Passed Today on first attempt
I cleared the PMP today in the first attempt. I really prepared hard and I was very happy to see the results. I passed with 'Proficient' in all process groups.
I want to share my experience with the aspirant exam takers
Preparation
6 weeks intensive preparation at least 3 hours every day and 6+ hours during week ends
Preparation materials
- PMBOK 3 times
- Rita Examp prep 6ht edition 2 times
- Andy Cower 1 time
- pmzilla.com & deepfriedbrainpmp.com
Practice Tests
1) Oliver Lehmann 175 Test 76 %
2) HeadFirst 86%
3) Rita Fasttrack 6 Exam1 (76%)
4) Rita Fasttrack 6 Exam2 (82%)
5) Rita Fastrack 6 Test for all knowledge Areas 84%+
I used primarily PMBOK and Rita's 6th edition for the preparation. I created mind maps for all the process groups and it helped when I was revising the chapters. I did not memorize the ITTOs. Understanding the process and logically seeing where the input out sources and outputs send process helped me.
About the Exam
The exam questions where less wordier than the Rita's Fastrack questions. I used full 4 hours of the exam. Marked several questions and visited them back after completion the 200 questions. I took longer in real exam than I too for the Head first and Rita's exam. I was nervous and that slowed my thinking and answering speed a lot. 90% of the questions were situational and there were 7+ questions on the ITTOs.
There were less than 7 math related questions. I go only 1 ethics question.
If you understand PNBOK and all the terminology you can answer most of the questions. If you expose your self to several practice questions you will get more comfortable with situational questions. I took all the tests in the Rita's Fastrack and several question banks. I probably did some 2500+ questions in total. That gave me confidence to take the final exam.


Vashishta
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 03:34
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Congrats.
Congrats dude......
admin
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 04:25
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Great to hear.
Great to hear. COngratulations on your PMP.
engmilad
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 13:31
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it is nicewish you the best
it is nice
wish you the best and continuos improvement
nidhi.chopra@tcs.com
Mon, 01/02/2012 - 08:35
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Congrats!
Congrats for clearing the exam!!
Can you please let me know if I can buy the PMP Fastrack CD from you .
I am looking forward to buy its used copy. Please let me know the version you used in your prep.
Thanks
krantikumar50
Mon, 01/02/2012 - 09:59
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Good
Good job Balara! Well-written piece as well.
Any idea, how can I get Rita Fasttack questions in India?
Congrats again.
KK