Lessons Learned – I Passed My PMP Certification Exam

I passed my PMP exam on December 13, 2010, and in today’s blog post, I am going to share how I prepared for the PMP exam and my lessons learned.

I hope you will find my lessons learned useful for your PMP exam preparation.

Let’s get started.

我决定在2009年5月申请PMP考试。

收集所有信息并阅读PMP手册后，我开始寻找负担得起的培训计划。我发现科威特的所有计划都太昂贵了。

So, I widened my search for a low-cost training program in my home state (Uttar Pradesh—India). Unfortunately, I could not find any PMP training provider near my location, even in my state capital.

I had no other option except to attend aPMP training在距离我家约400英里的新德里。我在假期期间的2010年1月的第一周开始了该培训计划。我加入培训计划之前唯一学习的书是PMP手册。

我开始训练而没有做作业，由于缺乏准备，我遭受了很多痛苦。在会议期间，我经常无法参加讨论，许多概念对我来说都是新的。

这是一个令人尴尬的情况，我仍然后悔。

在课堂上，所有参与者均为Head First PMP book，手动，思维地图和有一些PMP考试样本问题的CD。

I had a poor impression of the Head First PMP book. Initially, it looked unusual to me. It contains hand-drawn diagrams, different types of fonts, notes in the margins, etc. However, as I started studying the book, I began to like it. It helped me understand important concepts.

完成培训后，我加入了PMI会员资格，然后申请了PMP考试。

我的申请被批准，我以缓慢的速度开始学习。几天后，我对学习失去了兴趣，然后我停止阅读。

我变得忙碌，忘记了PMP考试。当时我的资格即将到期，然后，我醒来并申请了PMP考试。我没有被选为PMP审核。

我前往Prometric网站（现在Pearson Vue正在进行PMP测试），并安排了考试。我有三个月的准备。

After I applied for the exam, I got a boost and started to study rigorously. I don’t know where I got this energy from, but I believe I was excited and became devoted to my studies.

I had a great deal of passion and enthusiasm after scheduling the exam.

经过两次PMP书的头部，我开始阅读PMBOK指南。bob手机客户端起初，阅读PMBOK指南并不令人愉快。bob手机客户端但是，第二次我对它的概念更加满意，并更喜欢它。

我也购买了金·霍尔德曼的书，太棒了。这本书是根据过程组组织的，而第一本PMP书则基于知识领域。

因此，我有两本具有不同观点的书。金·霍尔德曼（Kim Heldman）的书比首先PMP更详细。我两次学习了金·霍尔德曼和PMBOK指南。bob手机客户端

我没有购买任何模拟器来练习问题。我使用了两本书和一些在线测试的练习结束时给出的问题。

我只使用了Oliver Lehmann和Head First Labs的测试（此测试现在尚不可用）。Head First Labs测试很简单，Oliver Lehman测试很艰难。

I focused on reading and spent little time practicing questions. The three months of preparation was enough, and I was well prepared for the exam.

I went to locate the testing center a day before the exam to avoid searching for it on exam day. The next day, I reached the test center 30 minutes before the scheduled time and completed all the formalities.

The exam started with a familiarization session. This is an introductory session; it showed me how to select an answer, use the calculator, and so on. The duration of this session was 15 minutes.

This did not count towards the exam duration. Therefore, I completed this session within five minutes and utilized the remaining time to note down some important concepts and formulas.

The PMI has banned using notes during this awareness session. You must end the sessions, start the exam and then you can make your braindump.

After that, I took two minutes to rest, complete the session, and then the test started. The questions were neither too tough nor too easy. Some questions were lengthy, but most of them have average length. Shockingly, I found a few repeated questions.

The mathematical questions were not too difficult and based on the formulas.

在解决基于情况的问题时要小心，这些问题很棘手。

I took my first break after one hour and my second break when I had completed all the questions after two and a half hours. I spent the rest of the time reviewing the questions and answers.

经过最后的审查，我提交了答案。随后进行了调查。最后，我看到了我的结果。

“恭喜！您已经通过了PMP认证考试。”

我无法用语言表达自己的感受，这是我一生中最快乐的时刻之一。看到结果后，我离开了考试室，Prometric员工给了我打印件的结果，并祝贺我。我通知我的朋友，那天晚上参加了一个小聚会。

This was my journey to成为PMP。

我学到的PMP考试课程

My lessons learned for the PMP exam are as follows:

经验教训＃1-关于PMP考试申请过程的信息

获得PMI会员资格并参与组织。认识PMP，并要求他们学习教训。它将激发您并激发您的精力。

PMP考试相关信息的最真实的来源是PMP手册。所以，请阅读。

Lesson Learned #2—Read a Good PMP Exam Reference Book and the PMBOK Guide

这将帮助您充分利用培训。

I joined my training program without even opening the PMBOK Guide and I suffered a lot. It would be best if you weren’t in my position.

Lesson Learned #3 – Take an Online Training Program

除非您有充分的理由这样做，否则不要参加课堂培训计划。我建议您改用35个联系时间计划。bob体育网页登录

在线培训计划are affordable, flexible, and you can attend them from anywhere. For my training, I spent two nights traveling and spent three days in a hotel.

当时，在线培训计划还不是众所周知。现在您有选择，因此请明智地选择。

Lesson Learned #4—Schedule the Exam

This is important.

完成培训后,安排the exam for three months in the future. This is enough time to prepare for the exam.

If you think that you will prepare well, then schedule the exam; trust me, you will never be ready for the exam. Once you schedule the exam, your hidden potential will emerge and then you will be motivated to prepare well.

除非您安排考试，否则您不会认真对待准备工作。如果完成培训计划后不立即这样做，则可能会失去兴趣。

教训＃5-至少参考了两个PMP考试参考书

My favorite is Head First PMP, and my second choice is Kim Heldman. You can also use Rita Mulcahy instead of Kim Heldman.

阅读两本书将为您带来不同的观点，并会使您对这些概念有更多的了解。

读the PMBOK Guide as many times as you can. I went through it more than five times.

Lesson Learned #6—Use a Good Quality PMP Exam Simulator

我没有使用任何模拟器；我只练习PMP参考书结束时可用的问题，并由我的培训提供者提供，这对我来说已经足够了。

However, I suggest you use any good qualityPMP考试模拟器。It provides you with many practice questions and mock tests to iron out any weaknesses in your knowledge.

所有这些都应该足够了。

不要尝试互联网上的所有免费测试。在大多数情况下，他们没有使用当前的教学大纲进行更新，并且他们的问题的质量很差。而且，他们没有提供任何支持。

教训＃7 - 不要试图记住所有iTtos

Don’t try to memorize all ITTOs;他们不容易记住，尝试这样做只会浪费您的时间，并可能使您沮丧。如果您按照我的指示PMP exam preparation，我向您保证，您将可以自己解决超过70％的ITTOS。

提供ittos是为了了解项目管理过程流量，而不是用于记忆。因此，了解它们，但不要试图记住它们。

Lesson Learned #8—Pay Attention to Initiating and Closing Process Groups

这两个小组只有四个过程，因此问题将更少。因此，您不想错过这些小组的任何问题。确保您在这些域中获得良好的分数。

请注意，如果您在这两个域中的目标低于目标，那么通过考试对您来说将很难。这些过程组很小，问题较少，因此您可以轻松地错过并获得差的得分。

Therefore, you have to put extra effort into these process groups. The remaining processes have many questions to play around with.

Try to understand the sequence of activities from “开发项目宪章”“确定预算过程”。考试中的许多问题来自这些过程。

学到的教训＃9-不要忘记验证答案

This is very important.

Don’t forget to verify your answers before the final submission. Even though you are sure of the correct answer, you may have clicked the wrong option by mistake.

我是这个受害者。

While checking the answers, I noticed that I selected incorrect answers for two or three questions even though I knew the correct one.

这也可能发生在您身上。因此，在完成测试之前，请再次检查所有答案以避免此错误。

Summary

The first step to pass the PMP exam is to make a plan and follow it because if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Understand the PMP exam process, attend a training session, and schedule the exam. I strongly recommend you schedule the exam as soon as you complete your training so you will take your studies seriously.

Most experts believe that three months is enough, and I was able to complete my studies during this time.

祝您好运。

These are the lessons learned from my PMP exam. I hope it was helpful.

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