Im pursuing my PMP, hoping for advice from others who are certified.

I have a handful of 4-5 month long event projects (w/ a budget) & several years of ongoing content projects (no budget, projects like content pieces for monthly/quarterly campaigns). I didnt keep track of dates or proj names, which PMP application asks for bc i didnt know id need them. Also worried these projects wont be approved as “projects.”

What are ur experiences? Did u get approved? Audited? How’d it go? Any advice?

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I got audited, as far as I know, it was pretty random (I was in a class of 50, 2 of us got audited). This was 4 years ago, so it was the last edition of PMBOK. My advice is don't overthink it, apply the hours as best you can, and embellish a little (everyone does). Ensure you have a mix of all the principals and it makes sense 15-20% into planning, 45-55% into execution, 20-30% into monitoring, 8-10% into closing etc.
When I got audited, I had a friend who owned a business sign off on the hours with a form with their signature on the lip of the envelope. Cost of stamps and 5 days later my hours were approved.
If you haven't already check of the PMP subreddit. LOTS of good info on there.
Good Luck!

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