Below is the highlight of hundreds of Lessons Learned archived in the LL Forum of PMHUB from 2005 – present

“The funny thing is sometimes you can tell some questions are not real ones. These kind of questions mentioned some thing you never heard and they even have grammar errors.”
Jim-BC: Passed PMP on Aug 13 2009

I started preparation about 1 month in advance of the exam. I spent around 1-2 hours a day (with the occasional day off to avoid numbing of the brain ). On weekends I sometimes extended this time to 2-4 hours. The three days previous to the exam, I probably spent around 5-6 hours a day.
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….. I’ve been monitoring many blogs, sites and forums, but PMHUB is No.1
Before doing the test, I wrote down all the formulas, process chart from the page 70 of the PMBOK guide and other stuff like conflict resolution methods, risk resolution strategies and types of power. After each test I did a lessons learned analysis by reading all questions and their answers even I answered right. By doing this I learned much more things than by just reading or skimming over the books.

Passed PMP on June 22nd, 2009

- Completed Jim Bok ( I used to study Jim Bok after every mock exam I took. I understood and memorized his notes. They are very good)
- RajRani’s notes – Very nicely articulated. Gives complete picture. Great for revision

Passed PMP – June 22 09

It took me about 3h20 to to a first pass through the exam. I spend another 20 minutes reviewing the marked questions. I changed a 2-3 answers. I managed to review about 100 more questions in the other 20 minutes. I found one obvious mistake while doing this. So my advice is to keep reviewing

Passed the PMP exam on June 16, Warsaw, Poland

I passed my CAPM last October (didn’t have enough hours under my belt at that stage to sit PMP). Thankfully, I didn’t have too much trouble recalling my study this time around and the whole process was a lot less stressful. (Jessica Delahunty, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore, USA)

Passed PMP 6/14/2009

After much research on the various ways to gain the necessary 35 contact hours, including the wide variety of classes and on-line options, and I chose PM Prepcast for several reasons. First, after reviewing the PMBOK, I felt confident that learning the processes would come easily to me,…… (Register to PMHUB Forums to get the complete LL)

Lessons Learned- Affordable Self Study

I took the PMP yesterday and unfortunately failed. I found some of the questions to be tricky.

Details LL in PMHUB Forums, LL Forum (you must be a member of PMHUB to access 1,000s of Lessons Learned)

Failed PMP on 6/6/09

… let me give you a sincere advice, you don’t need to remember all the ITTOs for the exam. Please don’t waste your time cramming each and every ITTO rather spend more time understanding the concepts. When I say concepts, I mean you should know which process leads to which process, what important tools are followed and what are important outputs.

How pmhub.net contributed to my success: Why I chose only pmstudy? Because previous test takers on pmhub.net suggested these are closest to real exam. I got Rajesh Rani notes from pmhub. Some other valuable advice from LLs.

Cleared PMP in a reasonable time

Lastly, make a study plan and execute it. It’s a very reasonable exam. Don’t let the people scare the hell out of you.

I cleared PMP today after around 2 months study (Last 20 days involved
very serious study). The test was tougher than the other practice exams
that I had tried and I actually got a Below Proficiency in Professional
Responsibility!!. The remaining areas went well. Thanks a lot to PMHUB.
I picked up a lot of tricks and tips from the LLs posted here. This
site made a big difference to my Prep.

Cleared PMP in first attempt on 8th June 2009 – Bangalore

“I havent done anything extraordinary to clear this cert. The simple logic would be to take your time in understanding the concepts (refer whatever material you have/find to feel stronger/confident).”

Cracked the PMP mystery on June 2, 2009 in Melbourne

Of all the posts that I read, I’ve only come across one person who actually admitting to failing the first time after writing. How are we to know the taste of success if we don’t know the flavor of failure. This is not to make myself feel better for failing the first time, but I did want to share that I did in fact fail in the 1st attempt.

full LL in Passed PMP on June 2 in T.Dot

I finish the mock exam suggested here, and feel that all are good. Actually, the real exam is more difficult than those mock exams. Suggest you need to do more practice especial for time control during the exam. Good luck.

The complete LL is archived here:
http://pmhub.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14940&p=37817#p37817

Passed PMP exam in single try

You really need to explore the internet, get hold of as much online free questions and keep resolving them. The more you resolve, the more you gain knowledge.

CAPM success story: Test-Taking Schedule & Extensive LLs

Small contribution to the ITTO discussion – Much has been said on this site about the test, so I will not repeat, except to echo that ITTOs are tested extensively. More specifically, they do not give a lot of context clues. What is needed is to know the ITTOs well. That said, there was no way I could memorize them. However, I did become very familiar with them, by …..
Passed PMP, 20th May, Bucharest, Romania

One thing that worked best for me when doing practice questions was to extract the wrong answers on a separate sheet of paper and before checking the detailed results to research the question again (using PMBOK/Rita) and to try to find the right answer myself. This helped me during the exam.

Passed PMP May 17 Portland,Oregon

I used PMHub for the following
1.sheila sheriff’s notes
2.Jim Owens tips
3.tips to read delegation
4.tips on using Guna’s software ..highly recommended
5.rani’s notes

Carolyn Miller of Atlanta – LL
Do not miss this part: “Things I would repeat or avoid:”
Passed PMP – May 15th – Atlanta, Georgia – LL
http://tinyurl.com/qzs76r

Passed PMP 15.05 2009 @ Hyderabad, India

I went to PMHUB forum and read each questions posted. I tried not to leave any question that was unanswered. That is the advantage of forum as the questions remain in the forum for ages but in yahoo groups it is difficult to read all previous questions…..

Passed my PMP exam on 14-May2009 Madison,WI

Jim Owens tips are quite handy for reading a couple of days before the exam. So do the Raja-Rani notes from PMHub.net. PMI’s 200 Qts are good but it is really worth just for CAPM and not for PMP exam. The exam is more situational and never seen the questions even from Rita’s. But able to connect some of them with Lehmann’s and Rita’s sample questions.

Passed May 13th – Fredericton, Canada

About 8 weeks left, started reading Headfirst. Took me about 20 days to complete it. (I’m not a fast reader) Analyzed my weaknesses from the tests at the back of each chapter.

Passed PgMP Exam May 11! (bdkean)

Yes, this exam is subjective, and you have to draw on your experience. There were about 5 direct questions – black or white answers. The other 95%+ was evenly distributed between situational and scenario based questions. I only got one scenario with 2 questions about CPI/SPI – only calculations I made on the whole exam

Passed PMP on 05/09, Dallas TX (Amit4PMP)

Jim Owens tips are good to summarise all important topics in respective knowledge areas and would recommend reading it and reading a couple of days before the exam.

Passed May 8, 2009
The exam itself seemed the same or easier than the practice tests – it’s the anxiety that you need to get a handle on
Passed PMP 6th May 09 Singapore
JIMBOK notes from PMIHUB : excellent notes for final formatting of your brain one day before taking up the tests

Guna’s software (check in pmhub.net/pmdigest Study Notes & Tools: Guna_PMP_All_in_One_Tool.zip) for processes : By far the best to revise ITTO …dont miss on it it pulled me thru 30

Passed PMP on May 4,09… In 3 weeks

It is very important to have a clear understanding of the concepts that PMI is trying us to get acquainted with.

Passed PMP 4/30, San Diego, CA
Read PMBOK until you understand each and every line. Will take multiple attempts.
Passed PMP on 05/05, Mumbai
ITTO : I was clear from day one, I will not go about memorizing the ITTO, instead i made a honest attempt of understanding and then remembering the logically, this helped me great deal.
What I did to pass my PMP
Started reading the PMBOK, but that was a waste of time for me
Passed PMP – April 25th – OH
I am really glad I read the Lessons Learnt in PMHUB, because I saw many posts that strongly recommended reading PMBok Glossary, Delegation by Vijay Verma and PMI code of conduct.I followed this advice and I am glad I did that. If not for PMHUB, i wouldnt have paid much attention to these topics. Passed PMP on April 25, 09 in Las Vegas, NV
I would like to thank pmhub for a great website which helped me throughout my preparation for PMP, especially LL and Q&A
Passed PMP on 23 Apr 2009 HK
Whenever you encounters some terms you don’t understand, do search it on web… Wikipedia is really a good place, and there are tones of useful info on web. If time allowed, don’t just read about that particular term but related things.. Sometimes further reading can help – I had some questions which contains terms that I couldn’t recall I saw them in any study materials I read but I saw them during my web search. Sometimes the way someone else presented is more understandable to you than what your materials told you.
Passed PgMP Exam April 2009 !!! Yes, the exam is extremely subjective. I think I also got about 8 direct questions – black or white answers. The questions were evenly distributed between situational and scenario based questions.
Passed exam on 21st of April 2009 in Edmonton
Another person who took exam failed (we met after the exam). He said he read a popular helping book end to end plus 2000 questions but did not read PMBOK.
Passed PMP on April 21st… OC
JIMBOK really helped me in revision especially Procurement and Quality Chapters
My Lessons Learned – Passed PMP on 20-Apr-09
I have registered myself for the examination on February 10. It took me little over 2 months to complete the examination.
Cleared CAPM Apr 20 2009 – Vancouver BC Canada
Reading Headfirst before PMBOK gives a better understanding

NOTE: These are all excerpts, the detail LLs are archived in the LL Forum

PASSED PMP on April 17, Chicago
To be honest, I stepped into Prometrics with low confidence. I thought I might be one of the few will be contributing Failure LL.

Passed pmp on April 17,2009
professional responsibility Q’s can be very tricky

PMHUBadmin note: please read this to make sure you are covered

Passed PMP on first try April 6 – Atlanta area
I did not memorize ITTO’s, but had a good understanding of the flows. I focused on the morning of the exam on the Integration Management areas and also listened to several of the overview episodes of the PM Prepcast. I scored well on P & SR, I also had several delegation questions so you should know those. There were some really wordy questions but a fair number of short ones as well.

Passed PMP on 7th April in Hyderabad, India
PMBOK is demanding book due to it’s language and you may feel that all is going over your head after a time.

Passed PMP Exam on 5th of April 2009
My Plan was to finish the exam before it changes

Passed PMP – Mar 28
this forum helped me quite a bit, in terms of understanding the concepts from discussion threads to some of the reading materials. Hats off to the administrators of this site. Keep up the good work!!

Cleared PMP Mar 23 2009
The only regret I have is that I was never active in the past. Maybe that would have prodded me to appear for the exam earlier ! It s never too late !

Passed my PMP Exam
One of the most important things while studying instead of just reviewing the right answer, understand why you were wrong. This will greatly help you in your exam.

My Tips for PMP Certification
I thank all the members of this forum for providing me with the wealth of information in terms of tips, handy and easy accessible notes, wise advice for PMP preparation and exam. All these helped me to obtain my PMP Credential.
Passed PMP on Mar 17th
Read PMBOK (once) took the whole of 3 weeks the first time (its so boring!!!!!)
Cleared my PMP certification today (17th Mar’09!
Tried to target completing 1 question per minute (or less if possible) so that i could spend more time on some difficult questions that may come up later during the test
Passed PMP exam in 2.5 weeks 03/11/09 I wanted to share my LL because it was a lot different than the other LLs that I have read in this forum.
I studied for a total of 2.5 weeks for the exam using four sources:
Passed PMP on March 5th
Eric Nielsen’s videos and Jim Owens’ PMP Exam Tips & Columns are very very useful. you can read Jim Owens’ PMP Exam Tips just before you go for your exam.
Passed PgMP exam 3-March-09… Thank God!!
It is definitively a ‘gruelingly subjective’ exam in which not only you have to know the program PMI terminology/theory but also substantial experience handling programs or large/multiple projects is necessary to pass. This is definitely the “bar exam” for Program Managers.
Passed the PMP exam on Feb-28-09
Eric Nielsen’s Video Lectures at pmhub.net. These helped to quickly get the summary and revise ITTO.
passed the PMP exam today 2/24 passed PMP exam 2/22
I recomend you refer the files and tips section of pmhub. Raj rani notes, Vijay Verma are some more references which can be helpful.
Passed PMP Exam – Feb 20, Toronto
I also find it useful to follow the “brain dump” suggestion by Cornelius
CAPM Passed – Feb. 17
Well seeing as how I used the information and advice posted in this forum I feel its necessary for me to contribute something. As a result, I am posting the study notes I made in hopes that someone will find them useful.
Passed PMP in 3 weeks (Feb 17)
Have been a PM/Director for 13 years, never felt a need for a PMP, as I have several other academic/industrial credentials.
Yippee – Passed PMP on 13th feb 2009 in Dallas,Texas !!!
In all, I did around 4000 sample questions which helped me a lot in my timing for reading and understanding the questions.I scored above 70% in all the tests.I visited PMhub.net forum regularly and got to know a lot from the questions posted.
Passed PgMP Exam Friday Feb 6
The exam was brutal in subjectivity. I felt that I understood and recalled the background behind every question and was easily able to rule out 2 of the answers each time but yet still lacked the variables that would have been able to define the difference between the two ‘right’ answers. This is an inherent weakness of the exam in that it seeks to evaluate the PM’s ability to make decisions in the absence of clarity when in fact we should always seek clarity before making such decisions.

Passed Feb 4, 09
Few questions required that I knew the ITTOs, I mean, there is no reason to memorize them. If had I all of ITTOs printed w/me I seriously doubt it would have helped.
Passed PMP on Feb 3rd
no matter how much experience you have as a project manager, you still have to study for this exam.
Passed PMP on 02Feb09 in Seattle, USA
On the test, I was a bit lucky. Around 75% of the questions were straight definitions, one liners,

Passed PMP Exam on Dec24th, 2008 – San Francisco
Most importantly , I took “Success with PMSuccess” from PMSuccess. The questions are of high quality. Staff is user friendly and they answered all my queries. I highly recommend them.
Passed PMP Exam on Jan 31st on my 2nd attempt
Understanding PMI-isms are extremely important!!! I think this is why I failed the first time. You can’t go in with the experience that you have in your current job.
Phew! Passed PgMP Jan 24
Frankly, the questions from the Fact Training practice tests most closely resembled the questions on the real test followed by …..
Passed PMP 24th Jan 2009 Illinois
started to study seriously on 20th December 2008.
Passed PMP on Jan. 23rd ’09 Austin TX USA
Be sure to differentiate between how you do business and how PMI expects you to answer the exam.
Passed the CAPM exam Jan 17th, 2009
round the 1st of the year I came across this site and read other’s LL. I jumped into the PMBOK deep …
Passed PMP exam on Jan 10th in Chicago
Found the exam much harder than prep exams,
Passed PMP on 8th January in Munich
I did NOT memorize ITTO’s!!! and I don’t feel it would have helped me.
Passed PMP on 7th Jan 2009 – Chennai, India
So, my view is that, the exam is more of application of gathered knowhow, and so try to keep your own customised notes that helps you in recollecting the difficult areas for you.
Passed PMP 5th Jan 2009!!! (Mumbai)
The sample questions teaches you to how to link the concepts learned in the books. And this is what the exam tests you on.
Passed PMP on 5th Jan 2009(Norristown, Near Philadelphia USA
I would like to thank PMHUB Forum, got response for most of my queries posted in PMHUB forum; which helped me to understand concepts better and clear.
My 20cents about CAPM
the exam is shockingly HARDER than expected
Cleared PMP on 30th Dec. @ Mumbai
thanks to this simple but well organised and focussed website and every one who has contributed towards it from administrators to content developers to contributers.
Proficient in everything ! Dec 30th Mumbai !!
He said that he’ll refund my fees if I fail in the exam.
PMP Exam passed Dec 29, NJ, USA
tried to write formulas down, so that I can write it in exam as well…
PASSED PMP on 12/29 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
DO NOT worry if the first few questions slow you down.
Passed Dec 29th, Detroit, MI (long)
I started out Listening to the PM Prepcast in tandem with reading the PMBOK book.
Passed PMP Exam 23rd Dec
Never read the PMBOK at all. Just kept browsing through PMHUB Lessons Learnt
which was very useful and the questions being posted here. I shuld admit i was a silent spectator in the forums.
Passed PMP on Dec. 22nd, 2008
Please, don’t take it lightly at all else it will be kind of waste of your time and money if you fail.
CAPM Test Observations Dec 22
I’ll be sure to post how useful the certification is to potential employers once I graduate in May. I have not seen many undergraduate CAPMs, so it will be interesting to see how it influences the job search from my perspective.
Passed Dec 20/08
If I had to do it again, I’d of used only Rita’s book and software and ignored the PMBOK entirely.
Passed PMP on 19th Dec 2008 from Hyderabad, India
DID NOT memorize the ITTO’s ( I though it is not logical to memorize so many ITTO’s just for answering around 10 questions or less , We we prepare well and understand the concepts we can even do the these questions correctly)
Dec 18th – Passed PMP – Toronto, Ontario
The approach was Print process maps , make notes of the whole knowledge area on each process maps which make more sense to me and didn’t really need to memorize all ITTOs
Passed PMP on 16th Dec, 2008 (Islamabad, Pakistan)
PMHub helped me to clear few of my concepts on Project Closure and Delegation – thanks a lot! Passed PMP on 15th Dec, 2008 (Karachi, Pakistan)
The PM exam is not to test & memorize the contents on any of the PM Books
Passed PMP on Dec 15th 2008, USA
The test is written in an odd style and may require a deeper understanding to pass because of this.
Passed PMP Exam Dec 9th, Nashville, TN, USA
In September of this year, I decided to get serious about completing the PMP exam. I studied off and on during the summer months and it was time for me to get serious about passing this exam.
Passed PMP on 12/6/2008 in Clarks Summit, PA
I opted to go with the CAPM and take another year before sitting for the PMP. Two years later, I finally did it.
Passed PMP on 3rd Dec 2008
Understand the concepts well and think logically, there is no need to memorize the formulas and ITTOS (at least for me, but there is no harm in memorizing them)
Passed PMP on 4 DEC : Bangkok Thailand
I would be ~number 96 PMP in Bangkok
A few more Tips and a Thank you to the PgMP’ers that Helped
I think what got me over the hump was the support of several authors of PgMP materials. It is refreshing that the ones that have passed the exam are very anxious and willing to help others. This is a hard exam, but it also seems to be developing into a very tight community of professionals sincerely wanting to help others.
Passed PMP exam on 24th Nov, Bangalore, India
There were questions which were not covered in any of the books I mentioned above but the answers to these were quite evident among the choices provided
Passed PMP exam and Lesson learned
I got a bad news that I had not passed my exam. I could not believe it. In short I forwarded my exam passing report to related authorities and after one month investigation finally they sent me a congratulation email and updated my status in their database. I found that you should keep a record of all the emails which you write or get from PMI customer care for your reference in case you face any problem
Passed PMP today – Nov 18
… Lastly….just try to think what PMI would like you to answer.
Passed PMP Exam Nov 17th in Michigan
I took 2 months to prepare for my exam due to time constraints and after 2 months i applied for my exam giving 1 month as buffer so that i can revise in the last 1 month.
Passed exam on Nov. 17
Passed PMP Exam on Nov. 14th, Singapore
Exam was much easier than I thought and prepared for.
Lessons Learned From CAPM to PMP
I tried to listen to two installments of the PM-Prep cast per day. Cornelius really does a great job explaining the material.
Celebrate…. (Nov 11, 2008)
PMBOK will be heavy when you read first , But You love it in the second and third pass. I suggest all PMP aspirants to read PMBOK at least twice.

Passed PMP Exam in Fremont, CA on Nov 9th, 2008
Quite a few questions on cost, very few on schedule, a couple on delegation, heavy on quality, quite a few on communication, very few about Risk. The questions are meant to test the understanding of the topics. They are not meant to test how much you can memorize.
Passed PMP on Nov 9th in Dallas, TX: My LL is my LL.
Visit PMHUB often for all the other exam resources. Trust me there is no other place that is so organized like PMHUB. Definitely this discipline is helping everyone to get the exact resources that they want while preparing for the exam. My special thanks to the admin for this.
Passed PMP Exam, Nov. 6, 2008
KNOW your Earned Value equations and how to use them – plenty of these questions and if you know your equations and their meanings they are simple to do.

Win-Win 3 Nov 2008
if you have good understanding of Knowledge Areas, processes and Big picture how they interact than you will definitely pass the exam. I didn’t memorize any input and output.
Passed PMP 3rd November, Accra
At long last, I’m proud to share that I passed the PMP this afternoon, November 3rd on my first try.
Nov 3rd- PMP Success!
During the week, I would review my flashcards and do the questions from PMHUB-PMSucess Question Bank.
One more PMP! Passed 3rd November 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal
Well, this is great day and I wish the best luck for those who are going to try this exam. Believe that is worth it, not only for the certification, but for the challenge of studying and learning about real project management practices.

Passed 29 of October!
Writing your LL before you take the test (very motivating)
Party Time ………….
LL – a. Go through all the questions and their answers and try to understand logic from
PMBOK’s view, and try to interpret situational questions from PMBOK’s point.
Passed PMP on 10/22/08 in Michigan
I found the LL section very helpful in terms of setting expectations and keeping motivated. Thanks to PMHub for this resource. At first I was a little put off by the strictness of the Admin, but as I read more, I could see why that was necessary – some people just can’t follow directions!
PMP certified on 17th Oct 2008, Gurgaon
It took me 3 weeks of preparation time excluding the time taking for a week while application was being processed & attending 4 days PMTI Fastrac classroom to earn “35” hours of Contact hours.
PMP certified on 17th Oct 2008, New Delhi
… PMHUB forums is a great place to get all this advice and for free Please do visit this site at least once in a day. You may not post, but reading other people’s post and imagining yourself to be writing a post of success itself is a great driving force (for me at least)

Certified on Oct 13 2008, Chicago, IL…

The exam is not too difficult, nor is it just bookish knoweledge. It will test your project handling experience for sure along with good practices described in PMBOK. Overall, the exam was 50% from books/other resources listed here and remaining 50% is what you have done/are doing at work.

PMHUB Forums
CAPM PASSED
… No extra study material and no classes (pls do not waste ur money, specially in this economy, yes u guessed it right, I work in a financial firm)
Passed PMP on Oct 13 2008, Chicago IL
The exam was bit difficult then expected. Resolving Formula question was my strength but I didnt get more the 3 question on EVT.There were lot of questions on Negotiation and Delegation ( Reading Vijay Varma book really helped)
Passed CAPM 10/11/2008 – LL (long, sorry!)
PMHub’s PMP Question Bank is invaluable. Work through it – they’re free and they’re GOOD QUALITY questions.
Passed PMP 10 Oct 08
Passed PMP October10th, Jersey City, NJ
Iam posting this lengthy LL for one reason, i have learnt most of my Tips/tricks from the others LL,i want to pass that back to the community.Take time to read it.
Passed PMP exam on Oct 1st 2008
Ask your wife/girlfriend/friend to ask you any term from the PMBOK. If you come across terms where you have that ‘deer in the headlight look’, then you need to go back to books again for a review. Passed PMP Septermber 30th, Lagos, Nigeria
Come up with a plan of study. Your best source for that plan is this PMHUB site. Read other Lessons Learned.
Passed PMP – Fast Tracking – No Gold Plating
“No Gold Platiing” Yes I managed to apply, prepare and pass PMP in three weeks. Thanks to this wonderful community and the moderators for running “PMHUB”
Passed PMP Septermber 23rd, Dallas TX
This site has been very helpful in providing the valuable lesson learned and gave me an idea of how to prepare and references for all the material.

Passed 22 Sept., Edmonton, Canada
Did not read the PMBOK even once.
ONE MORE PMP! September 22th, 2008
Was easier than I thought, not saying that it was easy, just easier than I thought.
Passed the CAPM today

Passed PMP on September 18th, 2008 Tampa Florida
Come up with a plan of study. Your best source for that plan is this PMHUB site. Read other Lessons Learned. Prepare and stick with it. Remember What one man can do so can another!
Passed in Toronto Sept. 19, 2008 Lessons Learned
After doing both the CAPM and PMP over the last number of months I am naturally quite happy that my study time is complete for the time being.
Passed the CAPM today
Fully read the PMBOK several times. As bad a read as it is.
Passed Sept 17, 2008 Portland, Oregon
Up until now, I only managed small projects, had no formal authority to do anything or spend money, and never followed any real method. I was a network admin, then DBA, and then software consultant. Most of my projects were fairly small, under $50k in size, so my confidence beginning the PMP journey was very low. I passed, and so can you!
Passed 16th of September 2008 – Lisbon – Portugal
I was very happy to have sound isolation stuff to put on my ears. There were some other type of prometric tests running at the same time with very very heavy keyboard pressing involved… (It disturbed me a lot).
Passed PMP 16th Sep Wash DC
The question on PMP exam were little easier then the one on pmcampus and Rita’s book. The earned value questions required little calculations and were very easy and one does not need calculator for those.
Passed PMP- Sep-16th-08-Minnesota
Night before the exam I didnt read anything, slept for 9 good hours.
Passed PMP – Dallas, Tx – Sunday 09/14/2008
… hardly read the PMBOK.
Passed PMP on September 8, 2008 – Toronto You need to be fully aware of your own situation and use the information that is specifically useful to you. For example, many people say that one should try to memorize the ITTO’s and that one should not study on the day of exam. This doesn’t work for me as my memory is not great. Instead of memorizing the ITTO’s, I find it easier just to try to really understand the rationale

failed pmp on 4 th september Even though I failed and nobody likes to fail in any venture or attempt the reality should be accepted. As per PMI I was less proficient in in three areas . So I think I have to improve a lot.

Passed PMP Exam on Sept 03 2008 Not to mention the LL and question bank in this forum. Firstly, the LLs in this forum helped me with “motivation” and “inspiration” and secondly, the LLs helped me evaluate my exam preparation planning, this helped me restructure my planning.

Celebrate on 2 Sep, 2008
Surfed around PMHub especially the LL. These provided valuable information where I can find the sample quiz, question bank to answer when I don’t understand some decision made in the question, pm knowledge and historical study plan to enhance my study plan.
Passed the PgMP Exam today – 8/28/08
I started studying the material in April 2008, submitted the application at the end of June and cleared the audit on July 14th and scheduled my exam the next day for today. For the last 45 days I’ve devoted a minimum of one hour per weekday and four hours each day on the weekend to the material and practice exams. I was confident that I knew the material I’d studied, but less confident that my study material was appropriate for the exam.
Passed PMP on Aug 27th – 2008
Exam was esay as it was thought to be.
Finally the journey is over Aug 24, 2008
Read the question carefully and all 4 choices. I experienced this problem while doing mock tests. I think during the exam, with conscious effort and specific focus on this, I was able to overcome this.
My LL – Swapna Prasad, PMP – Aug20, 2008
Passed today! -LL-Cleveland Ohio – Aug 16, 2008
Passed PMP Exam on 14th Aug, 2008
Passed PMP on 12th Aug,2008
… I have used Cornelius Fichtner’s pmprepcast podcast during my daily travel to office. This helped me a lot to understand the concepts rather than memorize them. ….
Passed my PgMP Exam – 11 Aug 2008
(this is the first PgMP LL in PMHUB PgMP Forum, congrats to Sule)…. This was a very very difficult exams. Very practical. Really tough. With 10mins left – I still had over 20 questions unanswered. And rushed through the rest. ….
Passed PMP August 11
Passed PMP on August 10th, in Houston, TX
… I came to know about this site only a month ago and I can’t explain how much knowledge I gained from this forum. …..
Passed 10th August, 08
…. The LLs in this forum are priceless. So the best tip and advise is to read all the LL to stay focused and motivated. …..
Passed PMP on 9th August at Hartford,Ct
….. Also listened prepcast from Cornelius Fichtner while driving to work.Very good quality stuff and gives you another dimension to learn from audio. PMhub for all lates LLs(definately not to be missed site) …
Passed PMP on 08.08.08 in Manitoba, Canada
I am really excited to be writing this. Each Time I read a post here it made me look forward to mine. I also realized that what works for one does not work for all but its good to know to help you discover what may work for you. ….
PASSED PMP ON 7TH AUG,08 FROM CHENNAI,INDIA
…..I selected the following for my test preparation: – 1.PMHub, 2.Headfirst PMP, 3.PMP Guide by Kim Heldman and 4.Rita’s Book. My original plan was first go to the LLs of PMHub, then Headfirst PMP, then Heldman, then Rita and last the PMBOK. ….
I passed PMP Exam successfuly, Egypt-Cairo, 4 August 2008
… It may be a surprise that I never read PMBOK page for page and line for line, but I used it as dictionary or reference rather than a normal book, but now after passing the exam I may read it in that way.
Passed on 5th, August. My LL for 2nd testers. -.-
LL of a Korean PM who failed the first time…. how he success the 2nd time around
Passed CAPM today 8/6
…. Thanks to the PrepCast and this forum I was well prepared for the test today. I was given a booklet of scratch paper. I used about half of the tutorial time to write out the page 70 chart and my Earned Value formulas. …….
have just arrived from the exam.SUCCESS!! (Hamburg 6.8.2008)
…. BUT.. may be the best material I used was the PM PREPCAST. Everyday I did a walk around the city listening to this around 2 to 3 hours. I had in my pocket the pages from the process in my pocket to consult while Cornelius was speaking.. and so could enjoy the summer and study at the same time. And I also managed to lose 2 kg!!!! hehehe ……
One more PMP Certified (Aug 5, 2008)
….. During these weeks when I was fast tracking the PMBOK and Rita’s book, I was in dilemma that whether I need to buy any practice exams or not. So I gone thru all forums and LL again and finally decided to go with …….
Passed PMP on 8/5/08 in Charleston SC!
…. I could not believe some of the questions! Many of the questions were practically thesis style, overly wordy, with many detractors, noise, and useless information unneeded for answering the crux of what was being asked. I swear there was so much nonsense … instead of saying something like “The car goes 35 mph” it would be worded “The four wheeled transportation unit powered by an internal combustion engine achieves an approximate angular velocity of …” I’m sure you get the point. …..
Passed PMP on 8/2/08 at Denver, Colorado, USA
….. Make sure you plan your study calendar and set a date for the exam, before you start. This helps you focus with a definite end date in mind …..
I passed the PMP Exam Today Aug 4th’08
Passed CAPM on 31Jul08
Passed PMP on 30th July in Auckland, New Zealand
On Exam day, I have gone through PMBOK Glossary and Sridhar’s notes. I have decided to brain dump formulas and PMBOK Page 70. Initially little bit nervous but after 10-15 questions I calmed myself and treated the exam as another mock test. Finished the first run in 3 hours and marked around 15 questions. Spent another 20 minutes to review marked questions and then decided to end the exam. I was quite sure to see congratulations screen but that screen took long time to appear.
Passed PMP
I think what makes or breaks is your practice of the questions. I used to read PMHUB PMP EXAM QUESTION BANK almost everyday 1 month before the exam. The discussions help us to develop some mental milestones and makes the retention of concepts easier. I wish I could spend more time on PMHUB question Bank.
Pass PMP on 31/7 – Hong Kong
I have passed PMP on 31/7. Thanks for all people who are very nice and kind to share all they have when studying PMP and, especially those LL. Thank you.
Passed PMP on 30th July
I have passed PMP exam on 30th July. Please find my lessons learned and advice for the exam.
Passed PMP on 28th July 2008, Kuwait
I recommend to read as many LL as possible. THANKS TO ALL PMHUB MEMBERS.
Passed PMP on July 26 – Toronto
The bottom line: seemed MUCH easier than I anticipated. It was very much like my preparation – everything very familiar.
Passed PMP – July 24th 2008
I used 3:20 mins for first pass – then in the next 20 mins I finished up the marked ones, so time is not a factor you will find time to be adequate.
Passed CAPM Exam today July 23
PMP on July 23 – Dubai
Here I am after 33 posts and 45 days on PMHub daily looking for tricks & tips with my LL. I thank every one on the forum and specially the BOSS and mods for the excellent place to help to achieve excellence.
Didn’t sleep 22/07/08 MALAYSIA
One more PMP !
Lastly, Remember that this exam is also a mind game in addition to testing your Project Management skills. It is always better that YOU control the exam rather than have the exam controlling you !
Passed PMP on 21st July in Mumbai, India
My two cents
Passed PMP – 21st July
Passed PMP 21st July, Dallas, USA
Passed PMP – July 19th – Dublin.
Passed PMP exam on 17th July, Lahore, Pakistan
I got 10-15 earned value questions, 5-10 related to input/outputs/tools & techniques and almost 5 questions on delegation.
Passed PMP 16th July, Seattle, USA
Best approach for preparation is to fully understand the concepts and try to solve as many situational; questions as possible.
Passed Today – 15th of July
I came across this forum a couple of weeks prior to the exam and found the recommendations extremely helpful in showing me where I needed to focus my studying
Passed PMP on July 14th (Milwaukee)
Focus on understanding concepts & not memorizing the things
Passed July 14th
I find that reading a another book(s) first then reading the pmbok makes the reading a little less painful because things make better sense in your head then reading the pmbok first.
Passed July 11 2008
From the local PMI chapter I took the 35 hour course thinking this would set me on the right path. Wrong! While it did provide good info and practice exams, it missed the mark in the need to read widely and practice test widely.
Passed today (10 July) UK
This is the first time that I sit an exam with 200 multi choice questions over 4 hours and in English (not my mother tongue but my working and PM language!
Passed PMP yesterday (Jul 7th 2008) at San Jose, CA (my LL)
I would like to suggest for PMP aspirants based on my experience, make your own planning strategy and stick to it. Before you make, I certainly advise go through this Forum LL, take the inputs from them, what books you need to study, how much time you need to put, etc., Also suggest, you don’t need to panic, but at the same time this is not an easy exam, and it needs firm commitment and continues study, understand PMI processes well and apply on real time situations, etc., and it really test you.
LL-CAPM Passed on 7th July
I read in one LL that CAPM is not a easy exam. But in my opinion it is very very easy if u have good understanding of the knowledge area and respective processes.
Passed PMP on July 6 in Toronto, Canada
In total I calculated that I have spent between 80-90 hours on this PMP initiative. I am glad that I did it economically (although I might have spent more time than those who attended some kind of boot camps or Prep Courses).
Got it.
After the welcome screen, Tutorial screen came. There I made a big mistake.
Passed PMP 7/1/08 in RI – First Try; 1 Month Preparation
I used some schedule compression techniques (hey, maybe I did learn something) to allow me to complete my test in a shorter period than typical. I read 2+ hours per day, and I dedicated at least 2 full weekends of the month to studying
Passed on the 3rd of July in Romania
If you hear about exotic topics such as bipert float and such don’t worry about it. Even if you get those kind of questions if you can’t answer them it is not likely to affect your performance as they are very very few. So don’t worry about those. Concentrate on PMBOK and your study materials and if you get those right you will be fine. I was
Yippyyyy Passed PMP on 30th June – Santa Clara, USA
From CAPM to PMP – I passed today! (June 27)
In all I must of completed close to 800 practice questions and put close to 100 hrs of study against my preparation. I can safely say that my experience as a CAPM played into my passing score and made studying easier.
Achieved PMP designation Tuesday, June 24th
I was given a locker to put everything I had into (wallet, watch, phone, pens, everything). After signing in I was allowed to start 10 minutes early. During the tutorial I brain dump PMBOK page 70 like I’ve heard in the forum.
Passed PMP today(23th June 2008)
Try to take as much mock exam as possible. This will help you to read the questions faster and answer the actual exam faster. Also this will help you to think from PMI pers

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