PMP - Lesson Learned - Salman Saeed

With the grace of Almighty Allah, Mr. Salman Saeed passed his PMP Exam with flying Colors on 18th June,2009.

I really like the way Mr. Salman wrote his lesson learned so i decide to publish it on this post .....

Study Material:

I symbolized my study to PMP by five fingers of my hand as follows:

• Thumb --------- (One time read RITA Mulachi & Glossary, Figures of PMBok)
• Index Finger ---------- Notes (DON KIM, Benoit Aumars, Sridhar)
• Middle Finger --------- Online Questions (PM fast track, Crosswind, PM Study)
• Ring Finger ----------ITTO (Understand and use Mnemonics for learnt by heart---really work)
• Little Finger ----------Formulas (Prepcast – One page formulas)

Exam Highlights:

• Exam is very straight forward and I didn't see any questions from online questions /commercial database
• Small Scenario based questions from all Phases
• Two Questions from delegation
• One Critical path Questions & 3 to 4 EVT questions.
• 2 to 3 Question of professional responsibilities

Special Lesson Learnt For Intelligent Persons:

Smart people learn by experience but Intelligent people learn by the experience of smart people.

I also mapped the project management terminologies with my aim of life which should become of every , we can extend the list but the main point is getting SUCCESS.

Project	Whole Life (24*7)
Project Manager	Myself
Strategic Goal	Success in the Life hereafter & seek reward from Allah i.e. Heaven
Sponsor	Allah with all good names.
Stack Holders	All prophets (PBUH), Family, Friends, Relatives etc. Evil ( Negative Stack Holder must consider )
Project Charter	Holy Manuscripts From Allah
Scope Statement	Do the right things and keep away from dreadful & nasty activities
WBS	Break up of daily activities according to priorities reflect our goals
Scope Control & Verification	Close monitoring of every action with the impression of accountability
Budget + Resources	Life span with ability and assets to survive
Vendors/Partners	Pious gatherings
Meetings	Continuous Meeting with Sponsor (Pray & seek guidance) and Close Interaction with Stack holders (fair dealings & good relations)
Status Review Meetings	Daily before sleep with myself and sponsor obviously
Project Closure	End of Life --- Result entirely depends upon my activities during life span.
Project Archive & Lesson Learned	Not for me but for others (If they willing to learnt), No chance to Re-attempt

Written by:
Salman Saeed
PMP,ITIL,VCS, SCTS,HPCP,MCP
MS,MBA,MA,BE