![]() ![]() I also played the Process Game from the Rita book a number of times. My "brain dump" consisted of the Knowledge Area/Process Group chart on page 43 of the PMBOK and time and cost equation from the PMP Formula pocket study guide. I practiced my "brain dump" every night before bed. ![]() ![]() I listened whenever I had a spare second and even when I was cleaning up around the house. I even burned it to DVD to watch it on the TV and also burned it to an audio disc so I could listen in the car. I listen to the PrepCast on my IPod and computer. So instead I listen to Cornelious explain the areas I was weak in and read corresponding chapters in Acheive PMP Exam Success: A Concise Study Guide for the Busy Project Manager. There were some core concepts I wasn't getting and I just couldn't bring myself to read the PMBOK again. I purchased the PMP PrepCast and the PMP Formula guide a week before my exam. Memorizing the Knowledge Areas and Process Groups also helped me to get more of the questions correct. My problem was mainly not taking my time, not reading the question, second guessing myself and not using reason and logic to get through the difficult questions. I scored well on short exams and not so well (67%-76%) on the longer exams. I would follow this up by reading the coresponding chapter in the Rita book.įour weeks before my schedule exam date, I focused on practice exams. In order to get through the PMBOK, I joined a study group at work that reviewed a chapter a week and took practice exams on the material. I would lose focus and figured my time would be better spent reading and listening to material that was a little less dry. I read the PMBOK once - although most advise to read it twice. I didn't like feeling I was being talk down to as an inexperience PM - but I suppose that even this was a good wake up call that I couldn't think in terms of what I do - but in terms of what the PMBOK would do. I liked the structure of the Rita book - as well as the study tips, practice exams, questions and memory games. I purchased the Rita Mulcahy PMP Exam Prep first thing, and also dowloaded the PMBOK to my Kindle so that I could read it anywhere. The company I work for normally offers a 1 week prep course - but it was not offered in my area and there was no budget to travel. ![]()
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