AACE PSP guide with exam overview, syllabus map, study plan, cheat sheet, FAQ, resources, and practice support.
This page is the start-here hub for AACE PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) on PMExams. Use it when your exam path is in cost engineering, total cost management, project controls, risk, scheduling, estimating, earned value, claims, or technician-level practice rather than general project management.
AACE PSP preparation is strongest when it connects technical knowledge to project-control decisions. Do not study this as a vocabulary list. Study it as a decision exam: what information is reliable, which method fits the situation, what recommendation follows, and how the answer should be communicated.
Use Practice to rehearse decision logic and written-response discipline.
Check FAQ and Resources before relying on any exam logistics.
Exam posture
PSP is a professional-level AACE certification focused on planning, schedule development, monitoring, updating, forecasting, analysis, and schedule communication inside the TCM framework. The main study risk is answering as if scheduling is software operation rather than logic quality, progress validation, critical-path interpretation, and defensible schedule communication.