Hi Friends out there..really apologise for this long hiatus....since then lot of water has flown down the bridge... :)....actually I got busy with my PMP preparation..and finally got the coveted PMP title to get in to the august club.
Sharing my LL with you :
It all started in Apr end, when I thought of give a new thrust to my career.I started my journey in mid May'09 when I thought of to take the certification and joined REP (Adept Techno, Chennai). They are really very good people with one of the best instructors in the business for the 35 hr contact program.
I gathered all possible free stuffs from Internet and purchased Head First PMP,Kim Heldman and Rita's book 6th Ed.
After reviewing the prepratory materials, initially,It seemed to be Herculean task ,but somehow managed to hang around. Started the journey with PMBOK.
I had based my prepration on Head First PMP. After every chapter form the Head First, I used to refer to PMBOK. Followed by chapter wise tests. Then after completing Head First, started using Kim Heldman in same fashion. This went around 30-40 days.
Then next 10 days went on completing Rita's book, which provided enough stuff to brush up the theories. The next 10 days went around taking sectional/chapterwise test from all availabale sources.
Then took 3 full length test and did a rigrous analysis. It was really a great help to me, It helped me to fix my self on chair for 4hrs without break. As I had scheduled my PMP test at 1:30 pm. I used to take test during the same time.
Revised Head First and Kim Heldman twice, Rita thrice and PMBOK thrice.
The day before exam I completely relaxed and had occasional glances to the self made flashcards.
On Exam day:
Went to Prometric Centre half an hour early, The test started with 15 min tutorials of understanding the buttons . It hardly takes 2 min to understand, spent rest of 13 min in Brain Dump on the scratch paper. The original test started, for me the initial 30 min were like "fighting the lost battle". I was able to see "Fail" written on my screen,then I realised it was illusion. I still had 150 qs left, calmed down myself and then started again. In two hrs I was able to complete the test. I took a break and after 5 min I was again back reviewing the each and every answer. I was able to change 15-20 answers. It took another 70 mins to do so. After the Review I prayed to almighty and hit the "END" button.For few seconds screen blanked out and when i saw it was Congratulations !!... I didn't believe it... But it was real, I had passed the PMP.
with this.. i would like to be back with posts regulary...
Cheers !!
