First of all I have tot thank you all the members that posted on LinkedIn! Some
of lessons learned there are very valuable and helped a lot. I have the opinion
that we should make an website or something with all those lesson
learned in order to be summarized and much easy to read them.
I just start with this post and....let's go!
What I've done:
- Rita PMP Exam Prep Course (4 days)
- Rita PMP Exam Prep 7th Edition - read 3 times
- PMBOK 4th Edition - A!! English version!!! - read 2 times; I recommend
that if you have to take the exam on English Language to study English
version of this Book, otherwise it will be very confusing on the terms!
- use Hot Topics Rita flash cards
- use of Rita Process Game (and had a flip-chart with Rita Process near me all day long)
- use PM FAStrack v7 for simulation of exam;
- had newsletter from PMPrepcast each day and read them;
- search over internet from detailed explications of terms like: Monte Carlo, Deming, etc;
How I've done it:
- read Rita's PMP Exam Prep and PMBOK 4th Edition before the class (1 week)
- study one month (30 days) during the week days 4 hours and during weekend 6 hours after the class was finished
- during first 2 weeks: read Rita's once and PMBOK (only those pages indicated in RMC Supplementary paper) once
- 3rd week: read Rita's chapter by chapter and simulate exam after each
chapter (using PM FASTrack) only on specific process described in that
chapter
- Friday had a PMP simulation and after that Saturday relax
- 4th week: read Rita's chapter by chapter and simulate exam after each
chapter only on specific process described in that chapter
- Friday had a PMP simulation
- Saturday had an SuperPMP simulation in the morning and then relax
- Sunday ... passed the exam
Now, the exam:
- go there with 30 minutes before scheduled;
- you should have an ID with photo and signature with you
- start the tutorial!!!! is important because if you don't you might miss the exam!!! you have 1 minute to start the tutorial!
- during tutorial make your download page! I managed to put Planning
Processes in order (very important), formulas from earned value and
communication and some things I wasn't sure I will remember later;
- start the exam after tutorial finish and if you have some minutes left calm down and concentrate
- read carefully the questions and if you are not sure on the responses
mark one response and then mark for review (if you just mark for review,
when you review them the answers have different order and might be
distracting)
- do not panic! 100 questions in 1h30 minutes with 10 minutes break is
OK, that means after 3 hours you had all 200 questions answered, you can
take another 5 minutes break and then review the questions marked for
review
- now you are relaxed and you have 50 minutes to review the questions, I
had only 18 questions marked and I changed the answer to 14!!! after
that I had time to review more 40 questions and I changed 1 answer.
- when 20 seconds left I ended the exam an looked at the white screen.
- I didn't answer to the survey....
- I read 3 times this screen: Congratulations for passing......then "next"...and " summary, and " next" and "end"
In conclusion: the exam is to be passed if you concentrate, you are motivated and you study well.
Another important thing during the study: do not let your family, phone,
friends, Facebook, preferred movie, soap opera or other things to
interfere with your program.
