PMP Certification

PMP Certification Project

This project documents my structured path to obtaining the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Built on years of practical experience, this repository tracks the certification process from application through examination.

Developed using the official PMI certification framework and exam requirements, and some other noted resources, this project serves as both documentation and resource for the PMP certification journey.

If you’ve known me personally for awhile, you’ve known that I’ve been talking about taking the PMP for quite a long time… (cAhem, since leaving the Army…)

Study

• ✅ Complete 35 hours of project management education/training
  • Andrew Ramdayal’s course completed
• ✅ Study PMBOK Guide 7th Edition
• ✅ Take practice exams
  • Tests being taken at Percipio
• ✅ Join PMP study groups
  • This is a maybe. Involved in conversations w/ other PMPs at the time being.
• ✅ Create study notes/flashcards
  • Purchased a flash card set, but have been taking notes instead.
• ✅ Set up exam day requirements
• ✅ Review Agile practices
  • Reviewed the Agile Practice Guide.
• ✅ Study process groups and knowledge areas
  • Reviewed in PMBOK 7.

Body of Work and Application

• ✅ Gather proof of educational background (Bachelor’s degree or higher)
  • Done.
• ✅ Document 36 months of project management experience
  • Reviewing past work history. Not as easy as I thought it’d be.
• ✅ Record 4,500 hours leading projects
  • Same as above.
• ✅ Create detailed project experience descriptions
  • This too…
• ✅ Submit PMP application
• ✅ Pass PMI application review

Exam

• ✅ Schedule PMP exam
• ✅ Complete mock exams with >80% score
• ✅ Prepare exam materials
• ✅ Pass PMP exam - 22 Nov 25!!!

Work in Public - Moved to OBE

• ✅ Set up blog infrastructure
  • You’re reading it!
• ⚙️ Create content outline
  • Initial outline created. Will iterate on the content as we go along.
• ⚙️ Write about application process
  • In progress.
• ⚙️ Share study strategies
  • • In progress.
• ⚙️ Document exam experience
  • • In progress.
• ⚙️ Include resource recommendations
  • So far:
    • Andrew Ramdayal’s course
    • David McLachlan’s video’s, especially the 150 PMBOK 7 Scenario-Based PMP Exam Questions and Answers
    • Added Notebook LM as part of my study plan.
      • Created “podcasts” and study notes from various online resources.
    • Patience and persistance! I got this!
• ⚙️ Add tips and lessons learned
  • In progress.