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Rules for Experience sharing

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PMZilla welcomes all participants to share their experiences about PMP exam . This is really valuable information and the crux of this forum where people can learn from others. You can share your Experiences, observations and the strategies that you have chosen to be successful are truly desired information, as much as the difficulties you were facing, and your responses to them.

Some rules that you must always remember in your own interest.

  1. Never communicate the contents of a question that you have seen in your exam. As candidate for PMP , you have agreed with PMI not to disclose the contents and wording of the true questions, and we are bound by the Code and Ethics and Professional Conduct to adhere to this agreement. Failure to comply can lead to disqualification of your PMP status.
  2. Do not disclose the number of questions you have got on a given topic. Don't assume that all others will see exactly the same questions that you saw. Each candidate gets an own set of questions, and while PMI uses a system called "Modified Angoff" to ensure equal difficulty - statistical difficulty, of course - for all candidates, topics of questions may differ. Even if you have got more questions on one topic , chances are high that others may not get any questions on the same topic.  One candidate may get 30 Math questions and other may get 5 , there is no rule. New questions are developed in a standing process at PMI and replace old ones from time to time. Most of the exam questions in use today have not been in the exam one or two years ago.

PMZilla is the top forum for PMP exam since 2007 and thousands of PMP aspirants have benefited due to the free flow nature of discussions. So while we encourage giving out as much information as possible, i hope following above rules will protect interest of all stakeholders.

 

Thanking you all for your co-operation. 


PMP Exam Prep: My Strategy and Study Plan

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I got my PMP in November 2017 after 8 months of preparation. Through my own research I found that there are many professionals looking to take their career to new heights with a certification in project management. Many of which turn to google, forums and sub reddit’s for PMP exam strategies and study plans to help guide their preparation to become PMP certified. So to those hard working, full-time folks eagerly awaiting the dish on how I prepared and passed the PMP exam the first time, this is for you. Here is my best advice!

Full article here: https://yourpmsidekick.com/pmp/echos-pmp-strategy-study-plan/

Slack Group for Group Study

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I've been seeing a lot of people looking for study groups.

I created a slack channel with other folks who are studying. There are general channels for everyone, and the ability to have a partner and do a 1:1 study with a partner. More group study options are coming soon.

My boyfriend is in there a lot because he is currently studying. I passed at the end of 2017, I am also in there to give advice.

Feel free to join us for remote study.

https://join.slack.com/t/yourpmsidekick/shared_invite/enQtNTc3Njc0MTc2MT...

PMP Self-Study vs Study Buddy for Accountability

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Studying. A concept I never really had to do to much of. You see, learning always came relatively easy for me. However, when it came to the thought of having to study for the PMP - - I was lost. It had been so long since I had to study, I didn’t even know how.

I bought some self-study material and decided to read, read, read until the information started to make sense because this is what everyone said was a ‘must do’ to pass the exam.

Reading an almost 700-page book 3x started to take a lot longer than I thought. It was literally the last thing I wanted to do after getting home from a long day at work. Since I was doing self-study, it was my timeline, so I pushed it out further and further. My study habits weren’t consistent, so I was continually re-reading information.

I eventually passed. But it took 8 grueling months when its reality, it could have been a lot shorter and smoother.

Cut to my boyfriend and business partner choosing to take the exam. Learning from my mistakes, we used a more simplified approach. It evolved throughout the journey. But he studied less, took the exam within 4 months and passed with 5 AT’s!

He did a lessons learned if you want to know what he did differently. He shows his plan compared to what actually ended up working.
https://yourpmsidekick.com/pmp/pmp-without-pmbok/

But the key thing he had, was accountability to me – I was making sure he met his targets, even when they changed. He also attended/co-managed a 12-week PMP accountability challenge. Knowing that he had to be prepared, helped keep him on track with his study plan. In a sense, it was a bit of peer pressure.

In fact, Dr. Robert Cialdini, a well-known social psychologist, often discusses “social influence” and decision-making. His studies show that 1) peer pressure is powerful, and 2) the closer we are to the person or group we are comparing ourselves to, the more likely we are to be influenced by them.

It started to make sense. All of these people joined the challenge because they needed some level of accountability to get them studying and preparing regularly to avoid being the unprepared weirdo in the weekly sessions who wasn’t ready, didn’t know the answers and was falling behind in the challenge.

Everyone started taking the exam and sharing their success stories many of which attributed their success to a once a week, 1-hour sync up. It turns out, these folks significantly increased their chances of success simply by committing to show up to the group each week.

According to the “American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) who completed a study on accountability they found that you have a 65% of completing a goal if you commit to someone. With reoccurring accountability check-ins with a person you’ve committed, your chance of success raises to 95%.”

Wondering how you can find an accountability buddy, you can find my favorites here.
https://yourpmsidekick.com/pmp/accountability-partner-makes-a-difference...

Did you do self-study, group, partner study? What worked for you?

PMP exam prep questions

Project Management tests for FREE!

PMP Passed

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I passed PMP today. Have been studying since Nov 2017 on most days. I read PMBOK and Rita once, after that just skim the areas of interest. I used mock tests to kind of get an idea on areas/concepts I need to hone my skills. Once you know the concepts you need to master, you can use internet to read different explanation from different sources till you are comfortable with the concept.

There were only few questions which you can answer straight away by reading the book. Most of the questions were tricky and requires learning concepts. Practice 1000-2000 questions and learn from it. Then go and take the exam. I believe you will then pass with the intuition. When you do that many questions and learn from it, somewhere you start thinking like PMP.

PMP Exam Simulator

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It's a great resource to prepare for the PMP exam. There is PMP Exam Simulator which simulates the actual exam. Upon completion, a performance chart and statistics are available. The platform has such unique features as Exam Acceleration and Show/Hide correct answers options. There are 1k+ sample questions and they are being continuously shuffled, which creates an unlimited amount of unique Mock Exams.
If you have any question send email to info.erudicat@gmail.com or go straight to PMP Exam Simulator


Passed PMP exam from home on Sep 9th 2020

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1) I started the journey by reading the PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, Sixth edition by Andy Crowe

2) Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam 4th Edition “Fun book to read”

3) Overall it was an intense experience, but clearly, I was more prepared than I assumed. lol. I tried to average about 50 questions or more per hour to stay on the 4-hours mark. I ended with about 5 minutes left and that was after taking a restroom break which took forever as you have to check in and out. That process is horrible. Other than that, the exam questions were very similar in style to the ones on the simulator which I think geared me to successfully maneuver through the exam.!!! Thanks www.project-management-prepcast.com

Good Luck to everyone

T&M - Experts need help.

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A project is in escalation mode due to
schedule and budget overrun. It is a
T&M project. The customer does not
want to pay any more money beyond
what it has already spent. There is a
penalty clause of paying back 20% of
the T&M cost spent so far in case you
decide to terminate the project.

How will you manage this situation ?





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