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GPM-b™ Study Plan (30 / 60 / 90 Days)

A practical GPM-b™ study plan with 30-day intensive, 60-day balanced, and 90-day part-time schedules organized around Sustainable Methods and Delivery Methods.

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This page answers the real question: “How do I structure my GPM-b™ prep?” Pick a timeline, follow the loop, and keep a miss log.

If you qualify for RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning), confirm which exam format applies to you using the official requirements on PMI’s certification page: https://www.pmi.org/certifications/green-project-manager-basic-gpm-b

The daily loop (45–90 minutes)

  1. Study 1–2 sections from the Syllabus (take notes as decisions and examples, not definitions).
  2. Do a short targeted drill in Practice (15–25 questions).
  3. Update your miss log: what you missed, why, and what you’ll do differently next time.

30-day plan (intensive)

Week 1 — Sustainable Methods foundations

  • Fundamentals: sustainability, lifecycle thinking, materiality, P5 model.
  • Impact analysis workflow and how it becomes requirements and metrics.

Week 2 — Objectives, governance, and reporting

  • Objectives/KPIs/acceptance criteria.
  • Sustainability management plan basics and reporting discipline.

Week 3 — Delivery Methods (initiation + planning)

  • Charter/business case with sustainability constraints.
  • Scope, schedule, budget, procurement, quality, and risk with sustainability built in.

Week 4 — Delivery Methods (execution + control + closure) + review

  • Supplier execution, controls, change evaluation, closure and transition.
  • Mixed sets and final repair on weak objectives.

60-day plan (balanced)

Weeks 1–2 — Sustainable Methods

  • Learn the concepts, then drill until you can explain the “why” behind each best answer.

Weeks 3–4 — Delivery Methods

  • Work through initiation → planning → execution → control → closeout, always tying choices back to measurable objectives.

Weeks 5–6 — Consolidation

  • Mixed practice sets + revisit weak syllabus sections.
  • Rewrite your cheatsheet into a 1–2 page “exam-day checklist.”

Weeks 7–8 — Final

  • Two cycles of: mixed set → review → re-drill weak objectives.
  • Aim to eliminate repeat misses (same concept missed multiple times).

90-day plan (part-time)

Month 1 — Build foundations

  • Focus on Sustainable Methods: impact analysis, objectives/metrics, governance, reporting.

Month 2 — Apply across delivery

  • Delivery Methods: initiation and planning first, then execution/control/closure.

Month 3 — Practice-driven refinement

  • Mostly practice + targeted repair using the syllabus.
  • Keep the pace sustainable: consistency beats intensity.
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Syllabus