Introduction

Date: Friday, June 25, 2010
To: You

I've devised the means by which I intend to study for either the PMI® CAPM® or PMP® exams in the short term, and thought I'd share.

First and more nerdliciously, I intend to code information about the 42 project management processes into halfgk.com. I want to be able to ask my search engine, for example, "In which processes is the project management plan an input?" and receive the response in the form of highlighted segments of the process groups flowchart or the process groups grid, upon which the ITTOs may also be displayed. Honestly, I figure that the act of building the thing will take me far in terms of the memorization needed for either exam.

Secondly, I'm going to use the principles taught in the model for the project, and I'm going to make the Internet my sponsor: I'll publish my reports in a reporting section of the new PM portion of the site, so that I get experience in writing them and the one or two people who actually peruse my site will be able to see them.

This will have two outcomes: (1) When I'm done, I'll have built a study guide of sorts, using technologies I know and some I'll probably acquire in the process. (2) I'll have established PM documentation that, while only used for this exercise, helps drive home the idea that I've at least gained familiarity with the PMI project management concepts and seek to put them into practice.