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...
Andrey GrubinPMP, PMI-ACPBrooklyn, Ny, United States
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...
MICHAIL KOSTOUROSSENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, MSc,PMP,RMP,MCP,CIVIL ENGINEER| TECHNIKI 2000 S.A.Chalkida, Greece
Be careful, In the first 15 minutes, you are not allowed to write something down. It is forbidden, at least it was when I took my exam in Jan 2017.
Try to understand the purpose of the sequence of the processes in each process group and try to figure out where you are (which process group, which knowledge area and which process you are) by the time you read the question and then answer.
Be aware of the words ' not and except ', they mislead you, most of the time.
Learn the formulas.
Be calm. Saving Changes...
FAHIM SHEIKHPresident| 0947292 BC Ltd.Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Hi, first of all, believe in yourself that you can do it, after all, if you are a qualified candidate you already have ample experience in project management. Treat PMP exam like a project, set milestones, create a wbs for your study plan, most importantly, meet deadlines, don't take over 3 months (max) from starting your studies to taking the exam, otherwise you'd forget stuff. Another important tip is to take full 4 hour mock exams, do them at least 10 times consecutively for 10 days so you get used to staring at the screen, this way, when you challenge the real thing, you won't be fatigued. Best of luck...!!! Saving Changes...
Dileep SankarProject Engineer| Mechon Trading and ContractingDoha, Qatar
First of all, Let me thank you Rebecca, for starting such a valuable thread. It is quite an encouragement to tall those aspirants who wish to become PMP certified in the future. Also, the points that are being discussed are really helpful. Many of the comments posted here, answered 90% of my doubts regarding the preparation and techniques. Even though I've not gone through the whole list of comments, I am planning to do so, which I reckon will be a great help.
Hi, i ask you some suggestions because i try my first exam and i have failed!
I prepared with online pmtraining insitute and i have done all the moc test that they offer and i scored like 75-80%.
but when i have done the exame the questions seemed very different from i expected...
so please some give me some advices how to pass this exam?Please
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1 reply by Irtaza Ghafoor
Oct 06, 2017 6:46 AM
Irtaza Ghafoor
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Same thing happened with me. There is some website where I am preparing exam with the help this group people, and next month I have exam of second attempt. will share the experience. I think some experience/senior more help as compare to me.
Another good quality free full length test you should try is the Practice Test from Head First Labs (It is only moderately challenging but will still be worth your your time) http://www.headfirstlabs.com/PMP/free_exam/
Please read PMBOK at least twice and Rita 8 also...
keep practice new mock questions...
concentrate on change management.
what do next and what to do first also important as well.
best of luck
Could you tell me where do you find moc tests?because i have done on pmtraining instituteonline but these are very different from the ones of the exam! Saving Changes...
What a lot of people fail to realize is that this is not the type of exam that you can cram and pass it in just a few weeks, or weekend. In the past I have had bosses (who are very intelligent and very hands on engineers) fail on the first try. They admitted that they didn't study enough and thought they could wing it as they had all the experience. Granted they did have the experience, but this is a theory exam where you need to know all of the proper terminologies.
An example....in driving, we are supposed to do a complete stop at a stop sign, if you say that in an exam, you failed.
But lets be honest....more people do rolling stops at a stop signs and if that was the answer on the exam...you just failed. Saving Changes...
Hi, i ask you some suggestions because i try my first exam and i have failed!
I prepared with online pmtraining insitute and i have done all the moc test that they offer and i scored like 75-80%.
but when i have done the exame the questions seemed very different from i expected...
so please some give me some advices how to pass this exam?Please
Same thing happened with me. There is some website where I am preparing exam with the help this group people, and next month I have exam of second attempt. will share the experience. I think some experience/senior more help as compare to me.
Another good quality free full length test you should try is the Practice Test from Head First Labs (It is only moderately challenging but will still be worth your your time) http://www.headfirstlabs.com/PMP/free_exam/ Saving Changes...
Will PribleDirector| CoastalFrankfort, Ky, United States
A PMP prep course, combined with a few practice exams (online or CD), treating your exam prep as a project (this was advice during the prep course), and by treating your prep as a project, providing a meaningful schedule that brings all the moving parts together--including your exam day. I'm not good at tests, but I passed on my first try thanks to this process.
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1 reply by Diane Gloor
Dec 21, 2017 8:09 PM
Diane Gloor
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Hey William - what prep course did you take? And did you take it at the beginning of your studying or closer to your exam date?
Thanks
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Mike DewingSenior Project Manager / Program Manager| MLD Holdings Ltd.Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Study, take your time and remember the first few questions are intentionally difficult. It is designed to make you stressed out (not that this ever happens to PM's during real projects :-)
Trust your knowledge and take your best guess, mark the ones your not sure about and then go back and review after you answered all the questions. Don't second guess yourself as you will probably be wrong.
Most importantly, enjoy the process! Saving Changes...
