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During project initiation, the project manager learns that a key stakeholder will leave the project for a month to consult on another strategic project.

What should the project manager do first?

1. A.Update the issue log and notify the other stakeholders.
2. B.Ask the functional manager to provide a replacement while the stakeholder is unavailable.
3. C.Interview the stakeholder to gather relevant information and expert judgment.
4. D.Update the risk management plan to include the impact of the stakeholder's absence.

Answer with explanation please.

Midway through a project, the project manager identifies new stakeholders. Each of these new stakeholders plays a different project role.

What should the project manager do first?

1. A.Meet with the project sponsor to learn if new roles have been created.
2. B.Review the stakeholder register.
3. C.Submit a change request to the change control board (CCB).
4. D.Update the stakeholder management plan.

Please share the rationale when answering coz I am confused between the 2 choices and PMI as always does not have a convincing answer.

Hi - I currently have SH for 3 months, taking me into August. I am scheduled for my test in June, before the exam changes.

Trying not to let mind gremlins get me with negativity, BUT I am wondering if anyone knows if I were to fail, does my Study Hall update to the new version for the remainder of my sub? So I could refresh and trying again with the new test?

What's changing?

New exam launches July 9, 2026, aligned with PMBOK 8. New domain weights, new question formats, AI and sustainability added.

New domain weights:

• Business Environment: 8% → 26%
• People: 42% → 33%
• Process: 50% → 41%

PMBOK 7 vs 8:

PMBOK 7 had 12 principles. PMBOK 8 consolidates to 6, reintroduces flexible processes, and emphasizes tailoring and strategic alignment.

Harder or easier?

Different, not harder. Less memorization, more applied judgment.

Cost change?

No. Still $405 for PMI members, $555 for non-members.

Eligibility change?

Mostly the same. Eligibility Period expands to 10 years.

Old PMP holders?

Nothing changes. Same credential, same renewal process (60 PDUs every 3 years). Exam version never appears on your certificate.

Sit before or after July 8?

• Mid-prep and close to ready → sit before July 8
• Just starting → prepare for new version

Market value?

Identical. Employers see one PMP credential regardless of which version you passed.

Anything i missed ? If you have any questions, i will try to answer.

10 years of applying and putting aside the PMP, I finally sat down, studied, and took the test. It wasn't at all what I expected! AT/T/AT so I'm happy to have gotten through it.

I used Study Hall and David M on Udemy. I am a visual learner and reading the PMBOK was a recipe for failure. Study Hall was not far behind so I focused on the test questions only there. Another recent poster said study how you learn. Totally true! David's voice and excitement in sharing the content helped me quite a bit.

The exam was taken in a testing center, but the format wasn't what I am used to seeing in "adult tests." The questions are not fact based. I found most of the questions were formatted exactly like Study Hall asks them, asking you to apply some concept to a situation. Many, many times, I had to default to a mindset versus trying to recall a fact. In actual content, I didn't recognize a single question from my Study Hall notes so remembering answers from there was pretty useless.

I could summarize 90% of the questions as "You've been asked to lead a project and problem x has occurred, what do you do first?" One EV calculation question and one drag and drop question were in my test.

What I think helped the most! Two weeks before the test I focused only on doing Study Hall practice tests and watching AR's complete mindset video on YouTube. He is spot on about how you need to approach the questions. I would go back and forth and I did see my mini exam scores slowly improving, scoring 80 and 87% in my last two the weekend before my test date.

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Sitting for 4 hours staring at questions is tough! Take the breaks, stretch, drink a little water. The testing center paused me after every 60 questions so it was easy to pace from there. I ended with around 40 minutes left but I will say I was hitting a wall right around 150 questions. I was reading questions three or four times just to understand it. Not because the question was hard, I was just that mentally exhausted. Highly recommend a Study Hall full exam at the same time you plan to take the test so you can get a feel for how tough it will be mentally looking at questions for that long.

72% on my SH full exam

65% Average score for the mini exams

Interesting tidbit for me was the lowest scoring sections in SH were also my lowest scoring sections in the actual test when I received my breakdown. I still don't understand their questions around remote teams and I lead remote teams in my job!

Last note, you can do this! Good luck

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I guess i have to give back to the community.

Failed with BT/NI/AT on my first try in March. so Ill give some pointers that I learned

- go through the whole shbang, AR 50 mindset, 200 Q, DM videos, MR mindset. Everyone says AR 200 Questions are easy but they fail to understand that the explanations that he present after every question is very valuable just like the study hall explanation so you undestnad how PMI wants you to think

- Study hall is obviously as everyone said should be you number one source but try mixing it up a bit dont stick to one source

- Third rock helps if youre just starting to study.everything is nicely packaged but if youre already deep in trenches and gone through everything im not sure if its a game changer. ps its only 17 bucks so why not

- know you Indexes and variances - they dont ask you to do math really but they present you with a problem and you have to know if its ahead or behind.

- fatige is real, take your breaks

- expect to see questions that you havent seen on study hall or anywhere else

- there are times that non of the answers are good so just eliminate what you think sucks first. if you can eliminate 2 then toss a coin for the last 2

-one graph question. I woukldnt worry too mcunh

- know your agile stuff, burnup,ceremonies, who does what I mean this is basic so if you dont know this just postpone and drill first. Id say 70 percent my exam was agile

- - the main thing that i learned is that you need to be able to read and identy the problem statement. and with speed. you dont have time to sit there still. I marked many Qs but didnt have time to check a single one. I was behind the whole exam. i finsihed with 7 seconds to go so. read questions critically

lastly, practice on study hall and review. go once go twice go three time. Dont take this exam lightly but also dont be dissapointed if you fail, it happens.

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Thanks so much to this community! AT/AT/AT frequently came back to this Reddit to see different study methods! ultimately understanding the mindset is what helped me! The last few weeks I have been doing SH but other than that yall got it!! So glad this is over!

Question: During the course of a project, the team has to address unexpected issues that may impact the schedule and budget. Many of the issues require immediate resolution before other interdependent issues can be addressed. The communication management plan indicates that the client and key internal stakeholders only require monthly reports. 

How should the project manager communicate the impact of these issue

A.Update the project issue log to ensure the communication issues are captured internally

B.Maintain monthly client and internal stakeholder reports as indicated in the communications management plan

C.Increase communication with the client and stakeholders as necessary to manage the issues and their impact

D.Revise the communications management plan and request approval of the revised plan.

Solution: C. Increase communication with the client and stakeholders as necessary to manage the issues and their impact.

My answer was D as it the process and i couldnt udnerstand why its wrong?

Read a ton on her about DM videos on YT. I e mostly done Andrew’s stuff. Question did anyone else have a hard time with David’s?

I tried. I really did but I felt like he talked to camera like it was a preschool classroom. His whisper voice or whatever that was could not hold my attention. He says a lot of words without actually saying much. I could not stay focused. What’s the secret?

I’m closing in on my exam date and I’m getting a mixed review with opinions on which people are finding to be harder. Thoughts?

Just passed the PMP exam AT/AT/AT with 45 minutes remaining.

These were my study tools:

• AR Udemy 35 hr course
• AR Mock Exam (69%)
• SH Practice questions (72% average)
• SH mini exams (about half of them, 73% average)
• SH 2 full length exams (75%, 73%)
• AR Mindset section review the day before

I found the mindset to be the most important part of passing the exam. These were the key items I remembered:

• Don't do nothing
• Don't delay the schedule
• Don't increase the budget
• Don't escalate problems to someone else
• Analyze and assess before taking action
• Don't fire anyone
• Understand conflict before solving
• Support the team

Good luck everyone you got this!!

Almost everyone recommends the 200 ultra hard questions and mindset videos to pass. I am about halfway through and while I find it helpful, it's not "ultra hard" imo. Is the real thing very similar to these videos, in terms of questions and answers?

Also I took my first full length mock exam SH and got 67% which was low key surprising bc I thought I probably bombed it since many of the answers were a toss up between two.

I have my exam next Friday, any final tips?

I plan to reread the 3rdrock cheat sheet

Repeat Mohammad's mindset videos

Repeat Ricardo's process videos

Take at least two more length exams and review results (probably take one this Friday and review the same day) and another one on next Tuesday? (Do I need 3 full length or just two sufficient?

A project manager is planning the next release for the software development team. The team has completed two releases to date, and the product backlog for the next release has been confirmed.

Which of the following tools should the project manager use to plan the duration for the next release?

A. Product roadmap
B. Resource calendar
C. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
D. Burndown chart

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This one is fun because PMI Infinity disagreed with Study Hall's answer. I challenged PMI Infinity to think of scenarios where SH's answer could be correct, and I can't decide if it's response is "yeah, but you have to tweak the question really hard to make it fit"

What do you think?

Correct answer, SH rationale, and PMI Infinity rationales are posted in a comment below.