I returned Summer 26 a couple weeks ago but I just had another mailed to me. I somehow got a duplicate? I will be returning this one too because I don't want to get charged. Does this happen often...?
Background:
- Degree in computer engineering
- Scrum master for ~5 years
- Control account manager for ~2 years (eat sleep breathe EVM)
- Work at a big corporation that does lots of contracts and proposals so I’m familiar with the general types (firm fixed, cost plus, etc)
Study tools:
- Study Hall: thought it was pretty crap honestly. The learning materials don’t actually teach much, just high level buzzwords or advice from PMPs. The questions also largely pull from resources other than the PMBOK. I found this to be the least effective.
- DM videos: 110 drag and drop was a good intro to studying. 220 agile I got 40% through and didn’t feel challenged so I stopped. 150 scenario-based was where the real learning started. I liked his rationale. Test strategy was also key.
- AR videos: the most helpful. Mindset principles and 200(?) ultra hard was the best preparation of all.
Study time:
- 4 days of 10+ hour studying
- 3 days of ~2h studying
Exam:
- Pearson online. No issues. Not even sure anyone watched me honestly. Took it in an empty conference room at work on a Sunday. Just me, my chair, a table, an empty whiteboard, and four gray walls.
- Stamina dipped during the second set of questions, needed some water and adjusting in my seat to shake me out of the funk. Idk what that was all about.
- Finished with 1h 10m left on the clock.
- Strategy: cross out every answer that’s an obvious no. If down to 2+ possible answers, make the best guess and come back to review at the end. Don’t move forward without putting an answer on it in case you don’t have time to review at the end.
Best of luck my PMP friends!