A 7-Week PMP Study Plan You Can Follow Day by Day: Jayden's PMP Kit

I passed the PMP on July 3, 2026. I prepared for about 7 weeks, and my Study Hall Full Mock scores were 66% and 65%. It wasn't a high-scoring pass. But over those 7 weeks, I learned firsthand what to do and in what order.

The whole time, I kept thinking the same thing: if I'd had the right materials from the start, I'd have wasted far less time. A word list with the right move, not just the definition. Notes that showed the structure of the 8th edition on one page. A cram book for the last two days. Sheets that put the formulas and tables in one place. After I passed, I made those four myself, with everything I built up while studying and everything I learned from getting things wrong.

This post introduces the four as one kit and gives you a day-by-day calendar that rebuilds my 7 weeks around them.

In three lines — Jayden's PMP Kit is four books: a vocabulary, study notes, a cram book and cheat sheets. The 7-week calendar below fits them into the order I actually prepared in (course → Study Hall → Full Mock → error log). Bought separately, the four come to $31.96. The kit is $24.99.

What each book does

Book	What it does	When	Price
PMP Master Vocabulary	The right move and the trap answer for each term	Weeks 1–6, 5 minutes a day	$5.99
PMBOK 8 Study Notes for the PMP	A map of the principles, domains and processes	Weeks 1–5	$9.99
PMP Final-Week Cram Book	Keyword patterns and a decision order	Weeks 5–7	$8.99
Jayden's PMP Cheat Sheets	Formulas, tables and rules, one page each	Weeks 2–7	$6.99

I made the four books to fit together, with the same terms and the same basis (PMBOKPMBOKProject Management Body of Knowledge: A collection of processes, best practices, terminologies, and guidelines compiled by the PMI.Read More → 8 and the 2026 ECO). The domain chapters in the study notes list vocabulary card numbers, and the cram book's decision order and the cheat sheets' "How to pick the right answer" sheet use the same Mindset.

The method behind the plan: four principles

Before the calendar, here are the four principles to stick to for the 7 weeks. I did all of them myself.

1. Cut down the days you don't study. I'm not someone who can sit for hours after work. Instead of hitting a daily quota, I focused on having no days where I didn't look at the PMP at all. So weekdays are short, and weekends are for questions and review.
2. Recall instead of rereading. Cover the meaning on a vocabulary card and say it. Cover a box on a cheat sheet and say it. Pulling something from memory sticks longer than reading it again.
3. Log every miss by its reason. Did you not know the concept, misread the question, or pick an action that was too strong? How to keep an error log, with a free template, is in Part 6.
4. The last two days are error log and Mindset only. Don't add anything new right before the exam. That's what I did, and it helped the most.

The 7-week calendar

I planned around 30 to 60 minutes on weekdays and 1 to 3 hours on weekends. Any course is fine. I used an online course for the big picture and PMI Study Hall for questions. If your exam isn't on a Sunday, just pull the last week forward to match your exam date.

Why you can trust it, and an honest note

This calendar comes from the order I actually followed. First a course for the big picture, then Study Hall to learn how PMI judges, then Full Mocks to test my exam instincts, and finally my error log to finish. Into that flow, I slotted the four books I wished I'd had at the time.

Still, this plan doesn't promise a pass. Everyone starts from a different place with different amounts of time, and the PMP isn't written from any one book. If you fall behind on the calendar, catch up on the weekend or add a week. What matters is not having days where you take a complete break from the PMP.

The four-book kit

All four books · 4 languages · $24.99

Jayden's PMP Kit: all four books

The vocabulary, study notes, cram book and cheat sheets together. Bought separately they come to $31.96; the kit is $24.99. The 7-week plan in this post uses all four, in order.

$31.96$24.99−22%

In the kit

PMP Master Vocabulary

$5.99

PMBOKPMBOKProject Management Body of Knowledge: A collection of processes, best practices, terminologies, and guidelines compiled by the PMI.Read More → 8 Study Notes for the PMP

$9.99

PMP Final-Week Cram Book

$8.99

Jayden's PMP Cheat Sheets

$6.99

$31.96 separately → $24.99 as a kit

What’s inside

• ✓4 books × 4 languages = 16 Word files (Noto Sans embedded)
• ✓Built on PMBOKPMBOKProject Management Body of Knowledge: A collection of processes, best practices, terminologies, and guidelines compiled by the PMI.Read More → 8 and ECO 2026, with matching terms across the set
• ✓Study notes point to the matching vocabulary card numbers
• ✓The 7-week calendar in this post + the 14-day vocabulary plan
• ✓Includes the 172-term PDF word list as a bonus

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If you want a closer look at each book, see its own post: PMP Master Vocabulary · PMBOK 8 Study Notes for the PMP · PMP Final-Week Cram Book · Jayden's PMP Cheat Sheets

I hope you spend your 7 weeks with a little less wandering than I did. Good luck on the exam.

Frequently asked questions

Is the kit the same as the individual books?+

Yes. The kit includes all 16 Word files for the four books (4 books × Korean, English, Spanish and Japanese) plus the 172-term PDF word list. Bought separately they come to $31.96; the kit is $24.99.

What if I have less than 7 weeks?+

I'd compress weeks 1–4 around the study notes and vocabulary, and keep weeks 5–7 (Full Mocks, the cram book, the cheat sheets and the last two days of error log) as they are. Try not to cut the time you spend doing questions and working out why you missed them.

Do I really need a course and Study Hall?+

You need 35 hours of project management education to apply (waived if you hold an active CAPM). For questions, I used only PMI Study Hall Essentials. This kit doesn't replace a course or a question bank; it's the material that connects them.

Do I get it right after paying?+

Yes. Once checkout on Gumroad is done, the download page opens right away, and the same link is emailed to you.