Passed on 11-Oct-2012
Passed on 11-Oct with 3P and 2 MP (Initiating & Closing).
I read PMBOK 3 times and Rita 1 time. First time when I read PMBOK I could not understand it much so I moved to RIta which is easy to understand. Post RITA my 2 and 3rd iteration on PMBOK made lot of sense. My score during mock tests were between 75% and 85% .
Regarding paper Overall it was on easy side. I would rate it around between 4 and 5 out of 10(10 being hard) but it still require good amount of preparation to reach to that level where you find these questions easy.
Finished first iteration in 2 hours and 45 minutes with 34 questions marked. Out ot these 34 questions, 20 were math questions . This is here I took most of my time. I finished all 200 questions in 15 minutes before the time ends. Rest in 15 minutes I revised around first 40 questions and then every thing was over forever :-) .
Out of all Knowledge area, I got most questions on procurement. Math questions some of them were quite tricky and some were simple. Questions were on calculation of CPI,SPI,CV, EAC, Make and Buy decision, Calculation of PV (Present Value), there were this particular risk table and I had to rate each risk. There were one question on RACI (RAM) and I had to choose what is wrong with this table. Only on this RACI question, I had no clue so I guessed and moved to the next question.
I am not a good test taker and was bit nervous in the start and took my own time to come up to the speed. Actual test experience is quite different as compare to mock tests. Here I did not want to take any risk so read and reread the question and choices very carefully. Questions were both wordy and short but not wordy like Rita and EPMC.
95% of the questions were from PMBOK. Only I found 2 questions which were not in PMBOK and its there in RITA that is questions on motivational theories. I had 2 questions on this topic both were easy. Like RACI chart question you will not find that in PMBOK and RITA . Other books I have not read so not sure if you see that question there or not. Questions on ITTO (4 or 5 questions) were also easy and you do not need to memorize ITTO them.
I hope this LL would help others to prepare well.
Special Thanks to KK and Karthik and every active member of this forum for help and sharing the information, knowledge , sample mock tests and other PMP resources and helping others.
Lastly This Forum ROCKS!!! .
Thanks ,
RD


mkar
Fri, 10/12/2012 - 22:27
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congrats
Congrats. I have been following your writings on this website and looking forward to hear good news from you.
sspawar
Sun, 10/14/2012 - 00:34
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Congrats!! Ravi in a very
Congrats!! Ravi in a very short time you have been achieved this grand success.
I know your ten questions series , few are still in my memory. Its all part of learning.
regards
sashius
Sun, 10/14/2012 - 06:25
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Congrats Ravi
Congrats Ravi,
admin
Mon, 10/15/2012 - 03:38
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Congratulations Ravi on your
Congratulations Ravi on your PMP.
Vishwanath
Mon, 10/15/2012 - 04:54
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Congrats
Congrats Ravi on Clearing PMP. Thanks for sharing LL.
RaviDatt
Mon, 10/15/2012 - 12:32
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Thanks .
Thanks .