Proxalt vs PrepCast for 35 contact hours requirement

Submitted by rohitsethi on Tue, 12/04/2012 - 12:20

Hi

I'm a bit confused between Proxalt and Prepcast to fulfill the 35 contact hour criteria. Following are the pros and cons of each of them. Please share your experiences, good or bad

Proxalt

Pros : Really cheap, just $35.

Cons: From what i hear, the course is not very comprehensive and lot of additional reading is required to pass the exam and get a certificate.

Only 30 days to complete the exam and get the certificate. Not sure if their material will be enough to pass this exam or lot of additional study material is required

 

Prepcast

Pros: The material is good and helps in prepping for the actual Exam

Cons: Is expensive (compared to proxalt)

Is it worth paying that extra for prepcast or should one just take the proxalt to get the certificate? Can one clear the proxalt certification in 30 days ?

Many Thanks

Rohit

 

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Wed, 12/05/2012 - 03:46

I havent heard much about Proxalt, but PM Prepcast is reputed and worth the money. You will get $10 discount if you use the PMZilla Coupon code. plus this month they have some offer if you buy a combo.

 

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Fri, 10/04/2013 - 23:58

 Not very satisfied with the service. Very little training material was provided, the given training material was not at all sufficient to even complete the end of module exams required for the 35 hour Project Management (PM) education certificate, and the requirements for obtaining the certificate are not so easy to complete. ProXalt discloses some, but not all, details of how the course is run before purchase.

ProXalt does tell you up front that you are required to obtain your own copy of the PMBOK from the Project Management Institute (PMI), as this is required for the course but not provided by ProXalt. At the time of writing (and of attempting the course) ProXalt was using PMBOK 4, however this was some months after PMI had already been using PMBOK 5 for its exams and so the material was already somewhat out of date. PMI did not sell copies of previous versions of the PMBOK through its official sales channels.
ProXalt does not tell you prior to purchase that you have only three attempts to pass each brief end of module exam, and failure to do so could result in having to pay for additional re-test opportunities. There are brief exams for each module, covering nearly all of the PMBOK version used, as well as a longer final exam, all of which are timed. The exam questions are challenging and often beyond the scope of the training material provided by ProXalt.
Nor does ProXalt alert you beforehand that the only training material you will receive upon purchase is a single set of presentation slides for each module with a brief voice-over that covers a basic overview of each section to be covered in the end of module and final exams. While this may provide a simple outline of the material, it does not cover the material in the depth required to have a full understanding of the material, or even to pass the brief end of module exams. The PMBOK is required for that.
There is no option to download the presentations. The training materials are delivered through an e-learning platform that did not work properly in Google Chrome, and as it is Flash-based, also cannot be opened on many mobile devices. One is also not permitted by ProXalt to save or copy the content provided. After the 30 days of access is complete, the account expires and the training materials are not accessible without paying $35 again.
The ProXalt service is certainly one of the more low cost and affordable PM education options available, and ProXalt is indeed listed (at this time) as a PMI Registered Education Provider (REP). For one simply looking for a certificate to fulfill the requirements of the PMP or CAPM exams, who has studied the PMBOK thoroughly and understands the material prior to taking the course, ProXalt may be a viable and inexpensive option. But there are a number of more comprehensive, and flexible, yet still affordable options available.

slashinv

Fri, 04/18/2014 - 06:37

I recommend Pm Prepcast. I have used it and found very useful. you may read my experience at my blog http://sachinvehale.blogspot.in/2014/01/lessons-learned.html