Passed PMP on 23 Sep 2010

Submitted by vpjain on Mon, 09/27/2010 - 08:30

 Hi All,

 
I would like to thank everyone in the forum and my family,friends and colleagues for their contributions.
 
Not going to provide a detailed LL because many of them had already documented, but state what i did different.
 
Tips
 
1. Started informing my friends, colleagues and my manager that i am going to take the PMP examination. So for some who did not know about PMI  had to explain them about it and importance of certification.
 
2. Two weeks before the examination i had the list of all the people whom i have informed and it was around 50 and out of which more than 25 of them  interact with me everyday. So every time before the preparation i will read the  "Reasons You Might Fail the Exam" by Rita Mulcahy from PMP Exam Prep
and what reason i am going to provide if i am not going to make it . Prepared the list with the name and the reason for failure.
 
"It is better to pass rather than finding reasons to fail" - my personal thought that registered in my mind.
 
3. The sheer fear of failing the exam made me alert while going through the PMBOK guide and strengthening my weak areas. Advise to read the PMBOK guide thoroughly as many times as possible.
 
 
4. After reading the PMBOK guide took notes for each of the knowledge areas and recorded it by reading it loudly to my iPhone, so that i can review while travelling. 
 
Books
a. PMBOK Guide
b. PMP Exam Prep
 
Pre-exams Taken
a. Oliver Lehman (Went through all references as stated in his answers)
b. Head First (200 questions) 
 
5. Took the examination without much fear because i overcame that by preparing well. 
 
a.During the first 15 minutes wrote the process interaction from page 43 of PMBOK guide and all the       formulas.
b.Went through all the questions before starting to answer, just to be prepared and expect the unexpected. ( 15 min)
c.Marked the questions which i had doubt and wrote the question number and main KA related to it, but answered it for just in case.
d.30 minutes before the exam finished all the questions.
e.Reviewed the answers for marked questions. 
f.Got the result as pass.
 
6. Informed my wife and my kids [ i told them and even they were asking me everyday about my preparation  ]. 
Updated the information to all those who were in the list.
 
Finally i would like to thank "GOD" for giving me the strength and the perseverance.
 
[NOTE: If you want to follow my approach, please follow it at your own discretion because if you are not going to make it you need to have a valid reason]
 
All the best !
Thanks
V P Jain
 
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faisal khan

Mon, 09/27/2010 - 13:19

 also, thanx for sharing ur LL

AnuMahesh

Mon, 09/27/2010 - 23:28

 Congrats on passing the exam. i noticed you mention Oliver Lehmann as mock tests. i took the free 75 questions and many seem out of date with questions on RTY, ROI ,SMART objectives etc and also didn't find any explanation of answers. May be i am referring a wrong link. Can you help with the right URL?.

vpjain

Tue, 09/28/2010 - 09:38

 

Hi AnuMahesh,

Please follow the below URL

 http://www.oliverlehmann.com/contents/free-downloads/175_PMP_Sample_Questions.pdf

All the best !

 

AnuMahesh

Tue, 09/28/2010 - 18:57