The PMP Exam Lessons Learned by Harshala Patel

以下是从Harshala Patel中学到的教训。

It feels great to pass the PMP exam on the first try. But, trust me, it requires discipline and dedicated efforts.

我的PMP exam preparationstarted in October 2019.

I got my35 contact hours training program来自L＆T项目管理学院。我以前的雇主内部研究所邀请培训师并为其雇员和外部候选人进行此类培训计划。

Thetraining programrequired students to the PMBOK Guide at least once, even if you don’t get it the first time. So I read it. Afterward, I started readingRita Mulcahy, which helped clarify the PMBOK Guide concepts. It took two months of disciplined reading to finish Rita Mulcahy. Solving the exercises was very helpful.

While reading the PMBOK Guide for the first time, I underlined the important points for later reference.

I revised Rita Mulcahy a second time, along with the PMBOK Guide. This time I finished my reading in 15 days and my confidence level was high.

After this,I focused on the ITTOsusing flashcards provided by the training program. It took more time than expected as I got confused. At this time, I referred to Fahad’s blog andlearning notesand built my flow chart for the ITTOs. He explained most of the concepts in straightforward language, which helped a lot.

I read Rita Mulcahy a third time to revise concepts. Now was the time to gauge how well I knew the concepts. I started solving PMP practice questions likeOliver Lehmann’s 200 questionsand online questions through the “PMP Exam Prep” app, which gave me more confidence.

Fahad’s 400 questionshelped me to check and verify my knowledge. I solved over 1,500 practice questions on different platforms, including theWhizlabs mock exam simulator。有了这一点，我觉得我已经准备好进行模拟测试，并开始尝试模拟测试，考虑到时间压力，漫长的问题以及努力保持坐下240分钟，这非常具有挑战性。

I tried five mock tests. I was scoring around 65%, so I worked hard to improve my scores to above 80%. At this time, I felt confident and planned to schedule the exam. Every time I attempted any mock test and reached the 200th question, the duration was close to 240 minutes, which left no time to review marked items.

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I was nervous but confident. I knew that my biggest struggle would be time management. I set a target to finish 50 questions every hour, which I did during my first hour. But the next 50 questions were more complicated and tricky, and so they took 75 minutes to complete.

This pressure to make up the lost time made me more nervous. The next two hours were now pivotal. Even though I could not afford to take any breaks, I still took a 3-minute break to have water. Since you cannot have water on your desk, you must go to your allocated locker to access your water bottle. Caution, they allow nothing in the examination hall except your ID.

I completed all 200 questions in 235 minutes. I had only 5 minutes to review the marked items, but I could review only ten questions. As I felt confident about the answers, I didn’t change any.

时间到了，它会自动提交我的答案，并且在几秒钟之内，“恭喜”在屏幕上闪烁，这给了我巨大的幸福。在这一刻，我五个月的辛勤工作值得。

I want to thank Fahad for his blogs, learning notes, “The A2Z of the PMP Certification Exam” book, and the PMP Question Bank with 400 questions that helped me achieve my goal of passing the PMP exam on the first attempt successfully.

Thank You!

问候，

哈萨拉