Oct 28, 2018 3:20 AM
Replying to Venugopal Vadapalli
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Hi Janvier -
I've prepared as following. I echo Cindy's thought that everyone is different!!
1. I've read PMBOK thoroughly 3 times. The first pass was to understand the contents, second pass was to understand the relationship between processes from a logical stand point (without memoizing) + taking notes and the third pass i've prepared charts of my own by taking one process input and draw relationships of that input across all the processes.
For example, How is "Scope Baseline" used? (regardless of input/output)
What is the lifecycle of a change request?
These charts gave me a big picture of how each deliverable lives across several processes. I can confidently say this was the very foundation of my success in achieving PMP in under 3 months.
2. I did subscribe to PMPrepCast simulation exams. Those were really helpful in gaining confidence.
3. Discussing with other project managers about their experiences on-job. This is not necessary for the exam but it definitely gave me an insight on how each processes could be used.
For example, How is 3-point estimate used? How historical project data helpful while preparing the schedule etc.,
4. I've referred to Kim Heldman and Rita Mulcahy's book to practice questions after each chapter.
That's all :) Good luck to you!
PMP is not just a certification, it changed the way how i look at things. I hope that will happen to you as well.
Cheers,
-Venu
