Second attempt - Please Help

Submitted by sk1982 on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 17:31

Hi There,


 


I am just looking for some advice.. I failed my PMP exam on my first attempt and now I am preparing to write the exam again. But today my boss told me that I have to write my exam within two weeks from now and so far I have only finished half of Rita’s 7th edition.  I don’t think 2 weeks are going to be enough and he doesn’t understands this…. I don’t want to fail the exam again L.


 


Can anybody please guide me on this…


 


Thank you very much.


 

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makarandh

Wed, 06/06/2012 - 02:47

Hi

Two weeks might be little tight and difficuilt but not impossible.

Since you have already gone through the prep process, should be doable, I am putting my comments here considering you have no other option apart from appearing for exam in 2 weeks. 

Accelerated Action Plan -

[WEEK1]

1. Do retrospection. Write down on a paper what areas you find hard to understand. Areas where you scored less in 1st attempt.

2. Once you identify those areas, drill down further to identify topics, concepts which were not clearly understood

3.  Start reading areas, topics from Rita and  PMBOK which are identified in #1-2. Highlight key points / concepts in book with highlighter and put flags where necessary

4. Do solve all excercises from Rita. Its must for you. It will help to reinforce the concepts what you have just read.

5.  If you have PMFastrack take Knowledge Area wise exams and then process group. Otherwise switch to online resources like pmzilla, etc

6. Revisit ITTO's everyday and develope a good handle on it.

[WEEK2]

1. Take full mock exam. There are many available online, pmzilla, PMFastrack, plenty of sources 

2.  Review questions which you didnt get right in the mock exam. Do one quick round of power reading, visit important points marked in [WEEK1#3]

3. Take 2nd full mock exam. 

4. Review questions which you didnt get right. Analyse whether your score is getting better than previous attempt. Ensure you doesnt repeat the same mistakes. Visit ITTO's, formulae for EVM, etc. 

5, Take 3rd full mock exams. Hope this will give you necessary confidence.

You may like to take half day from work for full week or if possible take a complete break from work.

Visit my blog for Do's and Donts, http://mypmpll.blogspot.in/2012/05/what-not-to-do-and-what-to-do-while.html

Keep us posted how it goes

 

All The Best!!!

 

-Makarand, PMP