TOPIC: Passed!

For the viewers if it might be useful -
I studied for around 7 weeks, every single day for about 4-5 hours. Being a mom of two toddlers it was difficult for me to manage the time but I was determined to do it. I used to watch YouTube videos even while cooking or cleaning. I have served a team Product Owner in my last assignment and so I was acquainted with the agile concepts and that came out as a plus for me as many hybrid/agile questions on the exam. Here is my plan-
1. First I completed Head First PMP and gave my first mock on Udemy - Joseph Phillip. I scored 61% and I knew something is badly missing. You Tube videos on concept clearance is required here.
2. I ordered a hard copy of PMBOK and started reading it and started falling in love with the book. PMBOK 6 became my bible for PMP. I used to read it chapter wise and then attempt the timed quizz from PM Prepcast. I used to score between 75-85% in my quizzes and while retrospecting the quiz answers I used to re-read the chapter again. So in this way I must have read the PMBOK atleast 7-8 times before entering into the real exam and this is a MUST I would recommend.
3. From UDemy -I used to solve questions from Andrew Ramadayal, Tridib Roy and Joseph Phillip. But the most benefit I have made through PM Prepcast.
4. Apart from the books, I must have watched almost all Praizion Videos. The instructor Phill teaches from PMBOK and that helps catch the concepts. Esp the Risk chapter because he is a PMI-RMP as well so he had deepend my concept about risk and issue.
5. I would request you to understand the concepts behind 3 imp things - Issue/Issue log, change Request/change log, and Risk. When and When Not to use the either. As real exam will cover many questions on this and even a slight mistake of concept understanding will get the answer wrong.
6. Agile and Servant Leadership, conflict management, Adaptive, Hybrid. Exam was 60% Hybrid I would say.

Overall I can say, the real exam will take you to an altogether different world. The first 60 questions in my case were nerve wracking for me. I came out for a break and told my husband that I might not pass as the questions are very tricky. But second and third set gave me a bit breathing space. A deep understanding of concepts is what is required. Even in the first set some questions will be medium difficulty level, but I would suggest to not give more than 90-100 minutes on it, manage your time accordingly. from Reverse counter I decided first set till 130-140 minutes, second set till 70-80 remaining minutes and third set in 70 minutes. Time management is the key. If you find a question hard, move on instead of giving a lot of time on it.

Hope it might help. Thanks

Congratulations!

Thank you for sharing your Lessons Learned. They are very helpful, especially about the balance of hybrid questions.

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