What is Planning Prep?
Planning Prep is a web-based study resource to help planners prepare for the American Institute of Certified Planners’ certification exam.
Members have access to our growing database of practice questions, practice exams,
planning related links.
Currently, we have
1668 practice questions and
12 practice exams
aimed at refreshing, broadening, and testing their planning knowledge. Each
question contains an explanation for each correct answer, so our members know
why one answer is correct and another is not. Links for further reading are also
provided with our questions, to help our members find additional information
about the topic.
Membership
Membership to Planning Prep is free. Why? Great question - see the FAQ
Brief History & Update
When we were studying for the AICP exam in 2001, most materials were photocopied “legacy” documents passed between coworkers. The Internet was young — Yahoo! was directory-based, AltaVista and Ask Jeeve's were popular, and Google was still finding its way. There was no searchable online resource for planners — no Wikipedia, no nothing. Practice exams came with answer keys that only listed A, B, C, or D, with no explanation or rationale.
We decided to change that. We built a site that explained why answers were right or wrong and could evolve over time. It took a few months of late nights and weekends to code and create the content, but by 2002 Planning Prep was live. The following year we received an award from the Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association. Since then, more than 16,000 planners have used the site, with many more joining our in-person training sessions across the country.
Two decades later, Planning Prep is being modernized and refreshed by our team at Houseal Lavigne. You can read more about the relaunch here:
View the full story on LinkedIn.
We wish you the best of luck on your journey to AICP certification and hope you find the site useful.
Sincerely,
Devin Lavigne & Trevor Dick
Planning Prep Co-Creators