Jay P.
Project Management Academy
I decided to pursue the Project Management Institute's PMP certification a couple of months ago. I had been doing some self-study and scanning the Internet for any kind of tips I could find to pass the PMP exam. A colleague of mine recommended the Project Management Academy as they had taken the PMP boot camp and were successful in passing the PMP exam. I found a class in my area, and signed up. First of all, the initial help from Project Management Academy was excellent prior to the class. Project Management Academy was proactive in contacting me right away, answered all questions and made me aware of their resources that I could use prior to the class. The Project Management Academy's website had a plethora of information and study guides including online videos, PMBOK documentation, practice questions, flash cards, etc. It more that kept me busy until the actual class began. The class was an intense four days of valuable information which concluded with a practice test on the 4th day. I'm sure all of the instructors at Project Management Academy are great but our class was fortunate enough to have Francis (Fran) Mies as the instructor. Fran was very well versed with PMBOK and the PMP test. He taught us what to expect and how to best handle this difficult test. Fran let us know that there was no way to avoid the effort that you have to put in to learn the methodology and pass the test. With that said, Fran also gave us a great amount of insight and a solid study path to enable us to succeed. I took and passed the PMP examination about ten days after class ended. I credit the Project Management Academy and Fran Mies with providing me with the tools and knowledge that I needed to gain my PMP certification