All,

Just came back from exam center after successfully clearing the exam. I have been a silent reader here for sometime. This forum was useful and got a lot of tips here from all of you. Thank You very much for that.

See here for the exam and Preparation detail

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Intiating -Moderatey Proficient

Planning -Proficient

Executing -Proficient

Monitoring -Proficient

Closing-Moderatey Proficient

Social Responsibility -Moderatey Proficient

Total preparation time (4 Months, 2-3 hours each day from Se9 till 01/09/2011

Books Used

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Kathy Shwalbe(Read Once)- Good book, though not exam focused

Rita(Read Twice)

PMBOK(Read Twice)

Simulation Exam (In order earliest)

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Andy Crowe - 73.5%

HeadFirst - 74%

PM Roadtrip - 83

PM Study 1 - 76%

PM Study 2 -82.50%

PM Study3 - 78.30%

I found PM Study most useful and close to the real exam, realy worth buying.

Don't underestimate the exam it's not that easy. During the first 50 questions, I felt like I'll fail, then it started loosening up, started gaining confidence towards the end of first 100 Q's

Also Concentrate on Risk and Quality, maximum questions came from that.

Happy to get my Nights and Weekends back :)

Regards

Abu Zahir PMP