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9 years 3 months ago #4855 | |
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Nicolas Vivanco
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Hi Nguyen,
Congratulations to you too! Happy day for both of us! As for my score: Initiation - Moderately Proficient Planning - Proficient Executing - Proficient Monitoring and Controlling - Proficient Closing - Moderately Proficient Looking back at my exam simulator scores, Closing was my lowest ranked and Initiation was my highest ranked domain. The other 3 domains were all in the middle. Nick |
9 years 4 months ago #4847 | |
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Nguyen Van Binh
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You passed the PMP exam on same my day. Congratulation... How about your score?
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9 years 4 months ago #4845 | |
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Nicolas Vivanco
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Hello Everyone,
Firstly thank you for taking time to read through my PMP journey. It’s certainly been a challenging year trying to balance work, studying and the family, however, it was well worth the effort. I’ve been a Project Manager for almost 15 years and it is something that I’ve always enjoyed doing. At the same time, I never really had any formal training in this area, therefore, my projects were always planned and executed based on my own best practices. I felt that it was time to look for a more formal framework that was internationally recognized that could help me manage projects in a more consistent and structured manner. I knew of the PMP through colleagues that I’ve worked with throughout my career and after doing some research, I decided to go ahead and embark on the PMP certification process. Fortunately for me I came across Edward Chung’s website that really helped to break down the PMP journey for me. I highly recommend visiting his website ( edward-designer.com/web/pmp/ ) as he has a lot of great content to guide people through the various steps in becoming a PMP. Thanks to him, I came across the PM PrepCast and Cornelius. If you are looking for a comprehensive, flexible and cost effective PMP “study partner” this is the solution for you! Being a father of three, with frequent evening conference calls, the PM PrepCast enabled me to tailor my study plan to fit my schedule. I also like the fact that I am able to access it at any time from any PC or mobile device. I’m also a type of person that likes to watch a movie first before reading a book. So I took a similar approach with the PM PrepCast (i.e. watching the movie) and PMBOK Guide (reading the book). I felt that helped me to absorb the PMBOK Guide a lot better and in fact it was more like a review since the PM PrepCast does a good job in going through everything in detail. I slowly started the PM PrepCast in April and I was forced to completely stop over the summer due to work commitments. I was able to ramp up the study again in September and I felt that it was time to schedule my exam as my goal was to be PMP certified before the end of the year. I knew by doing this, it would push me harder to commit myself to complete my study plan. I finally decided to go for November 27th which was perfect for me. Since I work for a US company, by taking the exam during Thanksgiving, it meant I could really focus without being distracted by what was happening at work. Now that I had a goal in sight, I planned around making sure I was ready by then. The materials I used for my study:
My goal was to focus on taking the sample questions one month prior to the exam. That’s when things really started to come together for me. I started by taking small quizzes and over time ramped it up by taking the full 4-hour exam. I also came across several forums like the one I am posting today to read about other people’s experience and also to get access to free questions. I used an excel template (supplied by the PM Prepcast) to keep track of all my scores and timing. Below is a break down:
My exam strategy was to mark questions which I answered but was not 100% convinced and those that I was not confident in answering (left it blank). I had about 30 questions at the end which I needed to review. I focused first on the ones which I had not answered and then move on to those I did answer, however, was not 100% sure. As I completed those questions, I unmarked them so I could make sure there was nothing I left out. Fortunately I completed everything with 1 minute to spare! It was not as dramatic as it sounds as I was stuck with one final question for about 10 to 15 minutes but decided to just go for it. If I had to summarize my lessons learned in a few words, it’s very simple and as Cornelius says: PMP (Practice Makes Perfect)! Anyway, hope all PMP aspirants find this useful. Nick |
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