By GOD's grace,passed PMP in first attempt with 3P's and 2 MP's

Submitted by prashant.spce on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 08:59
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Hello,

Just wanted to share the good news that by GOD's grace, i cleared my PMP in first attempt with 3P's and 2 MP's.

Initiating              Proficient
Planning             Proficient
Executing            Proficient
Moni& contr        Moderately Proficient
Closing               Moderately Proficient

I owe a lot to this forum and thought i should also contribute whatever lessons that i learned during this 5-6 months span of PMP preparation.

Background:

I am software engg. with 6.5 years of experience.Started thinking of PMP certification somewhere in June 2012 though i was not sure that i will attempt it for sure.

How it started:

Borrowed Head first PMP book from one of my friend in June 2012 and started reading at nights after work for 1/1.5 hour daily.Really liked the simple wordings which made me feel comfortable understanding the PM concepts.Completed reading it within1.5 months. Came to know about PMZILLA forum from somewhere during the same time and immediately joined it.

This was the turning point in my preparations where i met KK aka krantikumar (He played an instrumental role in my PMP preparations,helped me,motivated me throughout till exam day.Can not forget his contribution in my success),RPS aka sspawar and SK aka sendilkumar. This is the point where i became seriuos with the studies. started reading Rita mulcahy's book,after completion of it started with PMBOK. then again Rita and PMBOK in parallel(one chapter from each) during which i attempted the chapter end exams of Rita and used to score around 65-75%.

Then in the month of Nov.2012 took the PMI membership,filled the application which i then submitted to PMI in the same month which got thorugh without any audit and paid the exam fees right away on 15 Dec for appearing the exam on 15th Feb 2013.

In the month of January , i started taking mock exams. Following are my scores.

Pmstudy
Test 1: 74.29 %
Test 2: 68.57 %
Test 3: 78.29 %
Test 4 : 69.71 %

Estrella test-  73.66 %
Estrella test-  78.54 %
Super PMP -   48%   

sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 1 - 90%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 2 - 74.50%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 3 - 82%

Brainbok 50 questions in  1hour : 62%
Brainbok ITTO explorer 46/50(stopped after 50) : 92%
Brainbok Process game  50/51(stopped after 50) : 98.03%

Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 1 - 70%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 2 - 90%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 3 - 100%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 4 - 45%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 5 - 90%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 6 - 80%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 7 - 90%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 8 - 100%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 9 - 80%
Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions) Practice test 10 - 70%


Oliver lehmann 175: 69.34% (two anaswered)
Rita fast track(25 Questions) : 68%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 4 - 82%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 5 - 84%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 6 - 90.19%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 7 - 88.23%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 8 - 88.23%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 9 - 84%
sCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 10 -84%
SCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 11 -88%
SCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 12 -74%
SCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 13 -70%`
SCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 14 -78%
SCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 15 -82%
SCORDO PMP Lite Mock Exam 16 -66%


2 weeks prior to exam,i took an off from work. and dedicated around 8-10  hours daily for the preparations. stopped taking mock tests on 10th Feb.then concentrated on reading PMBOK again start to end. finally on the exam day, reviewed PMBOK glossary

so in short
PMBOK(4-5 reads)
Rita(3-4 reads)

How was the exam?

Some questions were directly from PMBOK(Reading glossary will help you answer them)
Lots and Lots of maths questions EV,SPI,CPI,SV,PV,EMV but no PTA
Lots of situational questions

From what i experienced, i totally agree with what many of the successful PMP's say that actual exam doesnt resembel with any of the mock tests but yes,
mock exams make you ready for the final exam.So if you have prepared hard ,your concepts are strong then no one can stop you from passing.

Finally ,I must say this success was not possible without KK,RPS,SK and admin(pmzilla).

Thank you so much for it.

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admin

Sat, 02/16/2013 - 11:08

Thanks Prashant for detailed LL and Congratulations

Can you please post your view on the which mock tests you found useful and which ones can be avoided.

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prashant.spce

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:38

 Thank you very much admin.

 

Regarding mock tests. i think the ones which i menstioned are useful. thoughi didnt get a chance to practice Rita fast track tests which many of successful PMP's suggest.

I never tried free ones. but yes some of them are useful and some of them don't. Again i didnt tried them so can't really say about them.

I would suggest going by paid ones.

uglory

Sat, 02/16/2013 - 22:08

 Congrats and many thanks for sharing your LL.

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prashant.spce

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:41

 Thank you very much:-)

sspawar

Sun, 02/17/2013 - 00:02

 Big Congratulation !!! Prashant !!!!

What a wonderful success, its really your dedication and patience which resembles with your name PRASHANT, a balanced peaceful and high performing effort  like pacefic ocean.

Fifteen days leave , I think it was your fortune trade off.

Great, congrates!!! once again, I also remember those days, when we studied together.

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prashant.spce

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:41

 Thank you very much Sir..

This wouldnt have been possible with you three.. RPS,KK.SK..:-)

Reeta

Sun, 02/17/2013 - 08:56

 Congratulation, 

            You are one of the hard labour persons in this stream, you had a good pace and continuinity in tour study plan. Hopefully it is a time for break Enjoy !!

 

regds

Manoj

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prashant.spce

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:40

 Thank you very much Manoj..

 

Yes it was indeed a stressful journey towards PMP where lots of efforts have been put especially in last 15 days where i was just able to sleep properly in the nights. but in the end it just paid off:-)

krantikumar50

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 11:32

Dear Prashant aka PL:-

Thanks for the encouraging and beautiful hossanas. I believe, however, nobody is reposnsible for anyone's success on this difficult examination. It can be achieved by dint of hard labour and conviction. You are a perfect epitome of this. Your dedication toward PMP was very honest with a blend of undaunted and unrestricted conviction. The day of your exam I called you just to tell you DO NOT be nervous at all and much to my surprise and happiness you were 'NOT', and this is the time I knew its just a matter of a meagre 4 hours and you are coming out trumps and that's what happened.

 

Good job PL. As I said before, you getting the accreditation is like me getting it again in a span of a week. am very vry happy for you. You have proved everyone what hrd lbour with  blend of conviction can do. Great job. You are bound to do very very well in life professionally. Now, hope the third muskeeter aka SK also passes the muster.

 

God and our efforts are indeed Great!

 

Be blessed and enjoy :)

Yours, KK :)

 

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prashant.spce

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 12:07

 Thank you very much kk for your kind words. but without the kind of support that i got from you,it was never possible for me to pass the exam. you were like a tonic/energy booster for me which made sure that the i have all the required level of energy or power to prepare for this level of exam.

Even if you deny, i can't forget your contribution towards my PMP success.

sunitaPMP

Mon, 02/18/2013 - 18:50

Hi congratulations on your PMP.

I have a question.

so is this the book

http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hills-PMP-Certification-Mathematics-CD-ROM/...

for  Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics(maths questions)?

 

 

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prashant.spce

Tue, 02/19/2013 - 06:04

 Thanks a lot Sunita. :-)

 

Yes..its the same book.

Vishwanath

Tue, 02/19/2013 - 06:22

 Dear Friend,

           Congrats

             Thanks alot for sharing LL.

Regards,

Vishwanath

MANOJ RAMRAOJI ...

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:46

Hi Prashant!

Congratulation on achieving PMP!!!

I am also preparing for my second attempt.

Can you forward me pdf version of Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics on

composem@rediffmail.com?

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prashant.spce

Thu, 02/21/2013 - 09:11

 Thank you Manoj,

I dont have the pdf of Macgraw-hills but it was a kind of licensed simulator where we can practice maths questions.

Sree

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 14:32

 


Congrats Man for your achivement . ..


Would like to know how much did Vidya Mcgraw Hills Book Helped you in Maths Questiions ... Im using the same book and I find it easy to understand ..


How do you feel...


 Did you have any numericals questions of PERT , Std Devieations Veriatiions , Decision tree .. PTA .. Etc


Thanks in advance


Sree


 

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prashant.spce

Thu, 02/21/2013 - 09:13

 Thanks Sree,

It was a licensed simulator for practising Maths questions. yes it helped me to a greater extent.

However in the exam,i got only PERT(couple of questions),1 decision tree. and NO PTA question.

 

Thanks and Regards

Prashant

abdellahpmp

Wed, 02/20/2013 - 17:58

 

Hi Prashant!

Congratulation On your big Achievement! I bet it is a career milestone!!!!!

I am Preparing for such achievement my self and I am still collecting good resources to study from.

it looks this book Macgraw-hills PMP mathematics was very helpful to you and I am sure it will for  others as well ,would you please  you forward me pdf version of  on

aknicetATgmail.com?

Thanks!!

 

Emmanuel

Fri, 02/22/2013 - 01:02

Hi Prashant,

 

Congratulations on passing this exam. I am hoping to write this same exam by the end of March. I however has one questions for you and that is if you do not have a PDF format that you can send to those of us needing this book, where can one purchase this book and from which supplier. Also if you have any other notes that you can send please send it to e.darco@shaw.ca

I will appreciate any help that you can offer.

 

Thanks,

 

Emmanuel