Hello, Reddit

Hi! I’m Jeff. You may know me as u/Jeff-the-Bear from r/ProjectManagement and r/PMP. I’ve been a working project manager for 30 years and a frequent volunteer for organizations like PMI San Francisco, The American Red Cross and the 501c3 behind the Burning Man festival.

I also run Gantt Academy, a San Francisco based PMI® Authorized Training Partner. Gantt Academy offers online, in-person, and private group training nationwide.

These study aids come straight out of my boot camps. They’re free.

• Top Ten Trap Words: I want a warning bell to go off in your head when you see these words.
• Confusing Pairs: sixteen terms students often conflate.
• Behaviors to Do: high-priority behaviors that sometimes, but not always, fit the situation.
• Behaviors to Avoid: common mindset mistakes.
• Everything Being Equal: where your real-world opinion may be nuanced but the PMBOK plays favorites.
• Frequently Overlooked Risks: the categories PMs often forget to register.
• Nine Self-Organizing Behaviors: “ideal world” agile team behaviors that often surprise experienced project managers.
• PMI Principles (v7): the twelve PMBOK v7 principles.
• The New Principles (v8): the six v8 principles, useful as tie-breakers even on the v7 exam.
• Accountable Leadership (v8): the five traits behind the v8 accountable leader.

Download the study aids (PDF)

And if these help you, I’d be grateful if you mentioned the Gantt Academy in your “I passed!” post.

If you want to see how I teach before committing a bootcamp, I run a free preview class on Fridays at noon Pacific where I show how to apply the PMP Mindset to exam questions.