3| Where do you start? Study Map!

1. Find a self adhesive flip-chart paper or a whiteboard or writable surface.
2. Create a large writing drawing surface, stick the flip-chart sheets together (min. 6 sheets).
3. Divide the surface into two rows the Study Map will look like this:

4. Print out the Process Groups and Knowledge Area Mapping and post it close to the Study Map. In later blogs you will learn how to visualize it during the exam.
5. Purchase printed copy of these books in the following order:
    1. PMBOK 6th Edition.
    2. The PMP Exam: How to pass on your first try by Andrew Crowe.
    3. PMP Exam Prep by Rita (RMC).

Why printed copy you may ask and why purchase if I can borrow from a library? Electronic and library books impose limitations on how you study. With printed books you can underline, mark, attach mini stickies for important or hard to remember topics. When you compare the Costs vs. Benefits, printed books, especially PMP study books often have the upper hand against electronic books. Getting printed books and materials is significantly cheaper than signing up for a bootcamp or an in class course.

Will provide my review of the above books and feedback in the next blog.