Amusing Advisor

Episode # 01

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Changes That Will Occur in PMP Exam

Dr. Tieko Amusing Advisor
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Here I am

Changes That Will Occur in PMP Exam

Dr. Tieko Amusing Advisor
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The PMP exam is changed

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I feel it in the water

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I feel it in the earth

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I smell it in the air

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Much that once was...

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...is lost.

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For none now live who remember it.

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It began with the

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It began with the

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Sorry for Interruption

It began with the

Pause

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I am ..

Dr. Tieko
Dr. Tieko

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As usual he will laugh because of my name ! God forgive you Dad

Dr. Tieko

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I do not like to talk a lot about myself My reputation always precedes my presence

Wee want.Tieeko

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Please allow me to be your advisor in your journey to take the PMP certification

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Of course, we all heard about the terrible change what will happen in the PMP exam

I am PMP Exam

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And everyone you meet tell you: Take care do not delay your exam until after 31st of august because after this date it is impossible to pass.

PMP
No Pass After 31 August

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And most of R.E.P and Education Center Announced .

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Announced What ??

IMPORTANT WARNING

IMPORTANT

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Warning
DO NOT enter the PMP exam after 31st of August because the exam is poisoned
And we are not responsible of what will happen to you

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terrible .. !!!

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Lets Continue .

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And we began to hear stories and tales about this suspicious change

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But unfortunately most of these stories ...... NOT TRUE !! And most of People do not understand this subject properly or do not understand it totally

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What is the true story ?

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This is our todays topic

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Lets GO ..

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Before we go with the changes that happened. There is a small story I want to tell you about.

Once upon a time

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In the past .
From about 27 years Or little more

Many Years Ago

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The PMI decided to give an official credential to individuals Of the content that John Doe is a project management professional and not a fancier

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And this man has the scientific and practical eligibility to direct and manage projects professionally

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We will give him a credential called PMP or Project Management Professional

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They said: To give this person this credential we must.

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Build an horrible exam for him.

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If he pass this exam he is

the good guy

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So, they decided to make a. STRONG exam

I am Mr. PMP Exam, and you can not defeat me.

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And after they decided they asked themselves the following question

What we shall examine him in?

Or in another way

What will be the exam contents?

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They said: We can not answer this question until we define the role of Project Manager? What is his work? What are his duties? What are his responsibilities? What is the important things he must be aware of them?

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Firstly, we have to define all of this.

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And for the exam. It must ..

Important

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It must, reflects Precisely the best practices that Drawn from the reality of this profession as we built our standard on them.

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It must, Concentrate on the role of the Project Manager

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It must, Evaluate and measure all knowledge and skills the Professional Project Manager should have and know.

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It must, Written and reviewed by PMP certified

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It must, Be valid and this means we have to update all what we defined at this moment every period of time to assure that the exam does not lose its value as an important tool to evaluate individuals to be PMP certified or not.

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We must every period of time (from 5 to 7 years) Change, remove and add according to the better, developed, and what meets with the current status of this profession

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It must, The percentage of questions on each domain build on the importance of this domain and also on the actual percentage on practical life.

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And after defining all that and finally

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We can define easily the exam contents and what we should ask him about in exam.

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And after the Defining Process we go with .. the Validation Process

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By collecting feedback from thousands of Project Managers in different industrial fields around the world though a survey we are going to make.

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Then we can put down the exam based on what we did.

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Are you here !!

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Do you understand anything from this story ??

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I hope ..

HOPE.
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We can start now with our todays topic

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If you remember from the story I told you about. They said the exam must always be

Valid

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And we must every 5 to 7 years make

Update
for the exam

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Development never have end, and always be the better. Because of this the exam contents should be changed from time to time to meet the new in world of project management

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This study, called

RDS

Role Delineation Study

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They do what I told you about from few seconds

Do you remember?

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Ok, Next

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If the PMI does not go in this study and process from every few years You can find the exam which you will enter this days is highly similar to the exam that was in 1984.

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And this can not be .

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The last RDS started in 2010 And the PMP exam will change based on the last study starting from 31st of August 2011

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What has changed?

This what I will tell you about, but after you Know..?

What hasnt changed?

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Not Changed
1

PMBOK Guide 4th Edition

This is the Edition that you must study before the exam.

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Not Changed
2

The Exam Format

The exam format didnt change. It is computerbased exam, 200 question within 4 hours.

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Not Changed
3

Score Report
The score report that results after exam stay as it is without any change

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Not Changed Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the exam including the contact hours and experience hours, has not changed.
4

mmm. You can enter exam

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Not Changed
5

Application Process
The application process also stays without any change, there is a small change in the application content I will tell you about sooner

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This is the important points that has not changed Or the points that you assumed it were changed But they dont

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Concerning what has changed..

Stay with me

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Changed
1

The Exam Content

About 30% of exam content will change based on the performed study

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You should revise

PMP Examination Content Outline

And specially Domain 2 / Task 10 And Domain 3/ Task 5 The change occurs in these two tasks

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PMP Examination Content Outline

You can download it from PMI website

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Changed
2

Area 1 Area 5

The Exam Content

Certain areas of the exam will be tested in a different way

Common Area

Area 2

Area 4

Area 3

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Initiating

Specially Domain 6:

Professional and Social Responsibility

it will be tested in every domain instead of tested as a separate domain

Closing

Professional
and Social Responsibility

Planning

Monitoring & Controlling

Executing

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Because they found that The Professional and Social responsibility is integrated into all what the Project Manager do in his daily work

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Changed
3

Application Content
The Experience Hours you report in your application form should be matched with last RDS done

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You see .. It is very simple

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And this was our

todays topic

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We Talk About
The complete story behind the PMP exam.

So, today we talk about

What is RDS?
The Important things that have not changed in exam. The changes occurred in the exam.

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And this my answer to some

FAQ

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Q: When will this change be effective?

Dr. Tieko: This change will be effective in 31st of August 2011.

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Q: Does the eligibility criteria required for the exam change, including the contact hours and experience hours?

Dr. Tieko: No, it will remain the same.

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Q: If I will take my exam after 31st of August, Which PMBOK Guide Edition I have to study?

Dr. Tieko: You have to study the Fourth Edition. The Fifth Edition has not published yet. The plan is to be published in 2013.

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Q: If I Reserved my exam before 31st of August, but because of personal circumstances I changed it till after 31st August, Which exam I will take? The new or modified one?
Dr. Tieko: You will examine with the new modifications. Do not be sad.

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Q: If I am currently PMP certified, does this change affect me?

Dr. Tieko: No, but it may affect Continuing Certification Requirement Program. The PMI has not given any information about this issue yet.

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Q: I heard it will be some disturbance in the exam score report, what is the true story.

Dr. Tieko: Do not worry, the story is starting from 31st August till mid of October the exam result will not appear directly after the exam as usual, it will be delayed from 4 to 6 weeks. They will email it to you after, because during this period they will make validation for the final structure of the exam.

Thats All.

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Q: where can I find more details about this change and the exam new contents?

Dr. Tieko: I am referring you the PMP Examination Content Outline.

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Before leaving, If you have any

Messing up
Please contact me.

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This my

e-mail address dr.tieko@pmvirt.com

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Wait ..

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In the Next Episode

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Keep following

me

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Goodbye

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I forgot ...

You
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Did you take our

White Package?

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Leave all that concerns you And

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Its FREE

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You will not Believe that

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You can continue the movie

It began with the

See you later

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Thanks
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