AT A GLANCE
No. of Attempt |
1 | Study Duration |
2 months |
PMP® Course |
PM PrepCast™ | Prep Book |
Andy Crowe |
Mock Exams Attempted |
Scordo | PMBOK® Guide Read |
1 time |
Sharing |
“My the time exam day approached my success rate in the practice tests was still at 70-75% only as against 80-85% as advised by most of the preparatory sites available.” | ||
Bommu Sampath Kumar cleared the PMP® exam and below is his lessons learned.
- Purchased PM PrepCast™ video course and obtained the 35 contact hours certificate
- Took a lot of time for the PMP® application
- Scheduled my exam once approved
PMP® Exam Preparation
- Studied 2 hrs daily
- Took day off from work and studied 8-10 hrs daily for 10 consecutive days before the PMP® exam
Study Material used
- PM PrepCast™ – lots of explanation of the topics, watched once as I prefer reading to listening. Great value for obtaining the 35 contact hours certificate
- PMBOK® Guide Guide – printed out all the ITTO tables in the book and kept revising during free time
- How To Pass PMP® On Your First Try by Andy Crowe – this is an excellent book, used it for around 60-70% of PMP® preparation. Easy to understand with lots of examples for illustration. However, it is a bit too easy, have to refer to other reference books for explanations on complex concepts.
PMP® Practice Exams
- Try as many PMP® practice exam questions as possible
- See the progress from around 50% to 70-75%
- PMP® Practice exams used:
- PMP® Exam Prep by Christopher Scordo (with over 1000+ practice questions)
- Oliver Lehmann
- Head First
- Exam Central
- Simplilearn
- My results for the practice exams was still at 70-75% just before the PMP® exam (others advise to have 80-85% in order to guarantee a pass in the real PMP® exam)
The PMP® Exam Day
- Was a bit nervous at first
- You will be video recorded and requested to show all your pockets.
- Marked about 18 questions for final review for the first 50 questions
- Took about 60 minutes to finish the first 100 questions
- Took a break for 10 minutes and had some snacks
- Altogether 60 questions marked for review for the whole exam
- I did not change the answers much on review as it turned out that the first answers are always the correct answer
~ PMP® Lessons Learned by Bommu Sampath Kumar
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