The PM Exam Coach Brief

Keeping PMs in the loop before and after they take the PMP Exam

Issue 2

Sample PMP Question

Headline: Risk Becomes Reality

A key supplier delay has occurred, impacting a critical deliverable.
The team is unsure how to proceed.

What should the PM do FIRST?

A. Escalate to sponsor
B. Implement a workaround
C. Update the risk register
D. Revise the project schedule

✔ Correct Answer: B

Why:
The risk has already occurred — it’s now an issue.
Issues are not risks — they require immediate action.

PMI expects you to maintain project objectives → implement a workaround.

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PMP Exam Update — July 2026

The PMP exam begins updating July 9, 2026.
Last day to take the current version: July 8, 2026

You have 107 days to prepare, apply, and sit.

It ain’t just multiple choice anymore, Dorothy.

Question Formats Breakdown

What’s Changing

Bottom Line

Done Wrong / Done Right

Done Wrong:
I often see PMs reading PMP mock questions and the moment they realize, “oh this is easy,” they stop thinking.

They scan the answers…
A looks close enough…
and they grab it.

Why? Overexcitement.
They think they just found a free point and move on.

Done Right:
RTFA — Read the freaking answers.

Slow down and go through all four.

A might look right at first…
but by the time you get to C or D, you realize:

You didn’t want Scope — you wanted Scope Statement.
You didn’t want act — you needed analyze first.

The difference is subtle.
That’s exactly how PMP is designed.

Rule:
Easy questions are not easy.
They are precision traps.

You need to get these right 90% of the time.

Miss enough of them…
and you don’t fail because the exam was hard.

You fail because you rushed.

That’s like shooting yourself in the foot — and most people don’t even realize they’re doing it.

PM in the News

Headline: $20B Impact — Force Majeure Triggered After Energy Infrastructure Attack

Iranian attacks knocked out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity, forcing shutdowns for up to five years.

What happened:

• ~12.8 million tons/year of LNG offline
• ~$20 billion annual revenue impact
• Long-term contracts disrupted across Europe and Asia
• QatarEnergy declared force majeure on supply agreements

👉 Read full Reuters coverage

Why it matters:
Most PMs would treat this as a delay or execution failure.

It’s not.

This is contractual risk transfer in action.

When events are outside control, performance isn’t “managed” —
it’s legally suspended.

PMP Lens:

• Procurement clauses matter
• Risk response isn’t always mitigation
• Sometimes the answer is built into the contract

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Field Notes

In the lab this week working on something new.

It’s called Project Alpha.

It’s not a course.
It’s not just practice questions.

It’s a way to simulate how PMs actually think and make decisions under pressure.

Still early… but this may change how people prepare for the PMP.

For certified PMs, I’m also designing this to qualify for up to 25 PDUs (pending PMI approval).

More to come.