THE ALGORITHM OF PREPARATION FOR - PMP® EXAM - Cheap & Fast

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Guidance for preparing for the PMP® exam using an inexpensive and fast study workflow. The plan recommends downloading and reading key PMI materials, becoming a PMI member, and using KnowledgeMap to create scorecards and target weak knowledge areas and process groups. It includes steps for filling the PMP application, managing formal education requirements with certificates, using Rita Mulcahy’s PMP Exam Prep, and practicing with mock exams and question pools to build confidence for passing.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time30 min

AccessFree to download

Preparation steps

PMI Handbook, membership, and PMBOK

KnowledgeMap and study by knowledge areas

PMP application and education requirements

Process groups study

Rita Mulcahy study and mock exams

THE ALGORITHM OF PREPARATION FOR PMP® EXAM Cheap & Fast 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) PMP® Handbook 1. Download the copy of PMP Handbook from the PMI website. Read it from cover to cover. While reading you will find PMP Eligibility Requirements, and if you found that you don’t fit this requirements, stop the further preparation and spend some more time of your life to meet certain educational and professional experience requirements or try to prepare for CAPM Exam. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) PMI® Membership 2. Register at PMI website and became a PMI member to have possibility to download the PMBOK free and take discount for exam payment. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) PMBOK® Guide 3. Download the PMBOK Guide. Read only chapters 1, 2, 3 and appendix X3 . PMBOK has very difficult turn of phrase. So, do not try to read it at a whack. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) KnowledgeMap 4. Register on the KnowledgeMap. Pass the preliminary test and create your KnowledgeMap scorecard. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) Knowledge Areas 5. Analyze your scorecard by knowledge areas. It is good if you have more than 70% for some knowledge areas, so you can gain time do not reading relevant PMBOK chapters. 6. Read the PMBOK chapter for knowledge area you have lowest score. Buy and pass relevant exam on KnowledgeMap. 7 . After passing the exam, create your new KnowledgeMap. Do the actions 6 and 7 for all knowledge areas you have score below 70% . 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) PMP Application 8. Fill and submit the PMP Application on the PMI website. Complete other formal PMI procedures – payment (exam fee) and audit (if you are not lucky) . If you do not have enough hours of formal education required by PMI, you can download a certificate from the KnowledgeMap website and add the hours to your application as contact hours provided by distance-learning companies, including the end-of-course assessment (type E in PMP Handbook) . You can collect up to 13 contact hours by passing mock exams at KnowledgeMap. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) Process Groups 9. Read the annex A1 of PMBOK. Create and analyze your KnowledgeMap scorecard by process groups. It is good if you have more than 80% for some PMBOK process groups. 10. Buy and pass exams for all process groups you have score below 80% . Do the action 11 during the passing exams. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy 11. Buy the Rita Mulcahy“PMP Exam Prep” book, which is easy to read. While you are reading, do the action 10 during the reading. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm) PMP Mock Exam 12. On the KnowledgeMap website, create a pool of your hardest questions and analyze every of them. You must understand every questions of mock exams. If not, find the relevant information in PMBOK, PMP Exam Prep or other sources. 13.Buy and pass a PMP Mock Exam. Formally, you must reach only 61%, but you should reach 80% on mock exams to guarantee the real PMP exam passing. 2011 – 2015 􀂤 Expedition Project Management [www.expedition.pm](www.expedition.pm)

FAQs

What is the overall study approach for the PMP® exam in this document?

It follows a step-by-step process: use PMI materials, build KnowledgeMap scorecards, study weak areas and process groups, then submit the PMP application and practice with mock exams to confirm readiness.

Which PMI resources are recommended and how should they be read?

Download the PMP Handbook and read cover to cover to check eligibility. Download the PMBOK Guide and read only chapters 1, 2, 3 and appendix X3, focusing on targeted sections rather than trying to read everything.

How does KnowledgeMap influence the study plan?

After passing a preliminary test, you create a KnowledgeMap scorecard, analyze results by knowledge areas and process groups, and skip PMBOK chapters where scores are already high (e.g., above 70% or 80%) while studying the lowest-scoring parts.

Sep 27, 2026

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