David McLachlan, I passed my PMP on my second attempt, and of course, I watched your RU-vid videos on Agile, Predictive, PMP, and other topics. I watched these videos multiple times until I understood what I was answering. I really appreciate your insights regarding PMP and thank you so much for providing such helpful videos. I also took Andrew Ramadayal's course. I would definitely say that David McLachlan and Andrew Ramadayal are the best for PMP preparation. Thank you so much David.
Passed PMP last week. Enrolled to your Udemy course and listening to your YT video while driving, which I picked up the positive attitude and eliminating technique. Thanks David!
Hi David, I did the 100 Agile and 150 waterfall videos twice. You made me understand the concept so well. Thanks a lot for the humongous effort that you have put in to make things clear for us. Followed you and ARD CONSISTENTLY. I passed PMP this week with 3 ATs. Thanks again David.
thank you for the encouragement. I failed one last year and I am scheduled next Saturday. I have been discouraged and dragging to retake the test. On the brighter side,I am kind of glad that I failed 1st time.. I have been learning more and understanding better this time and studied with David’s teaching. I see some of us failed and discouraged. I applause all of us on trying to get ourselves better in our career/goal. Failure is another stepping stone for us!
Just wanted to thank you for this channel. I listened to your Q&A videos on my commute for the last couple of months and just got my certification. Your videos were a great resource and I would recommend for anyone looking to achieve this goal.
David, I don’t know another way to reach you but I HAVE to thank you. I passed my PMP on my first attempt and I attribute that mostly to discovering your RU-vid videos. You make this material SO accessible. I had already completed my PDU course when I found your videos but they became pretty much my sole source for prep after that. I am account head at my PM firm though so I referred one of the PMs I am mentoring to your Udemy course and he purchased it this week. Thank you for your encouraging tone and how well you simplify this very difficult thought process.
Hi David, I passed my PMP exam on first attempt. Thank to your wonderful videos specially 500 question from the course. It helped me a lot to get that mindset ready for exam. Thanks again. 😊
@@davidmclachlanprojectI will do David but it took three months to my psychological recovery. I’m a PhD Architect and Art Historian and I never ever taken a test so stressing like this one. BTW, I bought your course on Udemy and I will keep going at your hand. I feel I know you from another life. Your way to encouraging and coaching people and explaining is fantastic. Blessings from Hollywood, Florida-USA
Dear Friends,Don't worry at all. I m not promoting David here, but honestly speaking I watched only his videos thoroughly. As watching many will sometimes confuse u as everyone has their own way of conveying things. Follow one person. I felt David was very simple explaining things compared to many certified professionals. Secondly practice tests are just to bring in confidence, as the questions u may face is completely logical. So if u score less, don't get upset or lose confidence. Real scenario is completely different. Keep up the spirit high. This is just an exam to check how logical u r. I have prepared within a week and cleared though I have some practical experience behind which I faced in my career. All the best. All will go well.
I passed it one year ago, AT x3 thanks to your videos which really help getting the mindset. Andrew R course was also very helpfull. Learn / practice, mock exam (repeat if needed) is a good way to pass the exam.
I've been using studying as an excuse to do more cardio, and vice-versa. After lifting, I get on the stationary bike or treadmill for 30 minutes and answer ~10 questions. I'm almost through the 7 hour PMBOK questions video, then I'll jump into the ~11 hours of Agile/Waterfall ones. Exercising the mind and body together!
I found this video just to hear what people are saying and now I'm getting more worried. Some people are saying that the questions on the exam are nothing like what is discussed from your videos and I'm not even sure if what I'm studying is even right. -_- If I had sample questions to go over for what the real exam will be like, it would at least help me in focusing on what I need to improve on versus going in blind. I've heard Study Hall questions are extremely difficult and not helpful, but that AR's simulator is the closest thing to the exam. Might just have to bite the bullet and purchase the simulator to almost guarantee not being shocked by what is on the exam in a few weeks.
Stay focused. You can do this. From the Exam Content Outline you need to know People methods (leadership, team building, conflict resolution, influence, negotiation), Process (Predictive, Agile, Hybrid processes to manage projects) and Business Environment (measure and deliver business value). The PMBOK 7th ed, Process Groups Practice Guide, and the Agile Practice Guide have all this information distilled. Know these things, then do scenario-based practice questions. They will be tricky. You will need to use the method of eliminating answers to find the most-right answer. Answer every question and mark ones you are not sure of, to come back to. Keep going! Do not give up!
@@davidmclachlanprojectHi David, thank you for the detailed response. I'll take a look at the exam content outline you mentioned in a little bit. I've already watched your 200 agile questions (extremely helpful and learned a ton), the pmbok in 1 hour (very helpful), and the process groups video (amazing) and feel pretty good. Next up on my schedule is your waterfall and pmbok questions videos. If the exam truly is scenario based like your agile questions video, I'll do fine, but just worried based on some of the comments on this video and from other sources. You never really know if you prepared enough until you see some of the questions they put on the exam.
PMP became a joke. I've completed it this year, and questions weren't even similar to what I saw on this channel previously. Rather like: ***There's a union strike, and you don't have resources. What do you do? A. Banana B. I escalate the CEO C. I check CPI D. Disneyland. In most of the cases NONE of the answers addressed the issue depicted in the question. I had a feeling that they are mocking the candidates for even trying. Most of the topics weren't even in line with the learning material at all.
What are you talking about? I don’t know what kind of exam you took, but the one I took was tough, made sense, and aligned with the PMP exam content outline.
Don't worry at all. I m not promoting David here, but honestly speaking I watched only his videos thoroughly. As watching many will sometimes confuse u as everyone has their own way of conveying things. Follow one person. I felt David was very simple explaining things compared to many certified professionals. Secondly practice tests are just to bring in confidence, as the questions u may face is completely logical. So if u score less, don't get upset or lose confidence. Real scenario is completely different. Keep up the spirit high. This is just an exam to check how logical u r. I have prepared within a week and cleared though I have some practical experience behind which I faced in my career. All the best. U will clear
They can definitely be overwhelming. They are a lot. That's why I recommend writing your notes in a WBS or mind map fashion, even if it's in a table. Start with the high level ideas, then break each one down into more detail. Use the Table of Contents in the PMBOK 7 and the Process Groups Practice Guide as your start. Then do practice exams to solidify your learning. YOU CAN DO THIS! KEEP GOING!
Honestly I’m not very confident and I take my exam in a few weeks but I’m tired of pushing the exam further to the right. The reality is I’m a very busy person in a very hectic season of life where I can’t study much. I’m already a high level project manager so I don’t need it but want it to further be competitive. I’ve done all the simulators and famous people on RU-vid and honestly hasn’t done much for me. I still consistently fail mock exams and can’t retain the knowledge, esp the formulas. I refuse to write down formulas thousands of time. If I pass this month cool but if not then I’ll just give up bc I don’t need it.
I would suggest do not give much attention to formulas and ITTOs, there are hardly any questions on that. Exam is completely scenario based questions . But you have to answer from PMI POV not with your real world exp. Hope it helps you. I took exam on 1st April and passed with 3 AT.
Hello @David, I want to buy your PMP exam prep guide, could you please send me link or let me know how and from where to buy it? I seriously want to pass exact before 1 st July, please guide me. Currently, I have pmbok 5 with me, going through lot many RU-vid videos of you. Kindly guide me further.
When I took my exam in Feb, it was 60% agile and 40% waterfall. What I can recommend for you is to watch Ricardo’s 6th edition summary and David’s waterfall practice questions, they will cover up everything you need for the waterfall questions.
7th edition has just the summary of processes, while it's expanded in the 6th. So yeah, you need the 6th edition too. 7th is like an addendum to 6th. But you really have to pay attention to the Exam Guide (downloadable at PMI) to understand where they put their focus.
