My short journey of becoming a PMP

Originally written on 19th March, 2018

As we always like to retrospect what we did, I tried my bit in noting down what I learnt throughout my PMP preparation journey. So, here it goes-

My journey in brief : (Initiation and Planning)

PMP was in my bucket list since July 2017, but got to know further only when I thought of taking a classroom session in December. The session helped in creating a PMP shell in my mind.

Later, in January 2018, I filled my application and it got audited, cleared my audit within 2 weeks. Then thought to start preparing in the 2nd week of Jan. Due to a family trip, I could not study until 18th Feb.

19th Feb is when I seriously started and exactly after 4 weeks, I cleared the test today (19th March) with Above Target.

Resources that I used : (Execution)

• WhatsApp PMP Study Group (throughout my journey)

• PMBOK (half + once)

• Rita (Once)

• PMI Exam Outline (twice)

• PMI Ethics (Once)

• Joseph Phillips’ PMP Prep (Once)

• Joseph Phillips’ Cram course (Once)

• iZenBridge video course (Twice)

• My Handwritten notes

Tests that I took : (Monitoring and Controlling)

• Oliver Lehmann 175 questions — 70%

• Joseph Phillips, 2 tests — 78% & 76%

• Headfirst 200 questions — 80% & 89%

• Eduhub 4th Test 200 questions — 70%

Outcome : (Closing)Arnab Rajkhowa, PMP

Lesson I learnt : (OPA update) Not super hard! A little bit of energy to come out of the comfort zone can help you pass the exam.

Thank you!