Studying for and earning your PMP® Certification can be a costly affair. There are ways to cut your costs and still have access to valuable and useful study tools. The following slides will discuss several ways you can lower the cost of studying for and obtaining your PMP® Certification.

1. How To Save Money On Your
PMP® Exam Studies
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2. Studying for and earning your Project Management
Professional (PMP)® Certification can be a costly
affair, some training courses can cost upwards of
several thousand US Dollars.
There are ways to cut your costs and still have
access to valuable and useful study tools.
The following slides will discuss several ways you
can lower the cost of studying for and obtaining
your PMP® Certification.
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3. Savings Tip 1 – Join PMI®
You are not required to be a member of Project Management
Institute (PMI®) to take the PMP® Exam, but being a member
can lead to substantial savings.
 Cost of membership is only $129 USD plus a $10 USD
application fee
 Member discount of $150 USD for the PMP® Exam
 Access to resource material at a reduced cost or even free
 access to a free PDF copy of “A Guide to the Project
Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)”, a savings
of around $40 to $50 USD
 Access to PMI eReads which contains several PMP® prep
books
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4. Savings Tip 2 –
Join Your Local PMI Chapter
 Look into joining your local PMI
chapter.
 Local PMI chapters offer good
inexpensive PMP® Prep courses.
 You can save from anywhere from
$100 USD to $300 USD
(depending upon your chapter)
on the cost of attending a PMI
Chapter PMP® Prep course.
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5. Savings Tip 3 – Buy Used
 Look for second hand resources.
 Check out websites such as
Amazon or EBay for second hand
copies.
 Make sure to purchase the
correct edition of the resource to
go with the current exam.
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6. Savings Tip 4 – Use Coupons
Coupons can be found for just about anything, and that
includes PMP® Prep materials.
 Take a few moments to do a web
search for discount coupon.
 One example of the best place to
find the most current coupons for
The PM PrepCast is on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/PrepCast.
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7. Savings Tip 5 – Look for Contests
 Look for local contests offered by
PMP® companies.
 PMP® products are usually given away
as marketing tools at PMP® Chapter
meetings.
 Check to see if your chapter is giving
away any free study resources at their
meetings.
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8. Savings Tip 6 – Look for High-Quality
Low-Cost Courses
Keep in mind that the most expensive is
not always the best and the least
expensive is not necessarily the worst.
 Read the reviews and testimonials of
those who have taken the course.
 Take advantage of one of the many
online PMP® Prep forums.
• Ask if anyone has taken the specific
course you are interested in.
• Ask if they would recommend the
course they have taken.
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9. Savings Tip 7 – Look for High-Quality
Low-Cost Exam Prep Products
 Don’t buy the “cheap” stuff when it comes to PMP® Exam prep
products like books, flash-cards, apps or formula study
guides.
 Look for customer recommendations to ensure you would be
purchasing quality training materials.
 Do your research.
• There are many high-quality low-cost PMP® Exam prep
products in the market to help you study for your PMP®
Certification.
• There are also some “cheap” products out there that cost
very little and offer very little in regards to actual valuable
training.
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10. Conclusion
Becoming a Project Management Professional can
be a costly venture, but there are ways you can
lower the cost.
• As a member of PMI you will reduce your exam
fees and receive a free PDF copy of the
PMBOK® Guide to study.
• By joining your local PMI Chapter you will have
access to any PMP® Exam prep courses the
chapter offers at reduced cost.
• Save on study materials by shopping for
second hand materials, seeking out
coupons, and even possibly receiving free
promotional materials at PMI Chapter
meetings.
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11. Conclusion
• Research and look for positive reviews and
testimonials from those who have purchased
PMP® Exam prep materials and have taken
PMP® Prep courses.
• One low cost resource that will give you
everything you need to prepare for your PMP®
Certification is The PM PrepCast at www.pm-
prepcast.com. This course is PMI R.E.P.
approved and available at the fraction of the
cost of similar exam preparation tools.
Remember that high-cost does not always signify
high quality and low-cost does not always equate
to low quality.
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