Lessons Learnt - Passed on 1st attempt Oct 10th,2014
Just wanted to pass on a few tips from my experience:
I will start with the books/apps that I used.
- PMBOK, there is no getting around this one. If you study this a few times over, understand the concepts then the chances of you passing is pretty good. I would avoid memorizing - some of the tools and techniques are useful to remember, but other than that the key is to understand how the processes work with each other.
- RITA Mulcahy, this book is pretty wordy and I didn't study all of it or go too much into depth but its a good book and definitely helpful. Lots of good tips on how to answer questions, especially situational ones. If I had more time, I would definitely invest more time in it. Try to get this if you can.
-PMSTUDY, here I am specifically talking about the end of chapter questions. They have lots of them and I would often work on them on my iphone before hitting the bed. Convenient and very good. The final exams are also pretty good and resemble the actual exam.
-BrainBok, they have a really cool ITTO interface and is excellent for summarizing. I highly recommend it.
Again, the above worked for me and you might not need all of the resources but definitely read the PMBOK a few times over. Initially I would finish 1 chapter a day or sometimes a little over a day - but by the end of it I was going through 3 chapters a day. Make a schedule, break up the sections - {first 4 chapters, then {Scope Time Cost}, {Quality, HR, Comms}, {R P S}.Try and stick to it as much as possible.
I thought I was well prepared but was also a little weary since I never really had the patience to complete 200 questions :) The more you solve the mock tests, I am sure the better you will feel. The last 2 weeks, it would be ideal to attempt a lot of questions.
Good luck!!!


swarnaravi
Fri, 10/24/2014 - 21:09
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Congrats
All the best for your future endeavors!
dipti1pmp
Mon, 10/27/2014 - 05:42
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Congratulations...
Congratulations...
admin
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 02:36
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Congratulations and thanks
Congratulations and thanks for you post here.