The One Thing You Need to Pass the PMP (Cheat Sheet)

If you are studying for your PMP this year, one document will guide your entire preparation. It is the PMP Exam Content Outline and it is your cheat sheet for everything on the exam.

How to Find It

Search “PMP ECO” in Google. The official PMI version appears as the first or second result. It’s a PDF file, so you can download it immediately. The ECO breaks the exam into three domains, and here is what you need to study.

People (33%)

The People section is leadership and management – how to motivate your team. How to manage conflicts. Finding and engaging stakeholders, and how to build and develop team capabilities, making sure everyone knows what their role on the project is.

Process (41%)

The Process section is Agile and Waterfall approaches. Managing scope, schedule and cost to get our project done. Creating our project management plan, planning and executing project work like Requirements, Quality, Risk, Procurements. Monitoring and controlling performance and ultimately ensuring the items are accepted by the customer so we can close our project or phase.

Business Environment (26%)

This section means delivering value to the organization. Managing changes to our Scope. Managing risks and managing issues, and aligning projects with strategic objectives. Make sure you know how to deliver value, keep it under control and safe from issues and changes.

How to Use It

Use the ECO as your roadmap. Every study resource you use should connect back to the ECO. Every practice question you answer tests something in the ECO. Every concept you learn should map to one of these three domains.

The ECO is your foundation. Study it thoroughly and you will pass your PMP exam.

– David McLachlan

You can see what people are saying about David McLachlan here: REVIEWS

Navigate to Free Project Management and Leadership Articles through the links on the right (or at the bottom if on Mobile)