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My Journey Towards the PMP Certification

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Hello Everyone! This Blog post outlines and describes my journey towards earning my Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Project Management Institute®. On Monday January 22nd, 2018, I sat for my PMP exam after preparing and studying for it over a time period of a month. My overall score was weighted as follows: Figure 1.1 - Overall Score Rating This one was my third and final shot at the exam, after attempting to clear it since 2012. The following is my story... On June 2010, I decided to go for the PMP® exam preparation while I was working as a project manager for an IT company based out of Saudi Arabia since 2006. Knowing that my work has been consuming my time and energy, I was skeptical on whether I was able to make some time to attend the 35 hours preparation course or not. But putting my mind to it, and knowing at that time that the PMP® certification would open further opportunities to other multinational firms, I de