Hello All...

cleared PMP on 3rd Aug and want to thank the forum for all the useful info which everyone shares in here... I started my prep in April but started prepping seriously(daily 1-2hrs max) only from June end..it was about this time when i was 40% thru with my prep that I submitted my pmp application..

Books Referred :

1) PM Roadtrip ( 1 time)

2) Rita Mulcahy 6th edition ( thorough read the 1st time and a cursory read the 2nd time)

And I never bothered to refer PMBOK as it wasn't to my liking.

I used to read a chapter from PMRoad trip and answer the chapter-end quiz and then follow it up with reading the corresponding chapter in Rita and the chapter-end quiz. Also used to do the chapter-end quiz from HeadFirst. I also did the chapter quizzes from Rita's PM FastTrack which was very useful in covering all the aspects of each knowledge area and i strongly recommend this.

Used to score 70-80% in the chapter end quizzes in Rita while Headfirst quizzes were slightly easier...

Practise Tests:

1) HeadFirst test - in which I scored 82% about 10days before my PMP exam. I felt this test to be easier than the actual test

2) Rita's PM FastTrack PMP - scored 80% but this test was a disappointment as quite a few questions were repeats from the knowledge area quizzes....

Had planned for PMStudy tests but couldn't get time during the last week as I was very busy at work.

A day before the exam, I just studied for an hour going through my weak areas and just wound-up my prep

The Test Day: I had my test scheduled for 1.30 PM and started off at 1.15 pm... I never mugged any of the ITTOs nor the Pg-43 which ppl lay so much stress on..I purely relied on my understanding of the ITTOs and that really helped me in my prep..But on hindsight,mugging up ITTOs do help you a bit but for me it wasn't worth the effort. And i didn't have any knowledge dump of my own... So i read the tutorial for 2mins and immediately started off with the test...

Answered all the 200 questions in 2hrs10mins and took a break at 90mins... I marked almost 60odd questions for review, on which I spent some time again and changed my answers on 5 questions...at the end of 3hrs i was done with the review and didn't have the patience to read thru all the questions again and finished my exam...it was a painful wait for the result though i was sure i'd pass unless i get extremely unlucky...scored "proficient" in Planning and "moderately proficient" in all others but all I cared for was the "PMP" tag.

Cheers

S