Test prep games
The Prep Arcade
Practice that feels like play.
The PMP® Arcade
Aligned to the PMBOK® Guide, Eighth Edition · PMP® and PMBOK® are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
GAME 1
Business Environment & Strategy
Value delivery and when value is realized, organizational structures, strategic alignment, governance thresholds, EEFs, and strategy vs. tactics vs. operations.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 2
Development Approaches & Ways of Working
Predictive, iterative, incremental, and agile approaches; VUCA; risk, agility, and resilience; management vs. leadership vs. governance; team norms and tailoring.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 3
Culture, Change & Governance in Action
Organizational culture, transformation and change management, phase-gate reviews, tolerances and escalation, compliance and audits, and financial measures.
13 questions · Play →
GAME 4
Stakeholders & Team Charter
Stakeholder identification and analysis, engagement vs. communication plans, conflicts of interest, team charters, shared vision, and scheduling around constraints.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 5
Scope Planning & the WBS
Requirements gathering, scope statement vs. WBS, scope baseline, WBS dictionary, rolling wave planning, and the theme–epic–story–task hierarchy.
11 questions · Play →
GAME 6
Planning the Project
Six planning areas you can mix and match: fundamentals, scope, schedule, cost and finance, resources, and risk.
60 questions · Play →
GAME 7
Leading the Project Team
Team development and turnover, conflict resolution, motivation and empowerment, decision-making approaches, and situational leadership.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 8
Executing the Project
Driving execution toward the value proposition, coordinating resources and stakeholder engagement, quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and risk responses.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 9
Monitoring & Controlling
Tracking, measuring, and regulating performance, variance and trend analysis, forecasts, corrective actions, and stable vs. fast-changing projects.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 10
Closing the Project
Formally closing projects, phases, and contracts, early termination, verifying outputs, outcomes, and benefits, and transitioning to operations.
10 questions · Play →
The PgMP® Arcade
Aligned to The Standard for Program Management, Fifth Edition · PgMP® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
GAME 1
Strategic Program Alignment
Business case, charter, and roadmap; ROM estimates and ROI; feasibility vs. readiness vs. alignment; the benefits chain; and integration opportunities.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 2
Program Life Cycle Management
Program definition vs. delivery; the program WBS and PMIS; component authorization, issues, and change control; performance analysis; and the closure sequence.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 3
Benefits Management: Choosing the Artifact
Pick the right benefits artifact for the moment — Register vs. Management Plan vs. Business Case vs. Roadmap — across planning, review, transition, and closeout.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 4
Benefits Management: Realization & Sustainment
Register vs. realization plan, sustainment and transition plans, measuring intangible benefits, benefit risk and variance, synergies, and intended-vs-realized.
16 questions · Play →
GAME 5
Stakeholder Engagement
Engagement assessment matrix, salience model, and the continuum of engagement; the stakeholder register; tailored communications; and turning resistance into support.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 6
Governance
Escalation thresholds and decision rights; phase-gate reviews; nesting program governance in enterprise governance; KPIs and the PMIS; and applying lessons learned.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 7
Choosing the Artifact Game 2: Business Case vs. Charter vs. Roadmap
Pick the right strategic artifact for the moment — business case vs. charter vs. roadmap — across formulation, authorization, chartering, change control, component transition, and closeout.
20 questions · Play →
The PfMP® Arcade
Aligned to The Standard for Portfolio Management and the PfMP® ECO · PfMP® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.
GAME 1
Foundations Game 1
Foundational portfolio topics: strategic alignment, strategy vs. tactics vs. operations, project/program/portfolio distinctions, governance cascades, change types, and decision-making aligned with business objectives.
13 questions · Play →
GAME 2
Foundations Game 2
Facilitation techniques, investment choice tools, value and benefits, strategic management, and risk-aware portfolio decisions.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 3
Foundations Game 3
Foundational Value Management concepts: strategic alignment, value realization, tangible vs. intangible value, and core analytical tools.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 4
Foundations Game 4
Portfolio lifecycle stages, key artifacts, governance, and tools like PMIS through short, scenario-based questions.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 5
Strategic Alignment
Evaluating strategic goals, ranking priorities and the prioritization model, scenarios and ENPV, strategic change, the roadmap, and the EEF/OPA/PPA and measures foundations.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 6
Governance
The governance model and decision rights, portfolio management standards and stage gates, defining processes, the portfolio management plan, and obtaining approval for portfolio decisions.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 7
Portfolio Performance
Initiating and authorizing the portfolio, performance metrics and reporting, monitoring and issues, balancing and optimizing capacity, the roadmap, and measuring aggregated value.
10 questions · Play →
GAME 8
Portfolio Risk Management
Acceptable risk (appetite, tolerance, capacity), the risk management plan, dependency analysis, the risk register, shared ownership of risks, and the portfolio management reserve.
9 questions · Play →
GAME 9
Communications Management
Stakeholder analysis and the register, the communication strategy and plan, engaging stakeholders and turning resistance into support, and keeping communication accurate and current.
9 questions · Play →
GAME 10
Doc Spotter
This game tests your ability to decide what docs need to get updated. Based on the processes described in the V3 version of the PMI Standard for Portfolio Management .
60 questions · Play →
ITIL® IDOL
Aligned with ITIL® v5 · ITIL® is a registered trademark of AXELOS Limited.
GAME 1
Can You Rock the Stage?
Key concepts: services, digital products, outputs vs. outcomes, value, service interactions, relationships, consumer roles, and service level metrics.
15 questions · Play →
GAME 2
The Encore!
Service relationships and the ITIL Value System: organizations and roles, the service journey, warranty, sustainability, SLAs, and the five VS components.
15 questions · Play →
GAME 3
The Main Event!
Governance and the 7 Guiding Principles: the EDM cycle, governing bodies, focus on value, iterating with feedback, simplicity, and optimize before automate.
15 questions · Play →
GAME 4
The Full Tour!
The value chain and all 8 lifecycle activities from Discover to Support, plus continuous integration and delivery and the 34 management practices.
15 questions · Play →
GAME 5
The Remix!
Value streams (core vs. enabling, mapping, management) and all 7 steps of the Continual Improvement Model, from vision to keeping improvements relevant.
15 questions · Play →
GAME 6
Grand Finale!
The Four Dimensions, AI and data governance, PESTLE, complexity thinking, and how ITIL works with DevOps and PRINCE2.
15 questions · Play →
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