Have you taken the PMP Exam? Post your tip!

I took the exam few months back and thankfully passed in the first try. The exam is not easy, so do study for it.
1. Read thoroughly the PMBOK guide. The word-to-word definition in the glossary section are often the best answer to many questions.
2. Learn the processes, knowledge areas, tools and techniques and different theories. Focus on the sequence of processes too.
3. I used Rita Mulachy's book - an excellent guide to help answer from the PMI perspective.
4. Practice as many sample questions as you can. Most answer options are correct but the trick is to find the best answer. With practice you slowly start looking for the keywords to help you choose the best answer.
5. Most of the questions are situation based - what would you do as the PM?
6. While taking the exam, even if you want to skip, choose one answer and mark it for review instead. You may not have enough time near the end of the exam to reread the question and all the options.
7. All the Best !!

When I get 75%-8 o good answers each time a solve an exam preparation mockup then I am ready.

as per my experience, enroll in the PMP after you get hands on experience in the project management to understand the situations. the exams is all about real situations with good understanding of the PMBOK.

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.

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Well, hope that helps a bit further.

Please don''t hesitate to ask any further questions.

Regards,

Markus

www.projectmanagement.plus

@Chintan:

You do provide some valuable tipps, like the previous poster also, but there is one thing i like kind to disagree.
It si about your second point regarding the ITTO''s.

I know that this is broadly discussed out there and there are a lot of sources which recommend to train and memorize all the ITTO''s by heart.

But that is exactly what i do disagree about. Imho it is just not necessary and a huge waste of time and ressources just to try.
There are more than 600 ITTO''s related to all the 47 PM processes and i would say it is nearly impossible for 99% o the aspirants to memorize them.
But just more important, it is simply not necessary.
I did the exam back in august this year and i can''t remember not a single question which has asked for an ITTO directly, not one.
And in addition i would say, if you have learned about all the processes and if you have UNDERSTANd how they work and how they are interrelated, than the ITTO''s are coming by nature.

However, for all who are asking themselves if they should learn the ITTO''s by hear or not i would like to recommend this article here:

Should you learn ITTOs by Heart?

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Just my 2 cents ...

Regards,

Markus