PASSED my PMP exam ATX3.

I have a full time business, two kids, and my wife works a full time job as well. If I can get this done so can you. Here's a little guide about what worked for me:

Study Materials:

1) AT Course on Udemy

2) 200 Agile questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNIHysh2ZW4

3) Study Hall PMI Practice Questions and Exams.

4) Rita's Process Game

5) Mindset training: AT mindset tips, David's 200 agile questions, and reading up on Reditt. Do this and your brain will be optimized to crush the exam.

Most Useful Study Tip: OWN YOUR MORNING

I was initially disrupted by a whole bunch of things - work, kids etc. This is the routine that worked for me and dramatically sped up my progress.

530AM: Wake up and play a PMP video on your TV while you relax, eat your breakfast and drink coffee.

615AM: Drive to the gym and let the PMP videos continue to play

630AM: Walk on a tredmill for 10 mins while still listening to PMP

645AM: Shut down the PMP stuff, crank up the music, and have yourself an awesome workout!

730AM: Drive home and listen to some more PMP video

745AM: Shower. Breakfast x2. Eat while you do 10 to 15 practice questions.

830AM: Done. Get on with your job.

Now, no matter what happens the rest of the day - job, kids, just not feeling well, whatever - you have already achieved 2 hours of PMP Studying, eaten two clean meals, and gotten your workout in. WIN! Nobdy can take that away from you, no matter what.

Rest of the day: Depending on where you are in your prep, throughout the day, I would introduce a couple of bite sized 15 minute study sessions that were either reading the presentation slides, watching or listening to a video OR doing practice questions. Aim for 1 or 2 of these every day. They add up, trust me. Typically, at least one of these would be a listening session conducted while I walked outside to get a break from it all.

Now, if you are like me, watching videos endlessly gets boring. I found a way around this by doing something else that I enjoyed such as eating a good breakfast, going to the gym, or standing up and walking in my living room while watching the video on my TV. Do whatever makes you feel energized.

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PHASE 1: Complete 35 hours and learn the basics

Here's how I did it:

AT Course on Udemy

Read the PDF Presentation slides first. Then watch the videos. Then do the quizzes and take notes.

Once I was done with the AT Course, I had a basic understanding, but I was nowhere near ready to give the exam. I'm the kind of person who learns really well through interactive Q&A. As a result, I switched to Phase 2.

PHASE 2: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

This is what I did, in chronological order:

1) AT Practice Exam

2) Study Hall Practice Questions. They give you the answer immediately which is helpful.

3) Study Hall Practice Exams x5.

A couple of tips for Study Hall:

• Download the app on your phone. You can pause exams anytime you want to and that makes it really easy to work on this anytime you get a moment. I did questions while eating food, relaxing in bed, on the couch, and even in my car. Make progress and move the needle.
• Filter your answers by difficulty and move from Easy to Difficult. IGNORE the expert questions. Those are ridiculous and nobody gets them right. You should at least be scoring 90% on the Moderate and 60% on the Difficult questions.
• Review the answers in detail and try to understand why an answer has been chosen.
• Always eliminate wrong answers first. This will dramatically increase your odds of success and reduce the prospect for

PHASE 3: MINDSET

Watch David's 200 Agile questions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNIHysh2ZW4. This is absolute gold for understanding Agile, Waterfall etc.

Listen to AT's mindset videos and honestly, read up about mindset on Reditt. There's a lot of great information over here.

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Now get to work and CRUSH that PMP exam!!