Sharique SiddiqueLead Project Control Engineer| H.K. AL Sadiq Sons Contracting Co. LtdRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Hello everyone! I'm about to start my PMI certification's from level 1 i.e CAPM. I need some assistance for preparation and would like to know the level & similarity among questions. It would be more beneficial to me if you could provide me the list of books except PMBOK and some links for preparation and upholding online exams.
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Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hello Sharique,
sorry to hear that you have failed first time, but that is not a shame. Good that you will go for another try. Just try to be as well prepared as you can.
Sharique, I would be a bit blunt on this. You have failed because you were unprepared and your concepts of project management were very weak. CAPM is a much simpler exam and after having read through PMBOK Guide a couple of times and understanding the basic concepts, you should be able to pass your CAPM exam. One thing you could be doing wrong in addition to preparation, is bad time management in the exam. You might was wasting a lot of time reading and re-reading questions, and that is also due to poor preparation. If you are well-prepared, you will not have to do this. Remember, you have limited time available and you cannot fight with a question for 20 minutes... you will be eating up time from other questions, and you will then never be able to complete in time, so will fail. If you do not understand a question in first reading, leave it and move on to the next question, you can always revisit the questions you have left after you have reached the end of the exam. This approach will eave you with enough time to review those questions you have left un-attempted. Now you can give as much time left to you to these difficult questions and never guess the answers, always establish a logic to chose the right answer, even if you do not know the answer. Try process of elimination if you do not know the correct answer. Keep eliminating the impossible choices till you are left with only one, this might be the correct answer. I will advice you to prepare harder this time and attempt as many questions you can lay your hands on before you sit in the exam.
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1 reply by Muhammad Zeeshan ur Rahim Khan
Mar 26, 2018 1:08 AM
Muhammad Zeeshan ur Rahim Khan
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I agree with Suhail. And sorry to drop in another blunt statement. "no one fails CAPM"
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Sharique SiddiqueLead Project Control Engineer| H.K. AL Sadiq Sons Contracting Co. LtdRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Thank you Mr. Markus (again) & Mr. Suhail Sir for your valuable input and feedback. It helps me a lot in both ways physically and mentally, I guess it played an important role today when i was giving my exam. And finally, Yes finally I passed my exam.
PMI Certified now Alhamdullilah.
Regards,
Sharique Saving Changes...
Bala S DuvvuriProject Manager| ShellBangalore, Karnataka, India
Overcoming failure and achieving success is a great thing and congrats Siddique. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hello Sharique,
these are great news! Well done!
And i am glad that i could help a bit.
Keep your momentum going!
Regards,
Markus Saving Changes...
Gopal SahaiCorporate Trainer| Self employedNew Delhi, Delhi, India
Success after struggle / failure tastes better than one without them.
Congratulations Sharique Siddique for passing the exam.
Way to go... Saving Changes...
Adedoyin OkuwaSenior Manager, Strategy and Transformation Services | Royal Bank of CanadaWhitby, Ontario, Canada
Congratulations Sharique for passing the exam after the first failed attempt.
You deserve it. Saving Changes...
Larry BakerAssociate Project Manager| Dart ContainerDavison, Mi, United States
Hello Sharique,
Can you share your technique for passing the exam?
Did you have a daily plan or did you just go back and study more? Any strategy?
Thanks,
Larry Saving Changes...
