NBK is PMP
3 months of sacrifice,pain and 4 hours of intense focus paid off. Thanks to my guru sai.
Primary source -> Rita exam prep, Fastrack and PMBOK, These are more than enough to pass.
Tip use the keyword search feature infatstrack ( searched for these tags (risk, quality, charter, change).
I probably got the worst batch of questions, long, situational and wordy just like in fastrack. It took 4 hours for my first pass, I could not go back and review marked questions. I did not take any break, I guess tall coffee and muffin helped me focus.
Never paid for any mock test, I think what ever is available free online is good to give you clear idea. My scores in mock test were not that great always around 65-70%. I see lot of people scoring great in mock tests but It never bothered me. In actual exam math questions were not too hard about 10, IITO 25-40 and rest were all long situational. No questions about delegation.
Pink paper and pencil really suck. I wrote down a whole lot. rita process chart, pmbok pg43, formulas and some number maps for EEF,OPA and Proj mgmt Plan ITTO. Trust me I looked at the sheet just once to confirm what I already know. I will post IITO maps/LL later.
A week prior to the exam date I started loosing interest in reading anything related to PMP and only got worst to a point that I did not look at my notes in the last 24 hrs and no mock test in the 1 week and started thinking why would the exam fee cost $500. Who is making money? Any way I do not want to get into the negative frame now that I've earned it.
I need to relish the success.
Thanks for all the info you guys are sharing , It is very helpful
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RP
Fri, 08/05/2011 - 09:35
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Hey NBK, Congratulations
Hey NBK, Congratulations Dude! Great to hear all the hard work has eventually paid off! Don't forget to post ITTO soon, very soon!
nbk
Mon, 08/08/2011 - 09:58
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LL and few imp topics to cover
Thanks RP, I am 100% confident you will make it first try , Good luck. Hope to see your "PASSED" post soon.
While taking exam assume youself as a PM manging a $30 million project in matrix org where pefect project management is done with risks identified and responses prepared and the proj is a low risk one.
Again use the search key word feature in PM fastrack and search for critical words like risk,quality charter ,contract,procurement etc.
and lastly do not spend money of mock tests, while there are several free websites I think www.simplilearn.com is good one to practice, for ITTO use http://www.brainbok.com/ ,
RP
Tue, 08/09/2011 - 07:45
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Yep, I'm hoping so! Thanks
Yep, I'm hoping so! Thanks for this great write up, definite consideration points in there! Time for you to reap the benefits.....Not GRIM Reaper, PM Reaper