PMP / CAPM Prep Course - 6 Saturdays - every 2nd Saturday

September 24 through December 3, 2011

Please note: You must be a member of the Canadian West Coast Chapter PMI and PMI International to take this course.

If you are not a member, please visit http://www.pmi.bc.ca/become-a-member-of-pmi/ for details on how to join

Location: BCIT Downtown Campus - 555 Seymour Street (map on right) - 8th Floor (2 clases on 4th Floor)

Dates:

   September 24 Room 840
   October 8  Room 840  
   October 22 Room 481
   November  5 Room 481
   November 19  Room 860
   December 3 Room 860 (1/2 day  - 8:30 till noon)

Time: 8:30 to 4:30

All the PMBOK knowledge areas will be covered during the course including:

- Project Life Cycle and Organization

- Project Scope Management

- Project Time Management

- Project Cost Management

- Project Quality Management

- Project Risk Management

- Project Communication Management

- Project Procurement Management

- Project Human Resource Management

- Project Integration Management 

... and the course will end with a simulated PBT PMP / CAPM exam to better familiarize you with the actual PMP / CAPM exam.

We provide skilled facilitators, a complete test preparation textbook, and a binder containing the lecture slides. As a member of PMI and our Chapter you already have your own PMBOK Fourth Edition CD and/or downloaded version, which you will need for study purposes.

The Chapter reserves the right to cancel the course with insufficient attendance. In this case, all monies will be refunded.

For more information contact  avp.education@pmi.bc.ca

Refunds:

Refund up to September 10 (14 days prior to the event).

Refund less $250 between September 11 and September 17 (7 to 13 days prior to the event).

No refunds after Saturday, September 17, 2011.

To cancel or to request a refund email avp.education@pmi.bc.ca

Passing the Exam:

According to the PMP Handbook “The passing score for all PMI credential examinations is determined by sound psychometric analysis. PMI uses subject matter experts from across the globe to help establish a point at which each candidate should pass the examination(s) and the examination point of difficulty. Data that shows how candidates actually performed is cross referenced with the subject matter experts to ensure that the point of difficulty on each examination is healthy.” 

PMI has not mentioned the exact passing score in the PMP Handbook. In sound psychometric analysis, the minimum mark of pass percentage varies for each exam, and is based on the exam's difficulty. It also means that if you get lots of easy questions on the exam, your pass percentage may be higher compared to the pass percentage if you get tougher questions correct. So one candidate may pass the exam scoring just 55%, and the other may fail despite scoring 65%.

Achieving 80-90% on practice exams is good but certainly not enough. No one book can hold all the questions from thePMP exam to guarantee a 100% pass rate. Several times in our course it will be mentioned that our tests are not enough for the exam and students must to find other sources to try more tests. There are several free test websites to explore to 'Increase their chance of passing exam' - some of the students chose to pay a testing website to gain access to more simulations. Students must also understand that there are 25 unmarked questions on the exam that might change the mark if you think they are the ones you answered correctly.   

Contact Information:

For information on this event email avp.education@pmi.bc.ca

HST Number:

87786 0007 RT0001