Should I Start Preparing for the PMPⓇ Exam Now? - PMP Certification | EPMA

1. Should I Start Preparing for the PMPⓇ Exam Now? - PMP  Certification | EPMA    Time is running! Start NOW!    “​Vaijayantee​, I’m thinking that I’ll start preparation for the PMPⓇ  Examination a little later,. I mean after the situation is normal. It will be  better that way. What do you think?” Many people ask this question,  especially these days.. The COVID-19 has changed the way we live. It  looks like it will continue to do so. But, does it really have any impact on  taking the decision to prepare for the most coveted project  management certification? Does the decision to postpone PMP Exam  Prep justify under these circumstances?    Why Postpone?    If you do not start now, are you planning to start after the  social-distancing norms have changed? After the lockdown is over?  Please re-think. Is the lockdown really going to get over any time soon?  Yes, the work may go on. To some extent, you may be allowed to travel,  but social gatherings will not be allowed. The social-distancing is here  to stay. What can you perhaps achieve by not starting now?    I always ask my students, what is the real reason? Are you worried that  you will not be able to take the 35 contact hour training? You know, live  virtual training workshops for ​PMP Certification​ Exam Prep are  available. Thanks to technology, they have beautiful tools. You can see  the trainer, interact with him, interact with your fellow participants, it is  just like the real classroom minus the commute! You can take it from the  comfort of your home.    Is It The Fear Of Failure?    I do not believe that this anyway is the real reason. When I talk to them  for a little more time, I realize that it is just procrastination. Just  postponing for any excuse that one can think of. I ask them to dig  deeper and find out the real reason. The real reason almost invariably  is the fear. Many of these people have done brilliantly in the scholastic 

2. examination, but they are scared silly when they think of this  examination because they have seen some of their friends or  colleagues fail. Having seen them failing, they conclude internally that  there is no way they can pass this difficult exam. Fear of failure or  atychiphobia stops us from doing something that we really want to  achieve. It is one of the well known causes for procrastination.    Do you need to memorize?    There is one more myth that scares the PMP Certification Training  aspirants. Somehow, many of them feel that they have to memorize a  lot of content. The processes and ITTOs as the Inputs/Tools And  Techniques/Outputs are popularly called need to be known by heart.  “You need to read a lot of books and this all takes minimum 6 months to  one year, isn’t it?”, they ask me. I really am perplexed at all this. The  dangerous myths come from internet and are mostly popularized by  those who either have not taken the PMPⓇ Exam or have not passed it.  In any case, they do not know what the exam is about    So, there is still one more reason to procrastinate. It takes a hell lot of  time and I’m so busy! Believe me. IT DOES NOT! Being busy is a good  excuse that we want to give to ourselves. Once upon a time I was in the  same trap! I always thought”Right now, I’m busy but the future looks  good. I’ll get time after 2 months… But yes, you know what it is. Tomorrow  never comes! Isn’t it?    Take the PMPⓇ Examination in 6 weeks    I always ask these people, “You manage projects. You solve many issues  and problems on the project. You close the projects with all the  deliverables. Is it extremely undoable? Do you need to prepare for years  and years to manage one project? Do you need to memorize the  standards and best practices to manage it well?” Answer to all of these  questions is an emphatic NO! You do it with experience and  understanding of the best practices and the standards currently  prevalent. That’s what helps in the PMPⓇ exam! Understand the case  and solve the problem using your understanding of the best practices  and standards. If you do not memorize anything for your practical  project, you do not need to memorize anything for the exam too. If you  use your experience and understanding to solve project issues, that is  what you are supposed to do in the exam also.         

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