Study Material : Rita , PMBOK , Rajesh Nair Notes + added content after going through PMBOK , BrainBok 75 Formulae Questions + 105 PMPrepcast.( In case you feelyou need any more clarity on topics , you may additionally pick up Headfirst , which is anyways a good book to start with )
Study Pattern: 1. Stared with PMBOK , went through entire book , came out dazed ...
2. Ordered Rita Mulcahy and went through it twice .
3. Re-Read PMBOK , seemed better this time , at the end i could recollect all Process Chart clearly , parallely started memorizing ITTO from standard template available ,found it easier and could memorize in 3-4 days .
4. Stared doing Christopher -Scordo from PMI site - 1000 questions ---- Excellent in giving you the confidence of having at least read through the PMBOK, definitions , including content in chapters could become questions . Advice that when reading the PMBOK you start noting such content , so that you can read and recollect it .Felt confident with @80% in each 50 Q test set .
5. Re-Read Rita again , just to understand some gaps that i found in Cost , Scope , Risk , was clear by the time i finished .
6. Started Doing Questions - at last count approx 6000 , unfortunately started off with some wrong dumps , got more tense , some of the dumps and Question banks below are good :
> pmpbank.googlepages.com , www.pmzilla.com , www.preparepm.com , sites.google.com/site/pgmpguide/, www.voightps.com ( difficult - but gives you 10 questions everytime , better to practice at your pace on a daily basis ) , Rita - All Chapter Questions , Andy Crowe - All Chapetr Questions , pmpforsure ( Good close to exam but more difficult than PMstudy-200 ) , PMstudy ( 800 questions - very good close to PMP ) , techfaq360 , Oliver -75+ 175 , PmZilla ( 200+75 hard questions -- Very Good to get your mind around to the PMP style of thinking , but do not do this a few days before tha exams , maybe 15-20 days and repeat ) , Certgear
I highly recommend PMstudy & PMPforsure good questions.
7. Build a Tracker and Track your studies
8. Advice do not read too many books , rather read only PMBOK and Rita/Headfirst and get through at least 3000 questions , practice Formulae questions . Doing more questions would help you to get your mind around the way to why the specific answer is correct , which will build you up for scenario questions .
9. DO NOT read on the day of the exam , you are bound to get tensed up , just my experience ...
EXAM Day : Reach early , ensure you have had a hearty breakfast , at least one break would be required . Survey time is 15 min - you can finish it within couple of min , you may have 10-11 min spare , dump formulae , process chart , etc as required .
To Build pace and ensure you complete try and mark Formulae questions for later unless they are straighforward ( most will not be ). Pls ensure you select a choice even if you have to mark a question , this is in case you do not have time to reveiw the questions and the time lapses , you would at east have a chance .
Ideal Pattern for Study as per my experience : 1. Rita to start wit 2. PMBOK - once at a slow pace , make notes , append to Rajesh Nair Notes . 3. Take in the Process chart and ITTO . 4.Rita + PMBOK again with Christopher Scordo question bank - (free to PMI members - 1000 questions ) . 5. Formulae Questions . 6.Practice Tests - Oliver-175+75 , Google Questions Bank -200+480 , PMPforSure -1000 , PM study -800 ( last 2 weeks ) . 7. PMZilla forum for queries .
rajni.suthar
Wed, 11/28/2012 - 06:58
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Congrats!!
Awaiting for your LLs..!!
vivek_baligak
Wed, 11/28/2012 - 09:06
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Lessons Learned- Passed 27th Nov
Study Material : Rita , PMBOK , Rajesh Nair Notes + added content after going through PMBOK , BrainBok 75 Formulae Questions + 105 PMPrepcast.( In case you feelyou need any more clarity on topics , you may additionally pick up Headfirst , which is anyways a good book to start with )
Study Pattern: 1. Stared with PMBOK , went through entire book , came out dazed ...
2. Ordered Rita Mulcahy and went through it twice .
3. Re-Read PMBOK , seemed better this time , at the end i could recollect all Process Chart clearly , parallely started memorizing ITTO from standard template available ,found it easier and could memorize in 3-4 days .
4. Stared doing Christopher -Scordo from PMI site - 1000 questions ---- Excellent in giving you the confidence of having at least read through the PMBOK, definitions , including content in chapters could become questions . Advice that when reading the PMBOK you start noting such content , so that you can read and recollect it .Felt confident with @80% in each 50 Q test set .
5. Re-Read Rita again , just to understand some gaps that i found in Cost , Scope , Risk , was clear by the time i finished .
6. Started Doing Questions - at last count approx 6000 , unfortunately started off with some wrong dumps , got more tense , some of the dumps and Question banks below are good :
> pmpbank.googlepages.com , www.pmzilla.com , www.preparepm.com , sites.google.com/site/pgmpguide/, www.voightps.com ( difficult - but gives you 10 questions everytime , better to practice at your pace on a daily basis ) , Rita - All Chapter Questions , Andy Crowe - All Chapetr Questions , pmpforsure ( Good close to exam but more difficult than PMstudy-200 ) , PMstudy ( 800 questions - very good close to PMP ) , techfaq360 , Oliver -75+ 175 , PmZilla ( 200+75 hard questions -- Very Good to get your mind around to the PMP style of thinking , but do not do this a few days before tha exams , maybe 15-20 days and repeat ) , Certgear
I highly recommend PMstudy & PMPforsure good questions.
7. Build a Tracker and Track your studies
8. Advice do not read too many books , rather read only PMBOK and Rita/Headfirst and get through at least 3000 questions , practice Formulae questions . Doing more questions would help you to get your mind around the way to why the specific answer is correct , which will build you up for scenario questions .
9. DO NOT read on the day of the exam , you are bound to get tensed up , just my experience ...
EXAM Day : Reach early , ensure you have had a hearty breakfast , at least one break would be required . Survey time is 15 min - you can finish it within couple of min , you may have 10-11 min spare , dump formulae , process chart , etc as required .
To Build pace and ensure you complete try and mark Formulae questions for later unless they are straighforward ( most will not be ). Pls ensure you select a choice even if you have to mark a question , this is in case you do not have time to reveiw the questions and the time lapses , you would at east have a chance .
Ideal Pattern for Study as per my experience : 1. Rita to start wit 2. PMBOK - once at a slow pace , make notes , append to Rajesh Nair Notes . 3. Take in the Process chart and ITTO . 4.Rita + PMBOK again with Christopher Scordo question bank - (free to PMI members - 1000 questions ) . 5. Formulae Questions . 6.Practice Tests - Oliver-175+75 , Google Questions Bank -200+480 , PMPforSure -1000 , PM study -800 ( last 2 weeks ) . 7. PMZilla forum for queries .
Best of luck
admin
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 11:10
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Good post, Congratulations
Good post, Congratulations and thanks.
Regards
ostralek
Fri, 05/03/2013 - 08:26
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Thank you for the sharing.
Thank you for the sharing. Very good reference links.
I realised that pmpbank.googlepages.com has changed to PMP Bank as part of Google's shift from Google pages to Google sites.
Vishwanath
Fri, 11/30/2012 - 10:26
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Congrats
Congrats
Regards,
Vishwanath