
After the PMP: I Started Volunteering on the PMI Korea Chapter's Education Committee
Why I started volunteering on the PMI Korea Chapter's education committee after passing the PMP, what the chapter and committee do, and how you can join in.
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Why I started volunteering on the PMI Korea Chapter's education committee after passing the PMP, what the chapter and committee do, and how you can join in.

What the PMP does at work, PMI's 17% median salary gap, the missing Korea data, real Korean job postings and the actual costs, three months after passing.

Scope, stakeholders, risk, change control, value: why the PMP mindset helps developers, designers, marketers and ops even more than PMs, and a realistic way in.

The work habits the PMP changed for a Global Tech PM: shared vocabulary, assessing before acting, change control, value over deliverables and tailoring.

How PMP renewal works (60 PDUs in three years, 35+ Education, Giving Back capped at 25), my first approved PDU, and my year-by-year plan by Talent Triangle.

PMP, CAPM and PMI-ACP compared for 2026: eligibility, exam format, member and non-member fees, retakes, PDUs and recent changes, plus which one fits you.

The new 2026 PMP case-study questions: what PMI has published, a four-step way to read long scenarios, an original practice case with answers, and a time plan.

Short, frequent review beats rare marathons. How I used my commute for PMP review with audio and a word list, plus tricky term pairs and a 5-minute word loop.

How I used a ChatGPT project to re-check concepts and a 155-source NotebookLM notebook to make audio reviews for my commute, with prompts and setup steps.

A PMP error log isn't for copying questions. It's for building judgment rules: log misses and lucky guesses, tag the cause, and write 'If ___, first ___.'

The PMP exam that launched July 9, 2026, compared with the old one: questions, time, breaks, domain weights, eligibility, PMBOK 7 vs 8 and the AI Standard.

PMP eligibility under the 2026 rules, how to write experience entries PMI accepts, with a full sample, and how the audit works, from an 8-day approval.

It took me 12 days to go from PMP application to a booked Pearson VUE exam. Here is every step, from PMI membership to booking, shown with my real emails.

My PMP exam day in Korean at a Pearson VUE center in Seoul: the booking email, ID rules, 80 minutes on the first 60 questions, the breaks and my final review.

How I passed the PMP on July 3, 2026 after seven weeks: the full timeline, the $499.40 I paid for Study Hall and the exam, and mock scores of 66% and 65%.