100 rules for NASA project managers

100 rules for NASA project managers

www.com/tl_files/oliverlehmann/media/pdfs/free-downloads/Nasa-Hundred-Rules-for-Project-Managers.pdf

75 free questions for PMP

Here are 75 free actual exam questions in a format that you will encounter on the test.

http://www.oliverlehmann.com/pmp-self-test/75-free-questions.htm

There are other resouces on the Oliver Lehmann site as well. If you are interested 

PMBoK --- Project Management Body of Knowledge

If you would like to be a certified PMP, get very familiar with PMBok - project management body of knowledge. The exam and in your later professional life this would be a very useful help.

Any official copy is available from PMI's website http://www.pmi.org/PMBOK-Guide-and-Standards/pmbok-guide.aspx for  a price. I recommend that you buy this one in original print and keep it in your office as it would be a reference in your day-to-day job often,

Don't pay for the professional courses - Not the right away.

There are a lot of resources including this one that you can explore first rather than paying for a professional classroom course or online course. I am not saying that you should not do that but may be it is not needed. In my view the professional courses are good for keeping you locked up for sometime and help you focus/ cram the content before the exam. However, if you do can find sometime during the day, have a lot of experience and do not mid going through 400 pages a couple of time. You can save this money. (I did my certification some years ago by just reading through PMBOK once.) Unless, you company is interested in your professional development at that point in time and is paying for it..

First Step: Register with project management institute

The first step is to make up your mind and figure out what do you want to achieve with your certification. The certification required quite a bit of preparation and money. And not just one time, you have spend money and effort yearly to maintain the certification.

Please ask around, network and go to your local pmi chapter meeting. This will tell you whether the certification can help you grow in your profession. I have found that if you are not interested in one of the following is a serious committed way. The certification might just be a financial strain on you - especially if you are not a project management professional.

1 - You have job prospects that you seriously like to explore in the next three years and your chances improve with PMP certification.
2 - You like networking and think PMI local chapter can help network with professionals like you and advance your career.

There are other benefits like giving back to the profession and contributions through lectures and articles etc. However, if you are at that level you need not bother with the certification and directly start contributing.

The first step is to register with PMI at www.pmi.org and become their member. This will require you to pay an yearly fee. You can to to www.pmi.org or directly through here. https://authentication.pmi.org. You can also send in a paper application but you will still have to set-up an online page.

This is how your registration page should look like. This step does not require any fee. You can register with PMI. You can now update your information in your PMI account. However, to make use of any opportunity including taking a certification, you will have to become a fee paying member.

Keep calm and take your PMP.