Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Sep 14, 2016 12:18 PM
Replying to Mayte Mata Sivera
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I didn't like the rita process chart. There are a lot of people super fan with Rita, but I'm not of those.
I've used the Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping from PMBOOK, and create my own process chart, with my own words, with my experiences and examples. Like this was easy to understand and link all in my head. Then I didn't need to memorize anything.
I agree you need to create your own chart but Rita's book as a whole book is very valuable. Even though I am a PMP, I still use it and refer to it for some matters. Saving Changes...
I didn't like the rita process chart. There are a lot of people super fan with Rita, but I'm not of those.
I've used the Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping from PMBOOK, and create my own process chart, with my own words, with my experiences and examples. Like this was easy to understand and link all in my head. Then I didn't need to memorize anything.
Why dont you try Mind Maps to memorize. Saving Changes...
Sharique SiddiqueLead Project Control Engineer| H.K. AL Sadiq Sons Contracting Co. LtdRas Tanura, Saudi Arabia
Thanks a lot everyone and thank you as well for all the insightful comments.
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1 reply by Anupam
Dec 02, 2016 8:01 AM
Anupam
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Hi Sharique,
I developed ITTO tool for group preparation. Check this out, it may help you.
Rita's process chart might be helpful for those who just started preparation of PMP Exam with less knowledge of PMBOK Guide to know general information of each process group. Saving Changes...
Praveen MalikIndependent Consultant| Independent ConsultantNew Delhi, India
Hi Sharique, As others have suggested, ITTO memorization is not useful. You can solve the ITTO Q by having a good understanding of PMBOK Guide. You can read more about it in the following article. 7 Strategies to Answer PMBOK ITTO Questions Secondly Rita's process chart is different from the PMBOK Guide's chart. So it is better to study from the PMBOK Guide. Good luck.
Focus on Page 61 in PMBOK
Table 3-1. Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping
Get a print of the same and keep it handy with you.
No need to memorize, just understand the mapping. I never used Rita's process chart, nor tried also.
I am prepping for the PMP and hope to get a confirmation on the above approaches.
The idea is to understand the Know Areas and Processes and know the interactions in order to understand the process and do well on the test.......
Was any wrote memorization helpful.... or called for.... other than the formulas?
Thank you in advance,
Chris Saving Changes...
Deeban RajaPM Consultant| Duba Green Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power, Saudi ArabiaKanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
Aug 24, 2016 6:48 PM
Replying to Vincent Guerard
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Agree that you don't need to memorize all process.
I may have realized that many of the knowledge areas have similar process (Plan, define, Manage, Control...) understand the logic/interaction.
Make a table knowledge (vertically) and Process group (horizontal), the process put at the intersection. Some like it to study, they find it reassuring.
While preparing for PMP I did go through Rita's process chart and found it a bit confusing, though the rest of the book is great.
Understanding processes and Knowledge Areas and their interactions are well explained in both PMBOK and Rita's book and once you go through these books a couple of times, you don't need to memorize anything. They will already start making sense once you understand them. Saving Changes...
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