In this article, I explain four effective strategies to help aspiring project managers confidently prepare and pass the PMP examination.

Strategy #1 - Use the PMP Exam Content Outline (ECO) as your Project scope or Product Backlog. 

Let’s start with the PMP Exam Content Outline also known as the ECO. The ECO is the blue print for the exam and lists all the tasks within three domains; People, Process and Business Environment. Just like you would want your project to either have a scope or a backlog of stories, it is important that you use the ECO as the defined project scope to build your study plan. Not only does the ECO list all the tasks and sub tasks, it also shows the percentage of questions from each domain that you will be tested on.