the best-recommended study guide is the PMBok Guide.
This study guide provides every essential knowledge about project
management by showing the relationship between areas and process groups
with processes. This includes tables that a PMP aspirant can draw 5 minutes
before the exam onto an empty sheet of paper so that they can use it as a
reference in answering their 180 exam questions.

16. Practice Tests for the exam
 Practice tests help a lot during the preparation by working as an indicator of
your readiness to take the exam. Moreover, taking the Pmp Project
Management Professional Practice Tests help candidates to assess themselves
and identify the weakest part in project management. After taking the tests,
review the results, and work on the area that you score the least to improve.

17. Join study group
 Joining a good study group can be beneficial during the time of preparation.
Studying in groups can be helpful for resolving the issue of areas that you are
struggling with. That is to say, there you can ask for help and even help others
to solve their problems. This will not only enhance your knowledge but will
provide you access to gain more.

18. Final words
 When starting preparing for the PMP certification exam make sure that this
will prove your commitment towards a career in project management. In
addition, it will demonstrate your skills and abilities to achieve more and
enhance your value in the industry.