Comments on: PMP Exam in a Nutshell http://www.pmhut.com/pmp-exam-in-a-nutshell Thu, 24 May 2012 05:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Worthey http://www.pmhut.com/pmp-exam-in-a-nutshell/comment-page-1#comment-9766 Worthey Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:29:48 +0000 http://www.pmhut.com/?p=3599#comment-9766 I recently sat for my PMP Exam and am pleased to announce that I passed! The exam was tougher than the many practice tests I had taken over the preceeding 6 weeks leading up to the exam, primarily due to the complexity of many of the questions ("layered")and, of course, the fact that this test counted! In preparing for my exam I chose not to memorize all the processes, ITTOs, and Knowledge Areas, choosing instead to read through my study material numerous times. I did memorize all of the 20+ formulas, however, as that's traditionally been one of my weak areas. (I'm very right-brained!!) And while I only had 3 questions that required use of a formula, I quickly knew which to use. I concentrated on being able to know "where the PM is" in the process, rather than memorizing the process verbatim. Perhaps I was just lucky as to the test I ended up with, but this approach served me quite well. Several folks in my prep class did memorize the entire PMBOK chart of processes and knowledge areas ... and did equally as well. Your call. Overall, I thought the test fell into the "one of the toughest I have taken" category, but I must qualify that with the fact that this is the first exam I'd taken since 1986! So, some of the difficulty I encountered may have been more the result of my deteriorating testing capabilities! As my prep instructer said many times during my class sessions, "Respect this test." Wise words. I recently sat for my PMP Exam and am pleased to announce that I passed! The exam was tougher than the many practice tests I had taken over the preceeding 6 weeks leading up to the exam, primarily due to the complexity of many of the questions (”layered”)and, of course, the fact that this test counted!

In preparing for my exam I chose not to memorize all the processes, ITTOs, and Knowledge Areas, choosing instead to read through my study material numerous times. I did memorize all of the 20+ formulas, however, as that’s traditionally been one of my weak areas. (I’m very right-brained!!) And while I only had 3 questions that required use of a formula, I quickly knew which to use.

I concentrated on being able to know “where the PM is” in the process, rather than memorizing the process verbatim. Perhaps I was just lucky as to the test I ended up with, but this approach served me quite well. Several folks in my prep class did memorize the entire PMBOK chart of processes and knowledge areas … and did equally as well. Your call.

Overall, I thought the test fell into the “one of the toughest I have taken” category, but I must qualify that with the fact that this is the first exam I’d taken since 1986! So, some of the difficulty I encountered may have been more the result of my deteriorating testing capabilities! As my prep instructer said many times during my class sessions, “Respect this test.” Wise words.

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