Obtaining PMP Certification

[circes9]

Hello all,
anyone care to comment on any programs, schools, boot camps, etc. that were used to get you certified?

 

[PDQBach]

I joined a local PMI chapter and they offered a "self-help", "self-study" environment where we met one evening each week for 11 weeks (one week per study area). This focused my study efforts but did not add greatly to my knowledge.

I got most benefit from reading and re-reading and re-reading my Guide to the PMBOK. This added greatly to my knowledge.

I have quite a few years of experience and the knowledge from that was useful because I could see how the theory in the Guide to the PMBOK related to my actual experience.

I bought some books but found them slightly misleading. In the end, the ESI Practice Tests were useful ... but only partially so: when a question used the Guide to the PMBOK as a reference source then the question was a useful test, otherwise ... well, not particularly helpful to me.

 

[PDQBach]

You'll find more here:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=406108&SPID=731&page=3