Student:
Student: Xavier Ayrault, PMP, CSM, ITILF
“Ahmed was a great mentor during my professional development as a certified project manager. His deep expertise of the profession and his positive and aspiring personality helped me make the right choices at the right time during my journey to the PMP certification. He understood my strengths and weaknesses and guided me through the optimal learning path. Because of his experience, he was able to make complex PMI concept easy to grasp by providing meaningful examples. Combined with his hands-on approach, this made for the perfect learning environment for me. He never hesitated to activate his network to provide the best solutions possible. I always felt that Ahmed deeply cared about my success.”
Selected Instructor:
The student selected Ahmed Zouhairas his instructor
Program Overview
Start date: Nov. 1, 2017
End date: Dec 22, 2017
How were the sessions conducted? In person and virtually
End date: Dec 22, 2017
How were the sessions conducted? In person and virtually
Student Learning Objectives
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- Validate my professional experience by succesfully achieving the PMI PMP Certification
- Improve my knowledge of project management best practices
- Prepare for a career as a technical project manager
Student Learning Log
| Date | Learning log/Activity | Notes |
| 11/1/2017 | Project Management Fundamental class – day 1 | |
| 11/2/2017 | Project Management Fundamental class – day 2 | Study “Alpha project managers” by Andy Crowe |
| 11/13/2017 | PMP bootcamp – day 1 | Study the Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, and Project Schedule Management Knowledge Areas |
| 11/14/2017 | PMP bootcamp – day 2 | Study the Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, and Project Ressource Management Knowledge Areas |
| 11/15/2017 | PMP bootcamp – day 3 | Study the Project Communications Management, Project Risk Management, Project Procurement Management, and Project Stakeholder Management Knowledge Areas |
| 11/16/2017 | PMP bootcamp – day 4 | 4h PMP practice test |
| 11/20/2017 | Prepare the “cheat sheet” for the exam | |
| 11/22/2017 | Read the first chapter of the PMBOK | |
| 11/24/2017 | Read the second chapter of the PMBOK | |
| 11/26/2017 | Read the third chapter of the PMBOK | |
| 12/2/2017 | Submit PMP exam application | Application selected for PMI audit process |
| 12/4/2017 | Project Integration Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| Send the PMI audit documents to my managers to sign | ||
| 12/5/2017 | Project Scope Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/6/2017 | Project Schedule Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/7/2017 | Project Cost Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/8/2017 | Project Quality Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| Took a 1h PMP practice test | ||
| 12/9/2017 | Project Ressource Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/11/2017 | Project Communications Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/12/2017 | Project Risk Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| Send PMI audit documents | ||
| 12/13/2017 | Project Procurement Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/14/2017 | Project Stakeholder Management study | Read PMBOK chapter – read “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” chapter – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/15/2017 | Took a 4h PMP practice test | Determine the areas that need more work |
| 12/16/2017 | Review the first 3 knowledge areas | Studied identified areas of weakness – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| 12/18/2017 | Review the knowledge areas 4 to 6 | Studied identified areas of weakness – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| Took a 1h PMP practice test | ||
| 12/19/2017 | Review the knowledge areas 7 to 10 | Studied identified areas of weakness – Elligible to take the PMP certification examination – answer practice questions – memorize the cheat sheet – listen to Andy Crowe CD’s chapter |
| Took a 2h PMP practice test | ||
| 12/20/2017 | Read the glossary from “The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try” | |
| 12/21/2017 | Take and pass the PMP certification |