PMI-RMP® exam prep online — learn project risk management by doing it on one real project
The PMI-RMP exam does not ask you to define risk terms. It describes a project and asks what a risk manager does next. This self-study course prepares you for that by making you the risk manager on one hospital building project, from the day the contract is signed to the day the first patients arrive.
You build the documents a risk manager builds, check each one against a completed version, and then sit three full-length mock exams. By exam day, the scenarios in the questions are situations you have already worked through.
Created by Kavita Sharma, PMP®, PgMP® — PMBOK® Guide contributor, 16 years as a practitioner, 10+ years coaching project professionals.
What’s inside the PMI-RMP self-study course
Three courses, opened together the moment you enrol, so you can start tonight and study at your own pace.
| Course | What it does for you |
|---|---|
| PMI-RMP exam course | Covers the five exam domains in short lessons, so you learn the framework the questions are built on rather than your organisation’s version of it. |
| Riverside Hospital case study | Ten episodes on one project, with 21 templates and a worked answer for each, so you practise every exam domain on a real situation instead of reading about it. |
| Three full-length mock exams | Timed like the real exam, so you walk in knowing what 115 questions in 150 minutes feels like and which domain still needs work. |
Everything is self-paced and online. There are no live sessions to attend, so work and travel never make you miss part of the course.
The Riverside Hospital case study: practise PMI-RMP on one project from Month 0 to handover
You join a hospital as its risk manager on the day a $48M building contract is signed. The hospital must stay open throughout, and a government grant is lost if patients are not admitted by Month 24. Each episode is a month in the project where something happens and you have to act.
| Episode | What happens | What you build | Exam domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 · Month 0 | You read the brief and meet the people | Preliminary document analysis | Strategy and Planning |
| 1 · Month 0 | The board states its appetite for risk | Stakeholder register; appetite and thresholds | Strategy and Planning |
| 2 · Month 0 | A risk plan is due by Friday | Risk management plan; RBS; scales and RACI | Strategy and Planning |
| 3 · Month 1 | The identification workshop | Assumptions log; risk register | Identification |
| 4 · Month 2 | The board wants the top 10 | Scoring, heat map, data quality check | Analysis |
| 5 · Month 3 | “How sure are we of the date?” | Monte Carlo, tornado, EMV, decision tree | Analysis |
| 6 · Month 4 | Only a 7% chance of opening on time | Response plan; reserves; change request | Response |
| 7 · Month 7 | Excavators hit contaminated ground | Contingency activation; reserve log | Response; Monitor and Close |
| 8 · Month 12 | The sponsor asks for an audit | Board report; review minutes; audit report | Monitor and Close |
| 9 · Month 18 | Something nobody saw coming | Issue log; workaround; reserve request | Response; Monitor and Close |
| 10 · Month 24 | Handover | Lessons learned; closure report | Monitor and Close |
Why this works for the exam: most wrong answers on the PMI-RMP come from mixing up ideas that sound alike — a risk and an issue, contingency and management reserve, a risk review and a risk audit. In the case study you meet each one at the moment it matters, with numbers attached, so the difference sticks.
21 project risk management templates you keep — each with a worked example
Every template comes twice: blank, for you to fill in, and completed for the hospital project, so you can see what a good one looks like before you use it at work.
| Stage | Templates |
|---|---|
| Planning | Stakeholder register with risk attitudes · risk appetite and thresholds · risk management plan · risk breakdown structure · probability-impact scales, matrix and RACI |
| Identification | Assumptions and constraints log · risk register · identification workshop pack |
| Analysis | Qualitative analysis workbook with heat map and data quality check · quantitative analysis workbook with Monte Carlo, tornado, EMV and decision tree |
| Response | Risk response plan and reserve calculation · change request · contingency plan activation note |
| Monitoring and closing | Risk register, action tracker and reserve log · monthly risk report · risk review minutes · risk audit report · issue log · workaround and escalation note · management reserve request · lessons learned · closure risk report |
The Excel workbooks calculate for you: the Monte Carlo sheet runs a thousand simulations on its own, and the heat map fills itself in as you score. You can take them straight onto your own projects.
Not sure quantitative analysis is for you? Try the Monte Carlo and decision tree simulator — it uses the same hospital numbers as Episode 5.
How the PMI-RMP self-study plan works
- Learn a domain in the exam course. Short lessons, so each one fits into an evening.
- Do the matching case study episode. Fill in the blank template, then compare it with the worked answer. This is where the ideas turn into something you can use.
- Check yourself. Each episode ends with five exam-style questions and full explanations, so you find the gap while it is still cheap to fix.
- Sit the capstone mock. Thirty linked questions on the whole hospital project, weighted like the exam.
- Sit the three full-length mock exams. Timed, so exam day holds no surprises about pace.
PMI-RMP self-study course FAQ
Yes. Everything is self-paced and online, with no live sessions. You start the moment you enrol and study when it suits you.
A ten-episode course that follows one hospital building project from contract signing to handover. In each episode you act as the risk manager, build a real risk document, compare it with a worked answer and answer five exam-style questions.
No. Episode 5 walks through three-point estimates, Monte Carlo, tornado diagrams, EMV and decision trees on the hospital project, and the Excel workbook does the calculations for you.
Yes. All 21 templates are yours to keep and adapt. Replace the hospital details with your own project and keep the structure.
Three full-length mock exams timed like the real PMI-RMP, plus a 30-question capstone mock set on the case study project.
Who built this PMI-RMP course
About Kavita Sharma
- 16 Years Industry Experience (Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, Sapient)
- 10+ Years Dedicated Full-Time Coaching
- PMBOK® 6 Significant Contributor & PMBOK® 8 Contributor
- Selected as 1 of 7 global reviewers for PMBOK® 6 quality assessment
- Recognized among Top PMP® Instructors (Silicon India)
PMI-RMP® is a registered mark of the Project Management Institute, Inc. This course prepares you for the exam and is not endorsed by PMI.


