PassPM provide high quality and affordable online training which will help you to pass the PMP^® exam. Our training system is designed to ensure that you are well-prepared before going to take the PMP^® certification Exam.

Our training system start with a Free Sample Test which evaluates your preparedness for the PMP^® Exam. When you take our Free Test, you will receive an expert analysis of your results. Our “Expert Analysis” will save you both money and time. It will also help you to choose which “Training Solution” is right for you..

Our Training Solution is based on the prior knowledge of the student. We divide the interested students into three groups depending on their prior knowledge of project management: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. See our Training System Diagram below..

PassPM Training System has the following important components:

Learning Material

Our Learning Course presents the complete concept of project management in concise, yet comprehensive way. It makes PMBOK^® Guide easier to understand and also makes your PMP^® exam preparations interesting.

Lessons: learning material is organized in several lessons. It has 11 lesson modules which are organized in line with the Knowledge Areas. It also has11 module tests which assess the client’s understanding of the overall concepts of project management.

PassPM will provide a certificate of participation that states the exact hours spent participating. You can download the certificate of participation any time after completing your training. You can also download a lesson plan once you have registered with us.

Course: Learning material is packaged together with several practice tests to provide the best value for your money. These course packages are designed to help you achieve your certification goal without any prior knowledge of project management. We offer three course packages which are intended to give you maximum flexibility. Click here to view all Course Packages.

Our Training system has several Learning Courses which help you to expand your project management knowledge. Each course provides 35 hours of training, and a participation certificate that makes you eligible to claim 35 hour of PDUs (Professional Development Units) . To find out how to claim 35 hours of PDUs please click here to download the PMP^® Handbook.

Project Management Professional (PMP^®) credential handbook explains in Category 4 of the section on Professional Development Units (see page 29 of the handbook) what you need to earn the PDUs. You may need a certificate (if PMI's random audit selects your application), and we provide you the participation certificate which will serve the purpose. You may also need to provide the qualifications of your educational provider.

Practice Test Packages

Our training system has several Practice Test Packages and are designed to improve your performance where needed. A Practice Test Package contain several Individual practice tests that simulate the real PMP^® Exam. Test Package includes more than 1,000 questions based on the PMBOK^® Guide. All Individual tests are designed to have QUESTIONS in the same proportion of KNOWLEDGE AREAS AND PROCESS GROUPS as in the actual PMP^® EXAM. So you will find that some of the test questions are pertinent to more than one stage of the training system. Click here to view Practice Test Packages

Receive Expert Analysis after taking our practice tests which will save you both money and time. Our "Expert Analysis" will also help you to choose which "Test Packages" are right for you.

Final Evaluation Test

Our training system has one Final Test of 200 questions to practice. Final Test is designed to evaluate your preparedness before taking the PMP® Certification Exam. You must receive 80% or more in our Final Test to feel confident for Final Exam. Click here to view the Final Test

Proposed Timelines for Training Course.

The Proposed Timelines would help you to complete the training course on time. However, you are free to have your own timelines and open to work at your own convenience.

We assume you will be able to spend minimum 2 hours per day as a preparation time for the course. We also presume that you be able to will invest approximately 30 minutes or an hour for reading the lesson and will use the remaining time for pulling together the ideas of the lesson or working on exercises. If you are able to spend more time on the lessons, then the proposed course duration would likely be less.

Our most economical training package (PMP Excellence Course) is used to devise the Proposed Timelines. This training package includes the complete Learning Material and 5 Full Length Practice Tests and is being offered for 8 weeks.

Training Package	Week	Module	Lesson	PMBOK® Chapter Name	Estimated Time
Learning Material	Week - 1			Introduction of PMI, PMP & PassPM
		1	1	Introduction	2 Hours
			2	Project lifecycle and organization	2 Hours
			3	Project management processes of a project	2 Hours
				Module 1 Test	30 minutes
		2	4	Project Integration Management	2 Hours
			5	Project Integration Management	2 Hours
				Module 2 Test	30 minutes
	Week - 2	3	6	Project Scope Management	2 Hours
				Module 3 Test	30 minutes
		4	7	Project Time Management	2 Hours
			8	Project Time Management	2 Hours
			9	Project Time Management	2 Hours
				Module 4 Test	30 minutes
	Week - 3	5	10	Project Cost Management	2 Hours
			11	Project Cost Management	2 Hours
				Module 5 Test	30 minutes
		6	12	Project Quality Management	2 Hours
			13	Project Quality Management	2 Hours
				Module 6 Test	30 minutes
	Week - 4	7	14	Project Human Resource Management	2 Hours
			15	Project Human Resource Management	2 Hours
				Module 7 Test	30 minutes
		8	16	Project Communications Management	2 Hours
				Module 8 Test	30 minutes
		9	17	Project Risk Management	2 Hours
			18	Project Risk Management	2 Hours
				Module 9 Test	30 minutes
	Week - 5	10	19	Project Procurement Management	2 Hours
			20	Project Procurement Management	2 Hours
				Module 10 Test	30 minutes
		11	21	Project Professional Responsibility	2 Hours
				Module 11 Test	30 minutes
		Closing Test		Full PMBOK® Guide	90 minutes
Practice Tests	Week - 6			Basic Test	4 Hours
				Beginner Test	4 Hours
	Week - 7			Intermediate Test	4 Hours
				Advance Test	4 Hours
	Week - 8			Final Test	4 Hours

The following steps will improve your preparation for PMP^® certification, by giving you the fundamental skills you need.

Step - 1
Buy a PMP^®book, if you don't have it. Read the book with attention and while reading the book, you can follow the next steps.

Step - 2
Understand the basic terms of project management. The terms are:

• Project
• Organizations
• Project stakeholder
• Process
• Knowledge area
• Performing Organization
• Project management
• Program
• Program management
• Program management office (PMO)

This is the minimal set of terms that you need to understand before you can start reading about Process Groups and Knowledge Areas.

Step - 3
Understand the key terms of the Process Groups and Knowledge Areas. For the PMP^® Exam, you have to know many high-level ordered lists and definitions. The high-level ordered lists are:

• Five process groups
• Nine knowledge areas
• 44 component processes

In the discipline of project management, like most other disciplines, the term high-level means lacking details or not referring to details. So we recommend that you to start your hard work by learning the high-level material, including the definitions. First, however, focus your efforts on memorizing the lists in order. Then, later, you can dive into the definitions.

Step - 4
Make a cheat sheet of all the important abbreviations and memorize them. A few examples are listed below:

CPI (Cost Performance Index),
CV (Cost Variance),
AC (Actual Cost),
BAC (Budget At Completion),
PMO (Program Management office),
WBS (Work Breakdown Structure,
EV (Earned Value), etc.

Step - 5
Make a cheat sheet for important formulae with the variables and memorize them. A few examples are listed below:

EV (Earned Value) = BAC*(Worked completed/Total work required).
CPI (Cost Performance Index) = EV/ AC.

Step - 6
You need to know the definitions of key terms. Some are listed below:

• Constraints
• Assumptions
• Corrective actions
• Decomposition
• Lessons learned (always an output)
• Expert judgment
• Organizational procedures (almost always a technique)
• Scope statement
• Project charter

Click here for more Definition of Key Terms

Step - 7
You need to read the PMBOK^® Guide thoroughly at least one time.

Project Management Institute (PMI ^® ) is the world's foremost advocate for the project management profession. A vital and forward-thinking organization, PMI sets industry standards, conducts research and provides education, certification and professional exchange opportunities designed to strengthen and further establish the profession.

You can download Project Management Professional credential handbook for detail information about PMP^® Credential and other formal project management education.

PMI Membership

Avail the membership benefits by becoming a PMI^® member before applying for PMP^® certification. After becoming the PMI member^®

• You will be able to download a PDF version of A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK^® Guide).
• You will receive discounts on PMI^® credential exams and renewals.
• You will have access to job search capabilities using Career Headquarters.
• You can get Leadership and volunteer opportunities through PMI components and communities, certification program, research program, standards program and other areas.
• You will get accesses to many books on project management, sample test questions for PMP exam, Project Management Journal and an award winning monthly magazine - PM Network

Apply online to join or renew, through PMI's website

Educational requirements

A project management credential program, most widely accepted by the project management professionals of all industries, all over the world; Please click here to know more about PMP Credential.

• Contact hours: 35 hours of specific project management education.
• With a Bachelor's Degree (or the global equivalent): A minimum three years professional project management experience, during which 4,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks ( up to eight years from the time of application.
• Without a Bachelor's Degree (or the global equivalent): A minimum five years professional project management experience, during which at least 7,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks (up to eight years from the time of application)

Experiential requirements

• A minimum of 4,500 hours of project management experience within the five project management process groups;
• at least 3 years of project management experience within the six-year period prior to application.

PMP Exam Questions

The PMP^® Certification Exam consists of 200 Multiple Choice Questions, which must be answered within 4 hours. There is no Negative Marking.

Out of 200 questions, 25 are pretest and the remaining 175 questions are scoreable. Pretest questions are randomly placed throughout the examinations. However, since you do not know which questions will not be used for scoring, you should answer all the questions to the best of your ability.

The relative weight given to these domains in the PMP^® Exam is listed in the following tables

Domain Name	No. of Questions in PMP® Exam
Initiation	22
Planning	46
Execution	54
Controlling	42
Closing	18
Professional Responsibility	18
Total number of questions	200

PMP Online Exam

The PMP^® examination is offered via computer at locations in North America and in other countries around the world. For a complete list of computer-based testing locations, please check the site http://www.2test.com. Computer-based exams are preceded by a 15- minutes computer tutorial, which is not part of the allotted exam time. For up-to-date information about the PMP^® Exam, please check certification sections of the PMI^® web site at www.pmi.org

PMP Online Application

Apply online using PMI's Online Application to PMP Exams , and save a lot of time. You may like to check the fee structure for PMP^® certification .

You can buy any PMP^® book below by clicking the link.

PMBOK Guide (4th edition):The new Guide with improved consistency and greater clarification - 4th edition is available for purchase.

PMBOK Guide (3rd edition): The Bible
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge(PMBOK^® Guide)is the text book for PMP^® certification, and it has to be thoroughly studied before taking the any of our test.

PMP Exam Prep (5th edition) by Rita Mulcahy: Most Popular
This book is designed to be a workbook with a fill-in-the-blank format and is written based on the current version of PMBOK^® by PMI^®. The book comes with a CD with 25 sample questions. It offers good tips on what kind of concepts to focus on and what kind of questions to expect. PMP FastTrack PMP Exam Simulation Software - V 5, developed by Rita Mulcahy, is designed to simulate the actual exam in every detail. It has 1,400+ questions which allows you to take exams by knowledge area, process group, keyword/concept, PMP and Super PMP simulation.

PMP In Depth by Paul Sanghera: Excellent book for Beginner
This book tells the story of project management in a cohesive, concise, yet comprehensive fashion. This book is written to the most current version of the PMP^® Exam based on the third edition of PMBOK^® by PMI^®. This is an appropriate book for you, if you are comparatively new to Project Management. It clarify the PMP^® Exam concepts quite well in easy to comprehend words.

PMP Project Management Professional Study Guide by Joseph Phillips: A comprehensive book
The book covers all the contents you need for the PMP^® Exam. It is a comprehensive book, and you may not even need to read the PMBOK^® after reading this book.

PMP Exam: Practice Test and Study Guide, Seventh Edition by Leroy Ward :Rigorous and authoritative
A well-planned, well-managed project can reap numerous benefits for an organization, including meeting goals on time in a cost-effective manner.