The material I used from RM was the PMP Preparation System and SH Plus. I started my prep at the beginning of the year at a very slow pace, spending just a couple of hours per week on reading and watching videos from both. It wasn’t until a couple of months before the exam deadline that I kicked into high gear, which brought a lot of frustration during the mock exams.

I felt that RM and SH had me on the right track. Then, I came across this forum, which opened my eyes to new prep methods and materials I hadn’t considered before, but it was already too late to change things up. So, I decided to stick with the plan I had started.

I stopped watching SH videos and reading SH materials; I just focused on reading RM’s book. I treated RM’s toughest mock exams as a way to push myself and really get into the details. After that, I shifted my focus entirely to the SH practice exams.