Hello everyone, welcome to today's video.
In this video today, we'll discuss three ways
by which you can be smart and effective and reduce your entire PMP exam
preparation time by more than fifty percent
So, lets say you are planning to write the PMP exam with eight to ten weeks of preparation so by using the strategies that
we are going to discuss in todays video, you can cut down the entire preparation time from
eight to ten weeks to up to four or five weeks okay
so that’s about a month or so for you to get PMP certified now make sure guys that you watch the entire video
and understand the details behind each and every strategy that we’ll be discussing today
because otherwise you’ll learn half of it Implement even less in your actual PMP exam preparation
and you’ll really not be able to see the benefits of applying this strategy to reduce your PMP exam preparation time
so make sure you watch the entire video till the end
and also if you’re preparing for the PMP exam right now you might want to check out my online courses on Udemy
I’ll provide the links in the description section
right so, let’s get started
okay so the first strategy which you need to apply to speed up your PMP exam preparation guys is to start your
exam preparation with a text book rather than the PMBOK
so, you shouldn’t start your PMP exam preparation from PMBOK sixth edition or seventh edition
rather you should focus to study from a text book
in the initial stages of your exam
now this is a very common mistake, a lot of PMP aspirants make when they are starting off their preparation
so this is what happens guys when you start your exam preparation from the PMBOK rather than a text book
you start reading the PMBOK, very soon you find out that there are a lot of terms and concepts which are very new to you
you start googling the terms and trying to learn along the way again, you go back to the PMBOK, now you find out that the book
is very dry, boring and text-based.
literally very few real-life examples and all of these guys slows down your entire exam preparation.
on top of this guys to make things even worse for you you find out that you not only need to study PBBOK six
but also PMBOK seventh edition for your PMP exam
you can see the screenshot right here guys from PMI’s webpage
which mentions the increasing importance of PMBOK seventh edition for the PMP exam
so now its PMBOK seventh edition on top of PMBOK sixth edition
making you even more demotivated and slow for your exam preparation
and also if you notice guys there's a lot of overlapping content between PMBOK sixth edition and PMBOK seventh edition
so chances are if you are starting your exam preparation with these books you might go through a lot of back and forth
between these two books
and loose previous time during the initial days of yourexam preparation
now this is what you need to avoid guys okay, what you need to understand is the PMBOK’s are not texts okay
they are standards or guidelines for the best practices in project management
there is a big difference between a text and a standard
a text is always more explanatory, covers more basic details terms and concepts of a subject rather than a code a or a standard
also, in a text, you’ll find more real-life examples on a topic rather than in a standard
I’m sure that many of you have come across some of the most common standards in the world
such as the ANSI standard or the ISO standard or the ASCII standard right,
the PMBOK is also similar to those in the field of Project Management
so the bottom line is a standard should always be used more as a practice aid rather than a theory or a text book
so when you start your PMP exam preparation guys,
make sure you start with the textbook or an online module which covers the syllabus of the PMP exam ok not the PMBOK
now there are quite a few options in the market guys which you can explore in terms of text books
which covers the syllabus of the PMP exam starting from the basic level and moving to the advanced level concepts for the exam
So there’s Rita Mulcahy’s book,
there’s the book from Andy Crowe or Andrew Ramdayal
which you can follow as texts okay and Udemy also has a lot of options when it comes to online modules
which cover the syllabus of the PMP exam
So check what suits you and plan accordingly
so now once you’ve completed the text guys this is the time you move on to PMBOK
and when you do that guys you’ll be surprised to see how quickly you can cruise through the topics of PMBOK
now that you have a good understanding of the text
and when you’ve completed the PMBOK sixth edition, you can use my mapping document of PMBOK six and seven
to cover only the areas of PMBOK seven which are important from a PMP exam standpoint
you get access to these mapping document as a part of my Udemy mock simulator guys, I hope you all know that by now
So by following this strategy guys you’ll be able to cut-down you PMP exam preparation time considerably
because you’ll be saving all the back and forth between PMBOK and textbooks
during the initial days of your exam preparation
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right, so now lets move on to the next strategy
and this stems from the myth around the PMP exam which is
if you practice over one thousand questions and answers you’ll be able to pass the exam
now this statement is far from true guys okay
you can watch this video from my YouTube channel
where I have explained in detail that when it comes to practicing questions for your PMP exam
the focus should be on quality rather than quantity
however, a lot of PMP exam aspirants during the initial days
fall for this myth and start their exam preparation by solving questions right from day one
and this is with the assumption that they already know quite a lot of stuffs in project management
and they will learn the rest along the way by solving questions and answers
now this is a very very wrong strategy guys which can slow down your PMP exam preparation time dramatically
and this is the reason why
so the first thing which you need to understand is guys the PMP exam is difficult okay and it is smarter than you
so please do not try to game the exam with the methods that you’ve tried in your engineering or graduation exams
because trust me guys that’s not gonna work
and due to the precise reason of the exam being of a high difficulty level, its valued so highly in the industry okay
and recruiters value your profile as a PMP certified Project Manager
now think about this guys if the exam was so easy that by solving only one thousand questions
you’d have been able to pass the exam
any tom, dick and harry could’ve passed the exam right
then why the PMP exam certifications would have had any value in the industry
so please be aware of this guys and do not fall for this myth
that if you plan your preparation by only practicing questions, you’ll pass the exam
because mark my word guys that’s not gonna happen okay
and this will be a key reason to slow down your exam preparation guys okay
because when you start solving questions without a solid foundation and knowledge
the amount of rework you generate for yourself is enormous
and also your foundation stays weak during the entire preparation cycle
and you’ll always find yourselves struggling to understand why the right answer is right and why the wrong answer is wrong
so instead of doing that guys
first complete studying the syllabus of the PMP exam thoroughly
solve your chapter and questions and answers and when you write mock exams write only three to four quality mocks
and analyse those questions and answers only okay and that is literally all you need guys to prepare for the PMP exam
and that’s not even six hundred questions and answers I am talking about okay
so be smart be effective and make the best use of your preparation time
during the initial days of the exam preparation
now lets talk another key reason which slows down the exam preparation time for a lot of PMP aspirants
and this is not to correlate the theory and the topics of the PMP exam with your professional experience
when you’re preparing for the exam
now let me explain what does that mean
now I assume it’s safe for me to say that since you are writing the PMP exam, you are already a project manager
or you’ve been in the role of the project manager in your previous assignments
now if you’ve been a project manager or if you ar e a project manager now
your learning will get a lot accelerated if you start drawing examples from real life
to help you understand the topics of the PMP syllabus better
even more you’ll be surprised to see that how quickly you are learning
if you apply the theory and concepts of what you learned during your exam preparation
in your practical life and in office whenever you’re leading projects for your team
now its not really a mandate guys that you need to hold the PMP certification degree
to apply the best practices and principles of PMI in your projects in real life
lets try to understand this with some examples if you’re studying conflict management which is an important topic
for your PMP exam try to think about a similar situation which you’ve experienced in your projects
where you’ve managed a conflict every project has conflicts okay
we are either just too casual or too naïve to notice them so now that you’ve learnt about conflict management the PMP way
think about how would you resolve a conflict situation in your team right
or let’s say you studied the topic of backlog refinement as a part of your PMP exam syllabus
tomorrow go to office and do a quick training with your AGILE teams on backlog refinement
probably you can start doing backlog refinement exercises within your AGILE teams right no one is really stopping you
so this is how if you match the theory of PMP exam with your practical experience
you’ll see that how quickly you are learning the topics of the PMP exam
and that way guys you’ll stay motivated, learn faster than your peers and you’ll also be able to apply the best practices of PMI
in real life projects to see tangible benefits
and because of this experiential learning guys, you’ll be able to cut-down your PMP exam preparation time dramatically
Thankyou for watching this video guys
I’ll see you in the next one