Each person can participate in the live series of sessions in 3 different ways:

• You can attend the live sessions in person in either Washington DC (Rockville - Gaithersburg area) or San Diego
• You can attend any session remotely. Connection via a webex platform and conference call number will be available. You will connect to the live session and be able to participate, ask questions as if you were physically in the room
• You can download the recording of any session and listen to it on your computer. Each session will be recorded live (including questions and answers) and made available to all participants within hours of the actual session.
• You can do a combination of the above ways based on your schedule
• Download the final session schedule

BioPharmaPM 2010 PMP exam schedule

Once you click on the Google Checkout icon below and process your payment, you will immediately receive the BioPharmaPM CD with the contents described below and a confirmation of your participation in the live series of sessions. See below for the details of the CD. My personal recommendation is to purchase the CD, practice the recordings on the CD until January 19 (or after) and then to join as many of the live sessions as possible.

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PMI and the PMP exam

Background:

More and more life sciences companies are requiring their PMs, Clinical PMs and even sometimes their CRAs to take the PMP exam. For many it has become a mandatory requirement to move up the PM career path. For example, one of the largest US CRO is requiring all its employees to have the PMP creddential before they can be considered at a Project Manager level. There are 2 main ways to prepare for the PMI exam. You can take a week long course that costs more than $3000 or $4000 dollars and has a good success rate. The main drawback is that the knowledge retention is minimal. Or you can study over the course of about 3 months (2 hours each week) while practicing real exam questions. Success rate is the same but knowledge retention is much higher. This is what this CD is about.

Requirements to take the exam

To be able to take the exam, PMI requires that you have 4,500 hours directing project tasks and 35 contact hours of Project Management Education. The CD below and the live series of sessions will more than meet the 35 contact hours requirement. As far as the 4,500 hours of work experience, you do qualify as long as you have been working for about 3 years. The BioPahrmaPM CD includes a detailed strategy guide explaining how to complete the PMI application and how to strategize for the exam.

PMP Preparation CD

The CD now includes questions from the latest PMI revision to the PMBOK. Anyone purchasing the CD will be guaranteed a seat in the 2010 live series of sessions at no additional cost.

Cost

The cost for exam materials, software licensing for the webinars, webex webinar data access is $791 dollars per person. You will not find a cheaper option to prepare for the PMI PMP® Exam. An invoice will also be provided for accounting purposes.

Goal:

Our goal in providing you this CD is to enable BioPharmaPM members (as well as their friends/colleagues) to prepare for the PMI PMP® Exam at a relatively low cost while minimizing time involvement and maximizing PMBOK® knowledge retention. You will need no more than 2 hours each week for 3 months.

You should read one section of the PMBOK before listening to the corresponding recorded webinar test. IF you do not have a PMBOK (which comes with your PMI membership or can be purchased from PMI directly, let us know and we will send you one for free).

********* BioPharmaPM PMP preparation CD Contents **********

- A total of 36 one-hour live recorded webinars which covers the 35 contact hours required for the application
- A comprehensive Strategy Guide to learn how to prepare the PMI application and techniques to master the multiple choice questions so you are fully prepared for the technical aspects of the exam
- Unlimited live email and phone support until you successfully pass the exam
- A copy of the PMBOK 3rd edition
- A first practice booklet with 200 practice questions covering all areas of the PMBOK
- A second practice booklet with 67 of the most difficult practice questions
- A third practice booklet with 175 practice questions to test yourself under real exam conditions

To purchase the CD including participation in the 2010 live series of 36 sessions, click on the icon below: