Yes. Don't learn them. What I mean is, learn the flow of the processes rather than trying to memorize every process. Then after a time, the penny will drop.
I'd echo Sante's feedback and would add that while there are hundreds of ITTO's, it is more important to understand which ones are critical or unique to a given process and which ones are just common across many.
For example, the majority of the Monitoring and Controlling process group processes have change requests as an output. That should make sense because when you take a planned input (e.g. PM Plan) and an actual input (e.g. Work Performance Data) the resulting analysis might result in a forecast variance and one way to address that might be via a change request.
I agree with Sante and Kiron. Most specifically "That should make sense because..."
Some people have apparently memorized them all. I never did, and some I found a bit confusing despite significant experience. Rather than memorize, as yourself if you understand why each element goes in that group. If you can't, ask for help. Once it makes sense why, you will have developed a better picture of the overall group.
Sometimes you will find things that fit into multiple groups, or are both inputs and outputs. Since the certification exam frequently asks you to select the best answer, not the only possible right answer, you need to be able to differentiate which group is the best fit given the specifics provided with the question. Saving Changes...
Luis BrancoCEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, LdªCarcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Amit
Interesting this question
Thanks for sharing
Know yourself and how you memorize things, and then create a plan that's right for you.
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John FarlikProgram & Project Management| SPX FLOWWaxhaw, Nc, United States
Knowing the why behind the what is very important as Sante & Kiron alluded to. However, if you're interested in seeing the processes in a different way there is a really neat and simple game available in the app store. Search for "PMP ITTO". It allows you to move the words around in a visual interactive interface which is a nice companion to the "why" behind them.
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James ShieldsIS Director - Portfolio Solutions| City and County of San Francisco, SFPDSan Francisco, Ca, United States
@ Muthu -- I was curious to see what that video has to offer despite my bias that it is not time well spent to memorize hundreds to ITTOs.
Anyway, the video as so many mnemonics that I cannot imagine the time it would take to translate it back quickly, put it into context, then answer the question correctly.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
If you are preparing the PMP exam my recommendation is remember this: 1-questions are situational questions then you will not face direct answer about an ITTO. 2-you have to answer which the PMI expect as an answer in the framework of the PMBOK, not what you do in your daily work life no matter it works for you.
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Amit PatilProject Manager| Most TechnologiesMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nov 19, 2019 2:19 AM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Yes. Don't learn them. What I mean is, learn the flow of the processes rather than trying to memorize every process. Then after a time, the penny will drop.
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