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...
Utilize the first 15 minutes which is given to get familiarized with the system to write down all the important formulas/things which you can''t remember for a long time on the paper so that you can free up your mind and concentrate on the questions.
You cannot do that anymore , its no allow, you have to wait until the first question to start writing on the paper that the give to you.... Saving Changes...
It is still very hard to share the experience of 6th edition as the exam change is yet to be enforced. There are some good articles, webinars and you tube videos which you can refer to but obviously you have to go through the complete book to understand all the changes.
Here are some resources which you can refer to for learning the differences:
Chad ChouinardConstruction Project Manager| Ocean State Job LotMarlborough, Ma, United States
Passed the exam today on my second attempt!! Received "above target' in 4 of 5 process groups. The Rita book studied in conjunction with the PMBOK surely helped. Most helpful was memorizing the process outputs and KNOWING what is in them and how they feed into the other processes. Over 1200 mock questions in last 19 days helped as well. For those taking or studying for the new exam, I've heard of Agile being much more incorporated as well as adding to the processes. Breathing a huge sigh of relief!
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2 replies by Janice Grier and Rami Kaibni
Mar 26, 2018 1:18 AM
Rami Kaibni
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Congratulations. Best of Luck and welcome to the club.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Mar 25, 2018 9:37 PM
Replying to Chad Chouinard
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Passed the exam today on my second attempt!! Received "above target' in 4 of 5 process groups. The Rita book studied in conjunction with the PMBOK surely helped. Most helpful was memorizing the process outputs and KNOWING what is in them and how they feed into the other processes. Over 1200 mock questions in last 19 days helped as well. For those taking or studying for the new exam, I've heard of Agile being much more incorporated as well as adding to the processes. Breathing a huge sigh of relief!
Congratulations. Best of Luck and welcome to the club. Saving Changes...
Hello am did not pass my PMP exam can someone help me find example question to help me prepare and pass
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1 reply by Devyani Mehta
Mar 26, 2018 9:51 AM
Devyani Mehta
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Hi Kevin sorry to hear but keep at it. I just passed mine on Friday. It is a hard exam. Just knowing your material is not enough I felt. You also need to be a good test taker. I found out that I am a slow reader so I took my instructors advice and spent goo time on each question and answered it to the best of my ability so I did not have to go back to eat. The 3 pass technique would not have worked for me.
I also found doing as many on line tests as possible helped a lot getting that self confidence.
If you google free PMP exam sample tests, you will find a list of sites offering these test samples - go through as many as you can. I also found the Glossary pages from the PMBOK and the ITTOS helped - loads of questions related to ITTOS! but no calculations luckily.
Good Luck!
I have passed PMP Exam in July this year, in my first attempt, here is my advice & tips for PMP aspirants:
1. First of all make a Maximum 3 Month Plan , register with PMI as member and schedule your exam date , at least 03 month ahead.
2. Start with reference RITA Malcuhy Book Edition -8, from first chapter and then read corresponding chapter in PMBOK-5 (which you will get your own copy after becoming member). Do exercises practice tests relevant with this chapter. complete your first round like that up to last chapter. ( but remember whatever you learn try to practice and look for samples/ templates of key documents of project management).
3. Next time the whole above exercise repeat with Andy crow Book. ( try to understand process flow, generation of PM documents and how all these things are applicable to your organization projects, even if they are not being implemented.)
4. During the last 02 weeks, do as many Mock Test (200 questions) as you find available on internet or in book (i.e Exam Central, Headfirst, etc)
Hello can you please help find the question for the PMP Exam
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2 replies by Alberto R Tello and Chad Chouinard
Mar 26, 2018 9:48 AM
Chad Chouinard
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PMTraining and PM Exam Simulator are good sites. I used them both. Also,if you get Rita Mulcahey book - exam prep, each chapter/process has a quiz at the end. I found her questions very similar to the PMP exam in structure. Keep at it!
Mar 26, 2018 10:58 AM
Alberto R Tello
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Kevin;
Below are some of the websites I took practice exams on. get sued to the format of the questions and always remember to answer as PMI would have you answer. and ALWAYS choose the BEST answer. All in all I used Rita and PMBOK for reference materials. But I spend time on question after question. All in all I answered well over 3000 questions prior to taking the test.
In the end don't give up and continue in your pursuit. and BEST OF LUCK!!!
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Janice GrierSenior Technical Vendor Manager| ATTShelby Township, Mi, United States
Mar 25, 2018 9:37 PM
Replying to Chad Chouinard
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Passed the exam today on my second attempt!! Received "above target' in 4 of 5 process groups. The Rita book studied in conjunction with the PMBOK surely helped. Most helpful was memorizing the process outputs and KNOWING what is in them and how they feed into the other processes. Over 1200 mock questions in last 19 days helped as well. For those taking or studying for the new exam, I've heard of Agile being much more incorporated as well as adding to the processes. Breathing a huge sigh of relief!
Congratulations Saving Changes...
Chad ChouinardConstruction Project Manager| Ocean State Job LotMarlborough, Ma, United States
Mar 26, 2018 9:18 AM
Replying to Kevin Simmons
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Hello can you please help find the question for the PMP Exam
PMTraining and PM Exam Simulator are good sites. I used them both. Also,if you get Rita Mulcahey book - exam prep, each chapter/process has a quiz at the end. I found her questions very similar to the PMP exam in structure. Keep at it! Saving Changes...
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