Celebrating exam success + a few tips

Going in with a bit of Uncertainty - but in the end a successful completion, and very pleased with the results thanks to Andrew and TIA - AT/AT/AT. Andrew’s materials made studying and learning the material an easy process. The TIA exam simulator made preparing for the questions and preparing my mental grit to get through the 4-hour exam possible.

Personally, I took all 4 hours (5 minutes to spare). My process was using the highlighting and strike-through, with flagging questions for review. I use keyboard shortcuts, so It made it easier and didn’t take much time to make the highlights. This made making reviews much easier coming back at the end of a section.

Some pointers:

1) if you take the exam from home: your space must be sparse! Not just your desk. I had to clear almost my entire space - but I did t know this until checking in (maybe I didn’t pay enough attention to directions).

2) if you step away and set an alarm for your break - be sure to STOP your timer before restarting the exam. If it goes off during the exam it is a bit distracting! You can flag a proctor for assistance so

You can turn it off - but you may need to exit camera view and then need to show your whole desk again.

3) if you have an external camera or microphone - that could cause challenges with compliance as well - best maybe to use a laptop with webcam build in.

With regard to the material - I personally used AI to help me review the questions I got wrong and look for ways I may have been applying poor reasoning. Sometimes the AI would conflict with Andrew, but ultimately I used it to improve my personal understanding, reasoning, and logic to grow in my work as a PM. Understanding that every situation will have its own nuance, but how to recognize the multiple paths, with the goal to find the best path of all options for my given project scenario.

Once you are done with Andrew’s course and understand the mindset, you will be setting yourself up to be a better project manager overall.

Those are my recommendations (or maybe an exam center!).

I did wear blue, and celebrated completing the exam afterward with a satisfying beverage and meal with my wife - followed by some pumpkin pie after getting my results.

Best of luck for those about to take the exam, and great job to those that have passed.

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Celebrating exam success + a few tips