PMP check!!
It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to share with you all that i have successfully cleared PMP exam in my first attempt. Being an average mind and a lazy person, it took an effort and this is my journey of winning and what it takes to win it in first go!! Learnt few good things in this process - Set a goal, be dedicated, Work towards it at "your" pace, push your limits and yes, focus, focus and focus.
PMP as most you must be aware is the most prestigious certification in the project management world. The certification is to be earned from PMI - Project Management Institute and is globally accepted as benchmark for project management knowledge. The course involves studying the fundamentals of Project Management, learning and unlearning new/old concepts, internalizing what's best and knowing the true meaning of Project Management. I decided to embark on this journey in April of 2015. It all began one day, like it always does with everyone, I was bothered about where my career is going and what should I do next to reach the next level.
We started the conversation (We = me and Nidhi - my wife) by "Where do I want to see myself in 5 yrs". With much deliberations and debates it came out to be - "Working in a giant conglomerate at a Program/Project/Portfolio/PMO level". That kind of set precedence and we took off to see some of the profiles of the leaders working for the position/role or having the mentioned responsibilities.
Apart from the experience what clearly stood out was the capability necessarily depicted with some of the known and respected industry wide certifications. While in Europe its Prince 2 and ITIL, in USA its more of PMP. So we decided to embark on this journey in the month of April.
The journey began by acquiring the reading material - PMBOK 5th Edition (a MUST) and Rita's PMP prep book. Both were given to me in new state by a good friend Darshak Sheth. Then came in the other things like online help, classroom coaching and test preps. I could find a good, detailed course by Mr. Resit Gulec on Udemy. Finally, we needed to make some amendments to our daily schedules, and find a place to study. We created a regular schedule which gave me a clear window of 2-3 hours and the place was chosen as Parsippany Troy Hills library. That time and place became my regular outing for 2 full months.
PMP unlike other regular exams combines your knowledge, experience and application of that knowledge into real world scenarios. I will be detailing out each of these in the next few sections.
Summary
To pass the exam you'd need these (and more!!)
1) PMBOK latest (Edition)
2) Rita's PMP preparation book (Latest edition)
3) Regular and FIXED schedule (Fixed is important!!)
4) Dedicated preparation
5) Practice, practice and more practice.
6) Most important - Strong support from Family and Friends.
And my Mantra "Intelligence x Time x Effort = Constant", and the scenario that works for me is
Intelligence = Average
Time = Above Average
Efffort = Maximum Possible
Gives me Success!!!!
Next section i will share my knowledge materials, URLs, PDFs whatever i had acquired over this journey. Watch out for this place for more details!!
Thanks
Deepak Sharma PMP ITILv3
It gives me great pleasure and satisfaction to share with you all that i have successfully cleared PMP exam in my first attempt. Being an average mind and a lazy person, it took an effort and this is my journey of winning and what it takes to win it in first go!! Learnt few good things in this process - Set a goal, be dedicated, Work towards it at "your" pace, push your limits and yes, focus, focus and focus.
PMP as most you must be aware is the most prestigious certification in the project management world. The certification is to be earned from PMI - Project Management Institute and is globally accepted as benchmark for project management knowledge. The course involves studying the fundamentals of Project Management, learning and unlearning new/old concepts, internalizing what's best and knowing the true meaning of Project Management. I decided to embark on this journey in April of 2015. It all began one day, like it always does with everyone, I was bothered about where my career is going and what should I do next to reach the next level.
We started the conversation (We = me and Nidhi - my wife) by "Where do I want to see myself in 5 yrs". With much deliberations and debates it came out to be - "Working in a giant conglomerate at a Program/Project/Portfolio/PMO level". That kind of set precedence and we took off to see some of the profiles of the leaders working for the position/role or having the mentioned responsibilities.
Apart from the experience what clearly stood out was the capability necessarily depicted with some of the known and respected industry wide certifications. While in Europe its Prince 2 and ITIL, in USA its more of PMP. So we decided to embark on this journey in the month of April.
The journey began by acquiring the reading material - PMBOK 5th Edition (a MUST) and Rita's PMP prep book. Both were given to me in new state by a good friend Darshak Sheth. Then came in the other things like online help, classroom coaching and test preps. I could find a good, detailed course by Mr. Resit Gulec on Udemy. Finally, we needed to make some amendments to our daily schedules, and find a place to study. We created a regular schedule which gave me a clear window of 2-3 hours and the place was chosen as Parsippany Troy Hills library. That time and place became my regular outing for 2 full months.
PMP unlike other regular exams combines your knowledge, experience and application of that knowledge into real world scenarios. I will be detailing out each of these in the next few sections.
Summary
To pass the exam you'd need these (and more!!)
1) PMBOK latest (Edition)
2) Rita's PMP preparation book (Latest edition)
3) Regular and FIXED schedule (Fixed is important!!)
4) Dedicated preparation
5) Practice, practice and more practice.
6) Most important - Strong support from Family and Friends.
And my Mantra "Intelligence x Time x Effort = Constant", and the scenario that works for me is
Intelligence = Average
Time = Above Average
Efffort = Maximum Possible
Gives me Success!!!!
Next section i will share my knowledge materials, URLs, PDFs whatever i had acquired over this journey. Watch out for this place for more details!!
Thanks
Deepak Sharma PMP ITILv3
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