Cleared my PMP Exam. Thanks you itechgurus and Mr. Manick

Score Sheet:

Hi Prasanth, As we discussed cleared the PMP exam today in my first attempt.
First of all would like to thank Manick sir for his thorough and well crafted explanations of topics during the training. Once again thanks for clarifying all my queries and doubts which really helped in the exam today.

Thanks to you for helping me filling the PMP form submission and your assistance throughout the journey.

This is how I prepared
1. Read PMBOK book multiple times and got all my concepts cleared, did lots of web searches.
2. Read Rita Mulcahy which is the simplified version of clearing any doubts and practising questions.
3. Practised multiple questions including that of PMP, ITech Mock Tests(took 2 tests) and PMI Mock etc.

Dear Mr. Prasanth, As discussed, Please find below my PMP exam preparation methodology and lesson learned  for your reference and further necessary action:

Introduction:

Having vast experience in handling EPC Projects, I have started searching for PMP training class through net and got to know ITechGurus. During the preliminary discussion had with Mr. G Prasanth,  Director of Training and Development, I had been motivated to join the PMP course and well explained the whole process for PMP certification.

Based on his motivation and guidelines, I had immediately decided to join the PMP training course for 23rd & 24th May 2020 and 30 & 31st May 2020 week-end batch, which resulted in the final stage of getting PMP Certification.

ITechGurus Training Methodology:

For my batch, I was luck to get Dr. Chandramouli as PMP training faculty, who inspired from start to end with well-structured training course. Dr. Chandramouli was my inspiration to attend the complete 35 hrs online PMP course, which helped to understand the whole PMBOK Guide Process and Knowledge area in detail. During the training, Dr. Chandramouli had given lot of practical examples to correlate the PMBOK knowledge and process areas.

Finally. I had strictly followed, Dr. Chandramouli’s advise to prepare for my PMP exam and gone through PMBOK guide, Rita Mulcahy, Head First and scheduled my PMP exam for 30th Sep 2020.

My PMP Exam Preparation Methodology:

As advised by Mr. Prasanth and Mr. Chandramouli, I had allotted one week for each Knowledge are and gone through PMBOK Guideline by Line along with other reference books like Rita Mulcahy, Head First PMP Exam Preparation.

After completion of each knowledge Area, I used to attempt questions in all the reference books to clear my concept and understanding of each terminology used in PMBOK Guide.

After completing all the Knowledge area, I had tried ITechGurus 4 Mock test and PMP online Mock Test before appearing for PMP final Exam. Most of the mock test I tried to attempt twice as my initial score was less than 80% during 1st Attempt.

Lessons Learned:

During the initial period, I used to read 1st PMBOK Guide and then Head First and Rita Mulcahy and then appear for all practice chap test. But, this did not yield much results, and then, I have changed my study pattern differently, which cleared my concept much better.

1st – PMBOK and Head First then try to attend practice questions on each chapter of respective books. While going through the mistakes I did in the Chap test of two reference books, I used to underline the key words, which I missed while initial reading. Then I used to read Rita Mulcahy and finally PMBOK Guide in detail understanding all the important keywords line by line. Then, I used to attend again Chap test of PMP Preparation, Head First and Rita mulchay. Most of the chap test I appeared twice till I get 90% score.

Finally, Mission PMP accomplished! After a Month of preparations, sacrifices, struggle and hardwork. I reached my goal in achieving PMP certification. Thanks.

I am PMP Certified Now! Thank you Mr. Prasanth and our trainer Mr. Manick for continuous support and motivation. Exam is not tough and not easy for me. All the questions are situation based. 

1. I read PMBOK and Rita for preparation with Itechgurus Practice test / Mockups and PMI Test. Rita Questions are also very useful.
2. 6 Mathematical questions are directly come from our practice test which we discussed on training / whats-app group.
3. Questions are from all Processes of PMBOK. All are MCQ and answers are similar to each. I read 2 to 3 times to understand the questions before choose the answer.
4. Took exam from home. they give break after completing 90 Questions and i thought its easy when compare with next set of 120 Questions. Finally it was done and i got Congratulations Message on my screen.

Successfully completed my PMP Certification exam. Thank you very much Prasanth, Manick and Mouli sir.

Thanks a lot Prasanth, Yesterday PMP exam cleared. 

12-09-2020

Finally Prasanth with all your support cleared PMP.. tried calling you unable to reach you. 

Passed PMP Examination, Test was very easy whoever has not attempted in my team, go and finish it. don't waste time. Thanks Manick sir, Ajay, Amrutha to keep me on track. 

Though I believe everyone has her own method… I simply follow itechgurus preparation plan..

Lessons learnt should be prepared throughout project, but I am preparing after project delivery. lesson learned register is a project document while lessons learned repository is an OPA) Chronology of my prep:

1. 4-5 hr research about PMP, PMI that includes making free account and some free videos.
2. Attended 35 hr training by ITechgurus taken by Manick
3. Memorize 49 process names, the day sir asked us to memorize. (It helps, it should have done first. Even though I am not good in memorizing things. I did it like a kid roaming here and there J)
4. A quick go through of ppt (I could not remember much) min. 10-15 hr
5. Quick go through at least 60 % PMBOK 25hr to 30hr (I think waste of time as hardly I was able to remember anything (wordings/definitions))

Note: They use PMBOK wordings, One should focus only in confusing definitions, not all. Remembering all is impossible, at least for me.

1. Read head first. it’s easy but not enough (I would not suggest to read all books). Gave its MOCK. Easy and it boosts your confidence. (15-16 hr)
2. Rita Mulachy (book + exercise)(30 hr)

Note: If someone wants to read only one book, he should consider Rita Mulachy. I did not read any book properly as it was time consuming and most importantly boring. I keep book in front of me and think something else. I can waste hours together like that..:)

1. So I decided to give MOCKs, it kept me highly focused for 4+2 hr (4hrs for solving, 2hr for wrong answers review and doubt clear from PMBOK. I searched keyword in pdf file and read lilbit here and there ) 40-50 hr
2. I made small notes whenever I felt.

I think I would have exaggerated my efforts here in terms of hours but all I can say giving more mocks and analyzing where I made mistake helped me. It kept me highly focused (effective use of hour).

Whenever I lost focus, I took one day off from office to bring my prep back on track.

I think actual paper is not very tough, moreover one does not need to have 5 A’s. How it would help. It’s just a certificate. Take it light. Finish it. J

04-09-2020

Score Sheet:

Cleared my PMP today.

03-09-2020

Passed my PMP .Thank you Prasanth, without your help and mouli sir guidence it's not possible to achieve the PMP Certificate thanks for ITECH GURUS and chandramouli sir 🙏🏻

When I was schedule my exam 1 week ago in Pearson VUE Center. My name is different in identity proof (Name would be continuous without space). So they not allow me to take the test that day. After that I was contact Prasanth sir, PMI and Pearson continuously to solve my issue. Yesterday Pearson test center solved my issue and allow me to take the exam. Prasanth sir help me a lot. Thank you very much.

26-08-2020

Finally!!
After giving up (postponing) for almost 2 years, I took the advantage of all the extra time I got from working from home to get PMP certified! :)

I would like to thank ITECHGURUS and to Dr. chandramouli subramanian Ph.D, PMP, ACP. You have been an inspiration and your continuous motivation has played a very important role in this success story. This wouldn’t have been possible without your constant guidance and support. A big big thanks!!

MY PMP Experience

On the day of exam:

Generally, the exam was tough, I would say around 60-70% was fair easy to answer provided we master the concepts.

Questions from,

1. Calculation based- 1 from CPM and 1 from SPI
2. Input details based- Around 5-6
3. Tools and techniques based- Many
4. Out of PMBOK concepts questions- None, no out of scope concepts came in exam
5. Most questions from-Process Change Request. Around 30 Plus
6. least questions from-Calculation, I had only 2 for which calculator is not needed, that simple calculations
7. No lengthy questions at all.
8. Some questions where straight forward
9. No question from Agile
10. No question from Leadership theories
11. I got mix of questions across all chapters. No individual chapter had high weightage

General Info:

1. There is a timed break for 10 mins after 89th questions. Once, you finish the 89th question, you will be asked to take a break for maximum of 10 mins. We can resume if we wish to continue the test. But before break begins, we should review the marked questions. This will be clearly instructed when we write the exam
2. Online exam was hassle free. No issues at all at any stage! I logged half an hour the exam schedule time to start the process. They asked us to take picture of us and picture of the entire room using our mobile phone and it gets uploaded automatically. Then an online instructor was present whom we cannot even see visually. So, no embarrassing moment.

My Preparation:

1. ITechgurus training and recording video helped me to understand the key concepts.
2. I printed out PMBOK and started going through the Part 1 of it. I did not concentrate on ITTOs. Instead I used Manick sir’s flow charts which has key ITTOs
3. Total Preparation Hours: 250 hours – Online Class + self-Preparation + Mock
4. Total mock - 10

• Itechgurus Mock - 3 (free) & PMP Mock - 1 (free) – Must do Mock.

14-08-2020

My PMP Certificate. Cleared the exam. Thank you techgurus.

10-09-2020

Cleared Exam. Congratulation Screen Came.. Exam is not tough or easy. Above target in 4 process group (Initiation, Planning, Monitoring & Controlling, Closing) and Target in (Execution Process Group). Got most of PMP Exam Questions from Communication management, Change Management, Stakeholder Management and in Risk management. 2 Mathematical questions.

Tried PMI & ITechGurus mock test, is very help full. Not same questions reflect in the exam. But most of the questions are in same scenarios.

Thank you Mr. Manick and Prasanth.

09-08-020

Hi Prasanth, I have cleared PMP exam today. Questions are very tough and some calculation questions also there. Understanding the PMBOK concepts is important and practice questions and Mocks are very useful. Special thanks to vasu for training and support. 

07-08-2020

Hi All, I Cleared PMP Exam today. Thank you Prasanth and Mouli. Training and materials would be very helpfull and on an average i scored 75% in all mock test of itechgurus and i have revised answers 3 - 4 times then schedules the exam with Pearson VUE Center. 

07-08-2020

Successfully Cleared the PMP Exam

Today achieved a Milestone, Passed PMP

Exam Experience:
- Questions were not tough, but tricky and many short questions, but there are many questions for which two answers seems correct, I selected that one that seemed the better the assumption to be stated.

- Happy to infrom that not a single question from Agile, More questions faced on Risk, Quality and Stakeholder Management and 5 to 10 questions on Tools & techniques Overall.

- First part in exam, i was stressed and could not concentrate better, but managed better in second half.

- I could review all questions, as I wrote down a grid stating the time block 240-210-10-150 etc.. and the targeted answer 0-25-50-75 etc.. This help me a lot to seeif i was on track.

- If you know how to calculate EV, PV, AC, EAC, CPI, SPI, BAC that is enough about te formula part, no need to put more effort apart from that.

- Remember about the schedule break that has been implemented, after the question 90. So you have to consider to keep at least 133 minutes for the second block to stay in average. (107 Minutes for 90 questions plus the review, you will not able to se the first block after the break.

Resources Used:

- Simulator noted from itechgurus and the process flow chart from Manick sir everything helped a lot. Also questions posted from itechgurus whatsapp group guided much too.

Good luck and all the best for all PMP Aspirants and itechgurus team.

Hi Team, I have completed my exam today. Get congratulations message and Certification Exam report. It show me "Pass". Thank itechgurus for helping me on PMP Preparation. Please find the certificate and score sheet below