Project Manager and PMP Candidate Resources

I will add resources to this list as I come across them or as you identify them in your comments.  With my budget, the emphasis will be on free resources.

Webinars

• Peter DeJager and Technobility offers live webinars and a library of dozens (free, but donation requested)
• ITMPI offers several webinars per month. The webinars present high quality materials and are free, but they charge for the PDU codes unless you join. They also have a library with hundreds of recorded webinars for a fee.
• The Human Capital Institute 
• http://Reflektive.com 
• http://ModernAnalyst.com 
• http://ProjectTimes.com 
• http://ProjectManagement.com/ is associated with PMI.

Podcasts

• Elise Stevens @ElisethePm
• Lean Blog
• People & Projects
• Gemba Academy
• Mastering Business Analysis
• PM for the Masses
• http://Manager-Tools.com

Sample Questions and Mock Exams

- Beware outdated content. Don't waste your time with any mock exam whose site does not clearly identify it as based on PMBOK 6.

• Edward Designer's list of free mock exams
• Oliver Lehmann's list of thousands of free mock exam questions -- Scroll to the table at the bottom 
• 100 Online Questions from Oliver Lehmann -- Scroll to the bottom for a table listing thousands of free questions -- Some links may have outdated questions.
• 200 Offline Questions from Oliver Lehmann -- PDF
• Free PMP® Exam Simulator -- Cornelius Fitchner's free 200-question simulator, 7-day access
• PM Aspire PMP Simulator -- 2 free simulated exams X 200 practice questions, 5-day access; Singapore-based, so the English might not be the best

PM Social Media Communities

- The lists below are in no particular order, and my listing of any group does not necessarily constitute a recommendation.
- Study tip: When studying sample questions posted online, look up the answers in the PMBOK and explain why the best answers are best and the other answers are less than best. Having to form complete thoughts helps you internalize the material and helps others learn, too.

LinkedIn

• The Project Manager Network -- 867,000 members; managed by Recruiter.com
• Project Manager Project Manager Community -- 366,000 members
• PMI Project, Program and Portfolio Management -- PMI's official LinkedIn group
• Project Management Professionals PMP
• Project Management Link - PMLink
• PRINCE2 & MSP - Project & Programme Management + Agile Scrum
• Project Management Group SP -- What does the SP stand for?)
• Construction Project Management 
• PM Community - Product/Portfolio/Program/Project Manager

Google Plus

• Project Management, PMI, PMP Certification -- The most active PM community
• Project Management Community -- Less active, but great posts
• Sensible Project Manager Hangout -- Discussions, with recordings available
• Project Management Masters -- Great posts, strict moderation

Facebook

- Requests for stolen IP are rampant in some of the Facebook groups. Please join me in discouraging it.
- Some sellers of test materials post the same sample questions in many PMP study groups, and their questions dominate the less-active groups; so many of the groups add little unique value.

• Professional Project Managers -- Joseph Phillips' group; Phillips has an exellent, low-cost exam prep course on Udemy.com 
• Project Management Café -- Elizabeth Harrin's group (author of Girl's Guide to PM)
• PMP Study Group - with Expert Professionals -- less than 1,000 members, but lots of mock exam questions and no spam
• PMP Tricks -- Based in Saudi Arabia; mixture of languages; 6,200 members
• Pmp Exam Preparation -- over 7,000 members, mostly exam questions
• PMP Study Group 
• Project Manager
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Study Group
• The Project Management PrepCast -- Cornelius Fitchner's promotional page offers occasional free content
• I want to be a PMP® - (PMI Project Management Professional Certification )
• Project Management -- Not sure this group is legit
• Free Project Management Books and Knowledge, Prince2 and PMP Exam Guidance -- Despite the title, I haven't actually seen much IP theft in this group
• Construction Project Management & Contracts Books 
• PMI - Project Management Professional PMP -- Does not appear to be PMI's page
• Project Management
• PMI / PMP Project Management Focus Group 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) -- Admin'd by Maples Project Management
• Project Management Library 
• PMP - A Project Manager's First Step -- 17,000 members
• Project Management Professional PMP study group- Progress PM -- 10,000 members
• PMP Egypt - Project Management Professionals in Egypt 
• Oil & Gas Project Management Group 
• Jobs for Project Managers: Career and Job Forum 
• Project Management and PMO: Courses, Training and Mentoring -- The blog of the Sheldon Institute of Project Management
• Professional Project Management -- 3,700 members
• Construction Project Management -- Based in Iraq; 12,000 members
• Your Dream Project Manager Job - Career Coaching For Professionals -- Sage words from Luis Peluffo
• Project Management Lets Share Tools and Ideas 
• Online Hub for Virtual Assistants & Project Managers 
• How to pass PMP exam? 
• PMP Exam Study Group 

Future Additions to This Page or New Pages

• Business Analysis Resources
• Continuous Improvement Resources