Rebecca BraglioCommunity Engagement Specialist II| Project Management InstituteNewtown Square, Pa, United States
Have you taken the exam? Passed? Failed? Failed and then passed?
Help out a fellow project manager and post your tip on studying for and taking the exam. Here are some we''ve gathered from members so far:
J.l Laroche: Try not to try to absorb all the PMBOK content by heart, focus on the main stream of processes and knowledge, the tools and the results and you will be fine don''t worry. remember to get first through all questions, answering the evident ones and flagging the others and then get back to the flagged ones, and think of it, even if you''re unsure of the answer, always, always pick one, if you''re wrong you will not loose points and you have 1 on 4 chances to get it good...
M. Hartsough: When reviewing those questions you flagged, don''t start second-guessing yourself. IMO, in all probability your initial answer was correct. Don''t change your original answers unless you definitely found a better one. Remember to answer from the "PMI Perspective". The PMI Perspective isn''t necessarily how you or your organization manages projects.
F. McCaskell: take a break every 50 questions - no matter if you don''t think you need it. This will prevent you from being burned out at the end.
C.Tong: don''t think the exam is easy or you won''t prepare yourself well Saving Changes...
Reading PMBOK vertically (Table 3-1) helps to understand and to remember all Inputs/Tools&Techniques/Ouputs (ITTOs) of all processes without memorizing them. Saving Changes...
There is no alternative to hard work (in right direction)
My journey to PMP certification was of 2-1/2 months of study which included:
1. PMBOK- 5th Edition
2. PMP Exam Prep-8th edition by Rita Mulcahy
3. PMP Exam Questions by different authors (around 4000 test questions)
3.Rita PMP fastrack- Version 8 Saving Changes...
FREE access to PMP course, more than 1000 PMP Exam Practice Questions & SImulators
There is a "Self Enrollment" option that everyone can do:
1. Go to my homepage = https://salahhaswah.coursesites.com 2. Select PMP Course
3. Select "Self-Enroll"
4. Enter Access code "PMPforPASS"
5. Then follow instructions to create your own username and password
6. Once you login the course, go to "Chapters" and you can find all PMP simulators and videos
I´ve just take my exam on October 13th, and i´ve failed.
For my preparation i´ve read the pmbok once , the rita mulcahy book once and took the rita´s pm fasttrack with a score of 74.5%.
Do you have any advice for me? I´ve already talk to my teacher where i took a one month course and he told me to read the pmbok twice before take the exam again. Also do the 1400 questions database that he gave me for the course and a final simulator getting a score of 80% or above.
I´ll appreciate your suggestions about my study plan. Because i´m planing to retake the exam in one month.
Greetings
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3 replies by Andrey Grubin and Sulaiman Sakkeer Hussain
Oct 16, 2017 1:52 PM
Andrey Grubin
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Read PMBOK 3 times: skim the entire book taking not more than 90 minutes to two hours for the entire book looking at the headings, graphics and captions. You then read for understanding while highlighting important information. Be selective in what you highlight. Finally, review your highlighted content. But keep on your mind that the exam is actually based upon the Role Delineation Study that is conducted every three to five years as part of PMI’s standards development process. The best way to succeed on the exam is to keep one point of focus. You work for a large multinational, the XYZ Company where you are a project manager. It is not enough to simply have worked on projects like these. To be successful with the exam, PMI assumes that everything has not always gone perfectly. You know you are ready for the real exam when you are regularly scoring 90% or better on the practice tests.
Please read PMBOK and Rita Book twice at least. Please keep practice more and more practice questions. please by heart Evm calculations to score confirm answers. Focus on scenario questions such as what do first and what do next. Wish you all the best ...
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Andrey GrubinPMP, PMI-ACPBrooklyn, Ny, United States
Oct 16, 2017 1:34 PM
Replying to Antonio Salas Gil
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Hello to everyone,
I´ve just take my exam on October 13th, and i´ve failed.
For my preparation i´ve read the pmbok once , the rita mulcahy book once and took the rita´s pm fasttrack with a score of 74.5%.
Do you have any advice for me? I´ve already talk to my teacher where i took a one month course and he told me to read the pmbok twice before take the exam again. Also do the 1400 questions database that he gave me for the course and a final simulator getting a score of 80% or above.
I´ll appreciate your suggestions about my study plan. Because i´m planing to retake the exam in one month.
Greetings
Read PMBOK 3 times: skim the entire book taking not more than 90 minutes to two hours for the entire book looking at the headings, graphics and captions. You then read for understanding while highlighting important information. Be selective in what you highlight. Finally, review your highlighted content. But keep on your mind that the exam is actually based upon the Role Delineation Study that is conducted every three to five years as part of PMI’s standards development process. The best way to succeed on the exam is to keep one point of focus. You work for a large multinational, the XYZ Company where you are a project manager. It is not enough to simply have worked on projects like these. To be successful with the exam, PMI assumes that everything has not always gone perfectly. You know you are ready for the real exam when you are regularly scoring 90% or better on the practice tests. Saving Changes...
Andrey GrubinPMP, PMI-ACPBrooklyn, Ny, United States
Oct 16, 2017 1:34 PM
Replying to Antonio Salas Gil
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Hello to everyone,
I´ve just take my exam on October 13th, and i´ve failed.
For my preparation i´ve read the pmbok once , the rita mulcahy book once and took the rita´s pm fasttrack with a score of 74.5%.
Do you have any advice for me? I´ve already talk to my teacher where i took a one month course and he told me to read the pmbok twice before take the exam again. Also do the 1400 questions database that he gave me for the course and a final simulator getting a score of 80% or above.
I´ll appreciate your suggestions about my study plan. Because i´m planing to retake the exam in one month.
Hello Andrey, thanks for the fast reply, i´ll take this advice for my study plan. Just one more question, do you or somebody know if there are traning questions like the website pmtraining in spanish version?
Hello Andrey, thanks for the fast reply, i´ll take this advice for my study plan. Just one more question, do you or somebody know if there are traning questions like the website pmtraining in spanish version?
I´ve just take my exam on October 13th, and i´ve failed.
For my preparation i´ve read the pmbok once , the rita mulcahy book once and took the rita´s pm fasttrack with a score of 74.5%.
Do you have any advice for me? I´ve already talk to my teacher where i took a one month course and he told me to read the pmbok twice before take the exam again. Also do the 1400 questions database that he gave me for the course and a final simulator getting a score of 80% or above.
I´ll appreciate your suggestions about my study plan. Because i´m planing to retake the exam in one month.
Greetings
Please read PMBOK and Rita Book twice at least. Please keep practice more and more practice questions. please by heart Evm calculations to score confirm answers. Focus on scenario questions such as what do first and what do next. Wish you all the best ... Saving Changes...
Guido GuerraPMO - Senior Vicepresident for Operations & Projects for LATAM and IBERO region| BT Systems LLCGuayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
Dec 07, 2015 2:26 AM
Replying to Chintan Jariwala, PMP, CSM
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1) The PMBOK represents ideal situation for Project Management. You would be doing differently then stated in the PMBOK but for exam, PMBOK wins everytime.
2) You should remember the Inputs,Outputs & Tools n Techniques for processed as you may get 4-5 questions on that only.
3) You should understand the relationship between the KAs. There will be questions to test your knowledge / understanding where scenario includes many KAs & you need to give the answer about the KA sequence in which PM should manage the scenario.
4) Never ever think, you cannot clear the exam on the first try. Prepare your study Schedule as per your comfort. Study templates may help but you should know what study method fits your style.
5) As it could be dry subject reading the PMBOK, Try to practice the methods, mentioned in PMBOK, in your daily life or in projects. I was not able to incorporate them in my work thus I used them in my daily life, Considering small / large events in life as a project.
Sorry but what do you mean by KAs? "Known Associate"? Thanks for your prompt answer on this.
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1 reply by Stéphane Parent
Oct 20, 2017 1:43 PM
Stéphane Parent
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Knowledge areas, Guido. These are defined in the PMBOK.
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Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
Oct 20, 2017 12:46 PM
Replying to Guido Guerra
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Sorry but what do you mean by KAs? "Known Associate"? Thanks for your prompt answer on this.
Knowledge areas, Guido. These are defined in the PMBOK. Saving Changes...
