Last 3 Weeks to Study

I am scheduled to take the PMP Exam on June 29, 2013.

I have 3 weeks left to study and welcome any suggestions on how to plan my study time between now and then.

So far I've......

Taken a PMP Prep Boot Camp

Read Rita 1 time

Read PMBOK 1.....and multiple skims

I'm ready to start mock testing......recommendations welcomed as well!!!

Thanks in Advance

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If you ahve already read PMBOK and RITA, I would recommend you to read the RITA book again thoroughly, especially give more thrust on the Tricks of the Trade, chapter ending tabulations and chapter ending exams (very helpful). Read the Procurement management & Risk management chapters each and every page and understand the concepts.


PMBOK glossary for definitions for all terms, DO NOT try to memorize...just try to know the important processes definitions, definitely you would get at least 5 to 6 questions on them directly or indirectly. Also try to get hold of ITTO for main processess, do not memorize...try to figure out the concept and commong things in planning process group ITTO and Execution process group ITTO


Take at least 4 to 5 mock tests on PM study before final exam, everyday you get to have one test on PM study and likewsie you woul have at least 4 mock tests facility on PM Study, leverage that opporunity.


Take PM ZILLA 30 questions tests, Oliver Lehmann 75 questions test and 101 mathematical questions on Scribd.com (useful), do not forget review the answer at the end.


Do not spend much time on PTA calculation< as far as I know the PTA calculation problwm will not be asked, no questions on depreciation calculation but need to know what it is. Do different types of Critical path problems and Earned value problems. You need to know the concept of EAC since it ahs 3 types EAC calcualtion one of Original estimation flawed, atypical and typical (you can get clarification on this in scribd.com)


Last day keep it for reviewing the important notes, glossary and may be procurement & Risk management chapters. This was my plan for last day..you may have different one..


Finally GOOD LUCK and just crack the exam...


Regards


CN Patil


 

Hi there.  There's a lot of missing data here so I hesitate to answer your question in detail without first understanding the real problem. 

Regardless, you should go ahead and take your mock exams as that's the only way you'll get a baseline of the effectiveness of your preparation to date.  The key here is to take a practice exam that's of sufficient difficulty so you can get a realistic performance assessment.  Pay attention also to the time it takes you to complete the exam (to me, that was an eye opener in terms of how long it took me to comfortably analyze each question).  Once you get your practice exam results, you'll know which knowledge areas need reinforcement, thus, you'll be in a better position to plan forward to address those gaps.

Don't worry, three weeks is plenty of time since you're not starting from scratch...