The 2022 PMP exam has been delayed, should we be happy or worried?

Notice on August 2, 2022: The PMP exam originally planned for September has been postponed to November.

Based on the research and decision of PMI and China International Talent Exchange Foundation, the 2022 PMP certification exam originally planned to be held in September in mainland China will be adjusted to be held in November.

Candidates who apply for postponement or emergency postponement of exams in July and August 2022, as well as candidates in areas where the exam has been postponed due to the epidemic, will take the exam in November.

What are the risks that the postponement of the exam will bring to candidates, there are no more than these:

1. The mentality collapsed. I was already nervous enough to prepare for the exam. The postponement of the exam directly broke the mentality and lost confidence in the exam;

2. Forgetting the knowledge for exam preparation. Many short-term memory knowledge that came in a cramming will be forgotten after a long time;

3. It has an impact on the career. For example, if you want to participate in some recruitment, the other party requires a PMP certificate. After the examination is postponed, the application will be yellow;

4. The question of cost, the postponement of the exam, whether the training fee should be increased;

5. The time arrangement is affected. I have adjusted my time plan for this period of time for the exam. The postponement of the exam has affected many of my plans.

Which will cause substantial harm to us, the analysis includes these aspects:

1. Impact on career, no pmp certificate will have impact on career development.There is no way to solve this, first report it, tell the relevant person in charge that the PMP exam is postponed, and let the other party make a decision; the other is that you can only accept the relevant risks!

2. The impact of training costs, will the training costs increase?This depends on the situation of different training institutions, but the slightly more formal training institutions will not make a fuss in this regard; of course, if you are self-studying to prepare for the exam, it will not be affected at all.

If the training institution you sign up for is not officially authorized by the PMP but is a third-party affiliated institution, then you should pay attention and carefully check your training contract to prevent cost disputes.

Our approach is to transfer the risk and hold the training provider accountable for the cost risk.

3. The impact of time arrangement is to adjust the plan after oneself and deal with it by mitigating risks.

4. In terms of psychological breakdown, it can only be avoided by self-adjustment.

5. Learning and consolidation of theoretical knowledge.We can take a risk-mitigating way to deal with it

So how should I study during this time?

1. Repeat the course playback

The ten major knowledge areas, due to the relatively fast pace of the course, may be difficult for students without project experience to learn, and there will definitely be chapters in the clouds. For these chapters, during the suspension period,This is a good time to repeat the study. Listen to these chapters over and over again to do chapter exercises.

2. Contact agile questions + multiple choice questions

As we all know, the 11th exam is the 2nd exam after the reform of the PMP, and it will start to take multiple-choice + agile questions.So take advantage of this time to sprint agile and multiple-choice questions to improve the accuracy of this type of question.

3. Brush questions.There should be at least one month of time to brush the questions, and more simulation questions should be done.Because the PMP exam is about 4 hours and 180 multiple-choice questions, and all the questions are contextualized, which is very different from the pure theoretical knowledge in the book.Do the mock questions to find the way to do the questions; also look at the analysis of the correct questions, check the gaps and fill in the gaps, and the subsequent test papers will become easier and easier.

4. Answering skills.Arrange time reasonably and allocate time reasonably; first easy and then difficult, if you encounter a problem, you can go past it first, make a mark and look back, and don’t get tangled or delay time on the difficult problem;Hurry up because you have plenty of energy and a clear mind