Just Cleared My Exam

Submitted by Jamal on Mon, 07/29/2013 - 19:48

I have cleared the PMP exam this morning in my First try. What a relief. I was preparing for quite some time, but on and off. I live in UK and work in the construction industry and PMP is not something people want to certified for.
But "student syndrom" struck me recently approximately two months ago when I realised that PMBOK guide is going to change, so does the syllabus(I guess). I did not want to start again with new materials and set for serious study and result is that I have cleared the exam this morning.
What is my suggestion to PMP aspirants?
1.Page 43 of pmbok4 is your friend.Refer back always to this page,you will have better idea about processes.
2.Prepare vertically i.e by process groups rather than knowledge area.
3.Rita's book is a must.
4.Do your own notes.Do not print out from forums someone elses notes.I did and spent a week and regret.Someone elses note might unclear,confusing and incorrect. Make your own neotes using PMBOK guide and resources such as Rita's. You will remember easily your own notes when you will be revising for final preparation.
5.Practice exam and then anlyze wrong answer and then practice again.
6.Last two weeks I have taken:
Rita,s PMP scored 75%
Rita's super PMP(tough question)Scored 63.5%
Lehman 75 question Scored 62.6%
PMP zilla Tough question First try scored 55% and 2nd try two days of analyzing scored 88%
and finally yesterday ( The day before the exam) Simplilearn scored 74.5%.
One more thing I would suggest is that study Initiation and Closing processes group and make sure you know everything about them, there are only 4 processes and covers 21% of the questions.
Good Luck.
Mohammed M Jamal PMP MCIOB MBEng

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adilaziz

Mon, 07/29/2013 - 20:25

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Congradulations Jamal - I

Congradulations Jamal -

I have my exam tomorrow - Could you please send me some Integration and Cloing Notes/Tips at ch.adilaziz@lilve.com

Thanks adil

Jamal

Mon, 07/29/2013 - 21:35

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Hi Adil, I would suggest to

Hi Adil,
I would suggest to make your own notes. Because you are taking the exam tomorrow here are some notes for you.
INITIATION
Dev Poj Charter
>Proj Charter is a document which authorized the project and assigns a Proj Mgr.
>Proj Charter Includes:High Level Planning( Detailed planning is carried out in the Dev Proj Mgmt Plan Processes)
>Action req to create a proj Charter:
1. Identify stakeholders & interviewing them to find out high level requirements.
2.Identifying constraints and assumption.
3.High level Risks
4. Define product scope.
> The following influence the creation of Proj Charter:
1. Business Case:Purpose of the Proj and how it fits in the organizations needs.
2. project selection( Benefit measurement method and constraint opt. Method. Make sure you know Economical models of the benefit mesurement method i.e PV, NPV,FV,IRR etc)

IDENTIFY STAKEHOLDERS
>Proj Mgr is the orchestra leader and work can not be done without the stakeholders.
> Stakeholders can be anyone who's interest can be positively or negatively impacted by the project.
>What to do with stakeholders
1.Identify them
2. Determine their requirements
3.Determine their expactation,interest,influnce level
4. communicate with stakeholders
5.Manage stakeholders epactation and their influence
>Stakeholder analysis:The technique involve both identifying stakeholders and determine their impact/influence
>The other thing you need to know stakeholder register and stakeholder management strategy.

I am sorry, Adil- i just dont any more time today for
closing processes .
I wish all the best for tomorrow
Jamal