My PMP Journey JOURNEY EDUCATION When I talk about my PMP journey August-2018 – February-2019 two age old proverbs come in my mind: - “There is not short cut to ExcelR Solution-This is the place where I earned 35 PDUs. The success” and very important one teacher – Krishna helped me in form submission and throughout my “God helps those who helps PMP journey themselves”. You may take guidance from best faculty in the world, at the Knowledge Repository end of the day it’s you who need to execute. ➢ Fb Group of Eng Sayed Mohshan and Ashok Education is like religion which can Nadagoud( I started my PMP journey from this group) unite the world irrespective of caste, creed, language, location. Interacted ➢ WhatsApp Group of Mr. Abdullah Khan, Wagdy Azzam and followed many big hearted (The questions asked by him is close to real exam), Ammar enthusiastic co-learners and experts Yasir around the globe which not enriched my learning and also made me a ➢ PMBOK6 guide – I purchased hard copy better human being. Lived and breathed with the Holy book -: ➢ Rita Mulchey book – I read Procurement, Risk, Quality, PMBOK® Guide SIXTH EDITION for Resource from the book. last six months. Solved short mock- exam questions throughout my ➢ Followed many PMI blogs. journey which enabled me to fill my knowledge gap. Read Rita Mulchey Mocks: - for Procurement, Quality, Risk, ➢ ExcelR KA wise mock Resource KAs. Watched and followed videos/ blogs/articles, FB and ➢ Mock Exam set of Eng Sayad Mohshan(available in WhatsApp group questions and Udemy)- I got 10-12 questions which came in real exam . lectures of Oliver Lehmann, Cornelius Fichtner, Joseph Philips, ➢ Prepcast mock :- Did few mocks. Very detailed and Sayed Moshan, Wagdy Azzam, Ashok informative. Don’t expect to score 80% in all test. Nadagoud, Abdullah Khan, ExcelR Undoubtedly, one of the best in the market. Solutions and many others.
Decision Day: - In week 1 of Jan
LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICE ADVISE 2019, I realized I can remember 5- Study Plan- Study plan is very important with proper 10-49(Process Group- KA- synchronization. Processes] naturally without memorizing, I took a call and booked I mostly concentrated on PMBOK6, my advice is same for all the Exam date: - 19-feb-2019. aspirants. Initially you may feel it too dry, gradually after 1-2 weeks started getting adjusted to it. You must know how processes are Week Before Exam: - Eng Sayed flowing across Knowledge Areas throughout the project Life Cycle. Moshan has a study plan which I feel everyone should use Read all the Project documents and note down its reference across irrespective of course or training KA’s and processes. When you are successful in doing this, I should they take. He was very kind to help say, you are confident for the real exam. me, though I was unable to follow all his lessons, as I had a hectic week Thoroughly read Project Integration Management from PMBOK (word due to some personal challenges. by word, line by line. You can expect up to 30-35 questions related to Change Day before exam: - You need rest, giving a 4 hour complex exam, in the Note down all important Data gathering, Decision Analysis, Decision very next day is not easy, though I Making, Data representation tools and check its uses and occurrence didn’t take much rest as I couldn’t during project LC. study much in previous days of week. Please don’t follow what I did. Pay special attention to all subsidiary plans. Communication Management Plan is most important among all. Expect 10-15 Exam day: - Wake up with a question in relation to this. positive mind . Take a bath and go for the kill. Always try to keep exam Avoid Study gap. I had a gap of 1 month during October. In Nov-18 in early morning hours, as I did, it’s when I started studying again, I felt I have to start from beginning. the time where our brain remains fresh. Reach Prometric center at Mock :- Mocks for me is like M/C phase of PMP preparation . Learn least 30 min earlier. the mistakes you have made while answering questions and fill your knowledge gap. I have solved close to 4000 questions, though I During the Exam: - Please read never maintained real count. the entire question and all answering options. There is twist and trick in There is myth across market, don’t go for exam until you score 80%, every line including the answer I partially agree to this. All mocks are not same. Getting 80% plus in option. Take break when you feel first attempt in quality mocks like Prepcast and RMC is never easy. your concentration is getting lapsed, Beauty of using prepcast is you get detailed statistics of your result though break involves another round which is not available in all mocks. Be careful in selecting proper of security check, but it takes only 2- mock, still many mocks do have PMBOK 5 related question, which is 3 min. Remember, most of the not applicable to us. question touches multiple KAs that’s I am lucky to be part of few good whatsapp groups where why ITTO knowledge flow is so exceptional standards of questions and knowledge are shared. important for success.
GRATITUDE
CONTACT So many people helped me. Gosh not sure I remember all names.
PHONE: ● Family: - You always need mental support to achieve PMP
9831305028 certification. My family(especially my Father in law) helped, encouraged and tolerated me in last 6-7 months as I was living and breathing in PMBOK 6, other than scheduled office EMAIL: hours. Mailtiru.roy@gmail.com ● Current Organization Boss: - I can proudly say I am not blessed with a boss, I am blessed with a mentor who is also my boss. I am thankful to Arun CR for all his empathy and support.
● Coach – Will remain always grateful to Wagdy Azzam ,
Eng Sayed Mohshan, Abdullah Khan, Jose Morales Brunet, Ashok Nandagoud,Rajesh Shah ,Lizan Hassan who helped me in my journey. Lizan Hassan introduced me to variety of WhatsApp group which is one of the reason of my success in PMP exam. She is very knowledgeable and helping many aspirants round the globe.
● Friends: - One of my best friends – Sandeep Sudheer who
is also my colleague, once asked me “Can you try to do something which is difficult, challenging and different from your core basic ability”. It knocked my mind and I decided to do PMP. He inspired me almost every day, this is what true friend is. I am also grateful to all the members of PM Aspirant WhatsApp group of Mr. Khan. Special thanks to Anindya Chakraborty, one of the very knowledgeable Aspirant I have ever met. Also I am thankful to Shri, Ravi (from PM Aspirant group who predicted my result before), Naveen Agarwal, my team players from my current organization.
● ExcelR Solution team and Mr. Krishna, the PMP faculty of
the organization. Also my special thanks to Mr. Kaleem.