Hi - I have taken the PMP exam twice already and really thought I was prepared. I studied for several months and memorized pretty much all the content. I was confident going into the exam and during it as well. Having not passed twice already it makes me re-think my approach and see if there's other help out there. Does anyone have any recommendations? Especially around the what if scenario questions, those seem to be the hardest.
There is some gap in your preparation. You need to answer from PMBOK perspective. Memorization will not help, you need to understand the concepts and process flow.
Please go through the below discussion thread, there are lots of useful tips -
AKSHAY JAINPlanning Group Leader| YOKOGAWA, BahrainGwalior, Mp, India
Other than PMBOK please make sure to cover these topics: Motivational theories, financial analysis of project, common quality systems and tools, scheduling techniques, earn value analysis of projects, communication techniques. There are lot of questions in exam from these topics and answer is definite value. All the best for your next attempt. Saving Changes...
Recently i had long conversation with one of the participant who was going through similar problem. You may get some insight based on this conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKTtPj6Egl4
I am open to schedule similar conversation with you if you find this useful. Saving Changes...
Other than the PMBOK, have you explored alternative books to gain a detailed understanding on the topics? I extensively practiced situational questions on the KA's that I was lagging in. I got all the necessary resources online from forums, online exam and simulation software other than projectmanagement network. Alternately, I listened to PMI podcasts on how to attempt these questions in general to motivate myself.
The bottom line from all these was this: Answer the question from a Project manager /PMI perspective if the question asks so.
Please do not memorize the content, there is so much overwhelming information in the PMBOK and other guides and one tends to get confused if not properly understood.
Work through Rita’s book
Understand your failures
Do less memorizing and more understanding
Take as many practice tests as you can
Play PM WAR with me and if you win, then go to the exam :)
Good Luck
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1 reply by Alfonso Benjamin Perez Lecuona
Jan 25, 2017 3:39 PM
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Great tips! Rita's book helped me a lot to pass my exam.
Understand how everything is linked together rather than memorizing.
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Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hi Daryn,
sorry to hear that you have failed already twice.
Respect for talking about it and even more respect to you, for asking what you can do better.
You do not give up and this is great.
You should try to forget about the past and start of completely new maybe with a new approach.
You already got some great input here and i just want to add a few things.
First of all the following articles might be helpful:
Why You Failed PMP Exam and Missed Your Chance to Being a Certified Project Manager (Video included)!:
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And a general thing i can say is, you need to practice, practice, practice ... this is the key.
And best would be if you could utilize a professional online exam simulator therefore.
If you havn't done this before i would highly recommend to do so this time, trust me.
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Practice makes perfection. Do a ton of mock up questions until you reach a 80% score. Then, leave the nervousness outside the examination room! Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The key to pass the exam is what Eduard stated above. And let me add. Questions have to be situational questions. The day before the exam and the day of the exam do nothing related to the exam.
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1 reply by Stéphane Parent
Jan 25, 2017 2:48 PM
Stéphane Parent
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... except the exam itself. :)
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Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
Jan 25, 2017 8:04 AM
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The key to pass the exam is what Eduard stated above. And let me add. Questions have to be situational questions. The day before the exam and the day of the exam do nothing related to the exam.
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