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Abhishek Kumar Project Manager| HCL Technologies Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
How to prepare my self for PMP exams , what are the steps that I need to go through one by one., how many times I need to read PMBOK. Preparing my self from last one year and read PMBOK 2 times. Not able to score in Mock test over 60%. Lacking of self confidence
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Jean-Claude Greco Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
Hi

It's important to read this before :

https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/...27-fa3fb4482d4b

Best Regards
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PINAKI BANERJEE Program Director| ITC INFOTECH USA INC. Plainsboro, Nj, United States
Hi Abhishek, you mentioned that you have read PMBOK twice, which makes me believe you have a good foundation. If you are still not able to score high, then it seems like you are missing on application of the concepts. Below are few suggestions that I have:

- Try to refer some additional publication outside of PMBOK. There are few that have put the concepts in a way that enable application. PMI-PMP by Andrew Ramdayal is one of them
- Be clear on the PMI-Grid (you may want to put the grid in few places that you visit frequently during the day...say study table, mobile etc...so that you look it up frequently). At any given time you should be able to reproduce it in 5 mins. maxx.
- Get some App that allows you to answer questions whenever you have time. Even if you do not answer all correct, the explanations are good learning. There are quite a few that are available for free. The one I used was PMP Prep.
- Mock tests are fine, but my suggestion would be that you subscribe to module based test packages that help you prepare by module first before you take the exam prep test. Ones offered by Varun are really useful. You may refer the link....www.eduhubspot.com

If you need any additional help, please feel free to reach out to me.

Good luck!!
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1 reply by Abhishek Kumar
Aug 17, 2020 3:58 PM
Abhishek Kumar
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Thanks Mr. Banarjee ! Your guidance and words are really boosting my confidence. I have installed the app ( PMP Prep) and will answer the question in my spare time after office. Also I have started reading once again the PMBOK so that I can fill the gap for my knowledge. Yes you said correctly that I have built a foundation and now doing brush up again by reading the PMBOK. Hope this will work,. I am solving the mock test from udemy.com posted by diff professional teachers. Let me subscribe my self in module wise tests. Let me judge my self in next 15 days and I will come back to you with updates. Thanks a ton :-)
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Susan Marangos
If the PMBOK alone isn't getting you over 60% on a practice test, I'd advise taking some formal prep class or PM class to brush up on the foundations.

If you're in the US you can get PMI REP provider classes for the PMP from ed2go.com for around $100 a class. I found it extremely handy when prepping for the PMP
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1 reply by Abhishek Kumar
Aug 17, 2020 4:00 PM
Abhishek Kumar
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Thank you Susan ! I am based out in India :-( and completed my PDU twice.
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Abhishek Kumar Project Manager| HCL Technologies Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Aug 16, 2020 11:27 AM
Replying to PINAKI BANERJEE
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Hi Abhishek, you mentioned that you have read PMBOK twice, which makes me believe you have a good foundation. If you are still not able to score high, then it seems like you are missing on application of the concepts. Below are few suggestions that I have:

- Try to refer some additional publication outside of PMBOK. There are few that have put the concepts in a way that enable application. PMI-PMP by Andrew Ramdayal is one of them
- Be clear on the PMI-Grid (you may want to put the grid in few places that you visit frequently during the day...say study table, mobile etc...so that you look it up frequently). At any given time you should be able to reproduce it in 5 mins. maxx.
- Get some App that allows you to answer questions whenever you have time. Even if you do not answer all correct, the explanations are good learning. There are quite a few that are available for free. The one I used was PMP Prep.
- Mock tests are fine, but my suggestion would be that you subscribe to module based test packages that help you prepare by module first before you take the exam prep test. Ones offered by Varun are really useful. You may refer the link....www.eduhubspot.com

If you need any additional help, please feel free to reach out to me.

Good luck!!
Thanks Mr. Banarjee ! Your guidance and words are really boosting my confidence. I have installed the app ( PMP Prep) and will answer the question in my spare time after office. Also I have started reading once again the PMBOK so that I can fill the gap for my knowledge. Yes you said correctly that I have built a foundation and now doing brush up again by reading the PMBOK. Hope this will work,. I am solving the mock test from udemy.com posted by diff professional teachers. Let me subscribe my self in module wise tests. Let me judge my self in next 15 days and I will come back to you with updates. Thanks a ton :-)
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Abhishek Kumar Project Manager| HCL Technologies Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Aug 17, 2020 11:31 AM
Replying to Susan Marangos
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If the PMBOK alone isn't getting you over 60% on a practice test, I'd advise taking some formal prep class or PM class to brush up on the foundations.

If you're in the US you can get PMI REP provider classes for the PMP from ed2go.com for around $100 a class. I found it extremely handy when prepping for the PMP
Thank you Susan ! I am based out in India :-( and completed my PDU twice.
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Nidhi Bhargav Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Agree with Susan, taking a Prep course would be beneficial if you are not getting a grasp on all the information. There are quite a few online. You can also try Joseph Philips Udemy course - it's a different approach to learning than just reading the PMBOK.

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