Project Management Training InstituteReviews of 4pmti.com

I feel like the in person training and books were a good indication of preparing for the exam. Unfortunately, the instructor put a lot of emphasis on the practice test online. There were over 700 questions that took months to practice. Those questions didn’t line up at all with the verbiage or the questions on the exam. I feel like I had to guess at around 40% of the exam and barely passed. For those that took the in person class, I would recommend studying what was in the books provided versus the online practice exams.

While I feel my instructor did a really good job with leading the class, I had some issues with the curriculum itself. First, prior to the start of the class, I was extremely confused as to what we were expected to read/do ahead of time vs. what was just suggested. There was not clear guidance and some mixed messages in the communications. Next, it was clear that nobody carefully reviewed the white and blue books for quality, since there were a number of typos, instances of direct contradiction, and one instance of a flat-out incorrect definition. (The NPV is defined in the books as the cash outflow minus the inflow, but when I questioned this during the lesson, my instructor confirmed it should actually be the other way around.) Additionally, many of the practice questions/exams were poorly written and contained grammatical or other errors that made attempting to even understand the questions difficult. Finally, the boot camp placed a lot of focus on terminology and names of various theorists, but almost none of it was even referenced in the actual exam, which made me feel like I had spent several hours of my time studying the wrong things. All this is to say that I still passed the PMP, but I did A LOT of outside work and studying on my own in order to prepare. Overall, I feel like the boot camp could be much better organized and do a better job of focusing the content on what's actually needed to pass the exam while removing the fluff.

I passed my PMP exam on the first try but honestly I wouldn't say I felt confident after this course going into the exam. I ended up studying almost 2 days straight prior to the exam and I think that was the decider. More focus on practice tests and a larger bank of questions would have been more helpful. The course itself I didn't find that useful but the associated materials were.

Good content, Engaging trainer, but the class did not go far enough to be fully prepared.