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ECO Domains
The PMP exam is based on three domains: People (42%), Process (50%), and Business Environment (8%).
- People: Leadership, team building, conflict management, stakeholder engagement.
- Process: Planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risks.
- Business Environment: Align projects with strategy, ensure compliance, deliver value.
Methodologies
Understand predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches, with 50% of questions on agile/hybrid.
- Predictive: Detailed planning, WBS, Critical Path Method, Earned Value Management.
- Agile: Scrum roles, sprints, backlogs, delivering value iteratively.
- Hybrid: Combines predictive and agile based on project needs.
Core Processes
Master the 49 processes across five process groups, especially scope, schedule, cost, and risk.
- Scope: Work Breakdown Structure, scope baseline.
- Schedule: Critical Path Method, float calculations.
- Cost: Earned Value Management (CPI, SPI, EAC).
- Risk: Qualitative and quantitative analysis, risk response strategies.
Test-Taking Strategies
Use Tricks of the Trade® to navigate tricky, scenario-based questions.
- Eliminate incorrect answers by identifying distractors.
- Focus on the “best” answer, even if multiple options seem correct.
- Understand PMI’s perspective: proactive, ethical project managers.
- Look for keywords like “first,” “next,” or “best.”
Ethics
Adhere to PMI’s Code of Ethics in situational questions.
- Handle conflicts of interest ethically.
- Maintain transparency with stakeholders.
- Respect cultural and legal standards.
Tools and Techniques
Master key tools like EVM, CPM, and stakeholder analysis.
- EVM: CPI = EV/AC, SPI = EV/PV, EAC calculations.
- CPM: Calculate critical path, total/free float.
- Risk Analysis: Probability-impact matrix, EMV.
- Stakeholder Analysis: Power/interest grid.
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