Passed PMP on 19th May(3P,1MP,1BP)

Submitted by sbhat on Mon, 05/19/2014 - 16:14
I have passed PMP Exam today: Here is details
 
Initiating:MP
Planning,Execution,Monitor & Control:P
Closing:BP
 
I would like to thank everyone in this forum for their study strategies & exam experiences.This has helped me immensely to stay focussed on my exam preparation. Hence I would like to share my exam experience
 
1. I have studied from RITA Book(covered chapters in a week) so that I can get familar with structure of topics
2. Later I read from PMBOK Book in the following weeks.
3. I got familiar with contents by understanding concepts thoroughly.
 
Exam Exp:
ALL Pmstudy Exam(Paid & Free): 80% - 85% 
I had purchased PMPForSure Test package ( The tests are tough & one has to understand PMBOK contents very thoroughly including ITTO's ( when exactly Tools & Technique) are applicable.
Scored between 65% - 78%.
 
I felt real exam seems to be tougher than mock tests.
I have seen good number of ITTO questions
Formula questions were not straight forward.Three of them were direct substitution others required good amount of thinking
3-4 were graphical representation
Network diagram questions ( critical path questions were not stratight forward)
 
One has to thorough understand PMBOK & also ITTO's (Q are easy to answer if you know ITTO )
 
 
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sanjay077

Mon, 05/19/2014 - 19:45

Many Congratulation..!!

sanjay077

Mon, 05/19/2014 - 19:46

Many Congratulation..!!

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Tue, 05/20/2014 - 05:12

Congratulations on your PMP

rgsiva_it3

Tue, 05/20/2014 - 05:35

Formula questions were not straight forward.Three of them were direct substitution others required good amount of thinking
3-4 were graphical representation
Network diagram questions ( critical path questions were not stratight forward)
 
- Could you please elaborate on the above statement. Being weak in maths am getting nervous how am going to tackle these questions. How to better prepare for these questions?

sbhat

Tue, 05/20/2014 - 09:33

Hi,
 
Here is the details:
 
1. Direct substitution: 
Substitution of EV,BAC,PV,AC etc values to find answer. 
The below link will give reference to similar kind of questions asked in exam.
 
 
2) 3-4 were graphical representation:
 
Values of EV,AC,PV were given in graphical representation (Q 173), you need to analyse after AC/EV/PV calculation,whether you can fasttrack / crash project, what CPI,SPI etc.
 
Although seems to be simple at first, you need to be careful in makin notes of values since they wont give directly as PV=10 or 20 etc, instead they will represent in diagram & you need to interpret the same.
 
 
 
Network diagram questions ( critical path questions were not stratight forward)
 
1.You are not given network diagram but you need to sketch the same based on criteria such as
Finish to Finish, Start to Start, Finish to start etc relation along with leads/lags
based on that, certain questions are asked.
 
Hence you need to be familiar with these relationship & interpret well. I guess around 2 questions were present in this case.