Chinyere MbamaluDirector of Accountability Research & Response| NYC Department of Social Services New York, Ny, United States
Did you read every single chapter?
Did you memorize certain topics?
Did you take notes?
How many times did you read it before your exam? Saving Changes...
Chinyere MbamaluDirector of Accountability Research & Response| NYC Department of Social Services New York, Ny, United States
I am so grateful to you all for answering and giving me your tips. Saving Changes...
MANDA SATSHISHINGAManager| Ordem Dos Engenheiros de AngolaLuanda, Angola
Dear Chinyere,
My advice to you is to under how you can apply each Knowledge Area in your real work.
i.e How do you schedule activities ? Are you able to collect requirements throught Develop schedule ?
If you find match point between your work and the PMBOK guide, there is no a one way reading... but follow processes as they interract.
And take it easy... Later when you can apply more than one knowledge area in your real work experience the you can read the PMBOK by Process group (Initiation, Planning, Executing, M&C, Closing)
Plan you reading as per page Nº61 of PMBOK guide 5th Ed or Page 25 of the PMBOK guide 6th Edition (You will go back and forth, but it's fine as soon as you read the whole Knowledge Area).
Your other questions:
Did you read every single chapter (Read as per Process Group)
Did you memorize certain topics? (No need for memorization, but understand what is the ideia behind the process)
Did you take notes? (yes sure, just to be sure that the Brain accept the information)
How many times did you read it before your exam? (2 to 3 times) later you will read the PMBOK Guide just to be aligned with the philosophy of the book.
When taillored to you real experience then, understand the PMBOK is became natural.
Good Luck
MS Saving Changes...
Diwakar KillamsettyAssociate Director| Capgemini EngineeringHyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Do anything you want to do to understand the core concept behind each area. Saving Changes...
Anoop KohalePM I| IBM India Pvt. Ltd.Houston, Tx, United States
I read it once cover to cover including annexes and glossary. On second pass it was in conjunction with other study materials like Rita and Head First books. Also, I highlighted important parts of the book and whenever, I had a question wrong in my mock exams and the answer asks me to refer to a section in PMBOK, I wrote some notes on the book with highlight. This helped me in last week revision of the topics I was struggling on. Saving Changes...
Did you read every single chapter? Yes
Did you memorize certain topics? No
Did you take notes? Yes
How many times did you read it before your exam? Twice Saving Changes...
Andrea AlabiProgram Manager| Flutterwave Technology Solutions LtdLagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Did you read every single chapter? No
Did you memorize certain topics? Yes
Did you take notes? YES
How many times did you read it before your exam? Once (not the entire book though)
I also practiced some questions on http://www.examcentral.net/pmp/pmp-exam-questions and paid for some videos on Udemy. I suggest that you read through the entire book at least once so you can have an idea of the concepts. Luckily, I was familiar with the concepts because I am part of my company's PMO. Saving Changes...
Anish AbrahamPrivacy Program Manager| University of WashingtonAuburn, Wa, United States
Mar 22, 2018 7:00 PM
Replying to Drew Craig
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Oh yeah! How could of I forgotten. I did memorize the formulas. It did help as an informational dump at the start of the exam.
Glad to know, Andrew. Saving Changes...
Senthil KumaranPM I| Larsen & Toubro LimitedChennai, Tamilnadu, India
Did you read every single chapter? YES
Did you memorize certain topics? YES (Some Formulas)
Did you take notes? (Yes)
How many times did you read it before your exam? (3 Times)
All the best Saving Changes...
Chinyere MbamaluDirector of Accountability Research & Response| NYC Department of Social Services New York, Ny, United States
