How to be organized luck--PMP exam preparation experience

National Day holiday is basically calm and anxious to spend, after all, the legend of the results of the announcement cycle is coming, there will be some nervous, someone is ambitious. And I should belong to the middle of the kind, because it is not particularly confident, but according to their own assessment should be no problem. But the results did not look forward to, but got a PMI e-mail to inform October 8 will start publishing results. Can only be helpless to wait.

Wake up on the morning of October 9, open the Mobile mail app (actually this is the national day during the regular operation), an e-mail quietly lying there, "congratulations, you had obtained a PMP", immediately awake, The first thing is to pinch their face to confirm not in the dream (indeed there have been one or two dreams about the PMP exam, after all, non-stop four hours), and then wake up with the "leadership" said a voice, eh, who, thousands of not a skip.

Open the mail to see, and then jump to the PMI website, looked at the results of analysis, the overall is pass, and is exceeds (more than) is not meets (in line with), but the results are not good, 3A2B, is hit the big luck. To this oneself actually is satisfied with the result, in fact also has a lot of feeling.

Most of the students in the PMP exam should be in the job, and some are already in the management position, which means that it is not too young, may be in the old under the pressure of small, work is not easy, after all, the management of the rice, is really not so mixed, shoulder and lead the expectations of each team member, Even be responsible for the survival of a team in the company. This is not an easy time to apply for PMP, and there are a lot of extra things that can interfere with the pace of preparation. I don't know if it will resonate, but at least I am in the environment I mentioned above. So, to their own situation has been a lot of numbers, can only be a good plan, reasonable luck.

May in the former company, has decided to change jobs, to find opportunities, interview what spent a lot of time, work as far as possible to squeeze out the spare time, see Pmbok Fifth and six version, a quick glance left a structural impression. June decided to report to the training course, the application, formally entered the implementation phase, while still in the interview new job, and get an offer, this stage is basically to take the time to read a book, participate in teacher Wang's lectures, see the teacher Wang Video, see Dr. Wang's book, do chapters corresponding exercises mainly. Test preparation boring is certain, like at that time in the preparation group said, who can read the complete Pmbok I admire. But teacher Wang's video is really an example of vivid, humorous language, such as: The ancient love can not stay, always the way popular; the weight of the burden of everyone to pick, everyone has indicators; PMI gave the 20W teacher Wang Wang to move brick wall, then earned value how to calculate the example. After watching the video, pick up Dr. Wang's "read the PMP test" and then deepen, after the chapter problems, go back to control their weak points, according to the answer to PMBOK on the corresponding to find relevant chapters. The process is also as kuzhongzuoyue as possible. This stage mainly look at the fifth edition of Teacher Wang's video, and then see the sixth version of the video, incidentally, Dr. Wang's "Interpretation of PMP test" from beginning to end rough sweep the first time.

In mid-July, I went to a new company and started a variety of hard work, to understand the new company's rules and regulations, business, project, delivery process, team, communication and so on the mess, overtime. Home, but also to tutor children's homework, often began to read more than 11 o'clock in the night, see one hours on the NAP, but still insist on Dr. Wang's "Interpretation of PMP examination" from beginning to end. Three weeks from mid-July to early August, time was largely handed over to the company. Fortunately, at the beginning of August, my father and mother came to Xi ' an from their hometown to see me, by the help of cooking, to see the children. Finally a little time to read a book. However, the remaining one months, according to their own reading and watching video investment time, is certainly insufficient. This time basically can only rely on the PMP knowledge to work experience, if the relatively clear and skilled parts, not too much to go deep, mainly by brush questions to find relatively weak place, and then in the targeted through the teacher Wang's video and Dr. Wang's interpretation of the book to deepen understanding, while the process group and input and output to strengthen memory and recite. In late August, there was a week of work in which the project was busy. However, two weeks before the exam continued to brush the title, Management Circle, 51CTO, Dr. Wang interpretation of the Blue Book suite of the simulation, as well as the learning group to provide other simulation problems.

Of course, the timing of the final PMP learning output is certainly over the minimum 200 hours of study time required by the PMI.

The experience is summarized as follows:

1. Pmbok a little to see again, do not understand also does not matter, the main role I seem to check the gaps, as the final official reference (standard answer source);
2. Miss Wang's video, at least 2 times. Dr Wang's interpretation at least three times, including intensive reading at least once;
3. 51CTO exercises and simulation questions, must do well, Wang Teacher's online questions to attend, there are problems in the group to ask Mr. Wang and the teachers, as well as with the students to discuss, more climbing building;
4. If there are more management work experience, as much as possible to brush the question, after all, our project practice contains the eastern cultural factors, there are many routines and many habits are different from the PMP concept, multi-brush more than the problem of correcting more to consolidate their weak part of the knowledge points.
5. Prepare for the exam, do more than 200 of the simulation, review to the last feeling 200 questions almost 2.5 hours to finish, is because many problems face are similar. But actually in the examination room to a special official PMP exam volume, similar really not many, 120 after the brain will start a little tired, you can go to the bathroom slowly. About 3.5 hours to finish the question and finish the answer card, even the teacher shouted to collect a roll of people are still coated with the answer card. So the multi-simulation of a 200-time problem, in fact, their own thinking, mental power, responsiveness and endurance are a very good sharpening.

Thank you, Mr. Wang Wang, teacher in charge of teachers and teaching assistants to pay the hard work, thank you for your classmates exchange, guidance and support. Although the preparation is a dull and relatively long process, which is also a lot of ups and downs, but eventually looked back, still is a very fun and fulfilling process. Although the results are not good, but also posted out, thick-skinned-after all, the PMP certificate will not write 5A or 3a2b, right:-), but also in the same way as I am in the old there are small, and "can not transfer the risk" situation of the students to give an encouragement.

How to be organized luck--PMP exam preparation experience