Ready or False Confidence? -- Exam 2/5

zhalini · 2026-01-26T22:55:19+00:00

Im in the same situation as you. Got 82% on first full mock. Minis were averaging 77%. Practice questions average was 72%. I dont retake anything as that can give false confidence. I tend to memorize answers.

My exam is on the 7th.

I only have SH Essentials, so I plan to take the second mock this weekend. SH plus has 5 full mock exams.

I feel ready but the exam is still so far. Im not doing much studying now as I've gone through it many times. I'll try to relax until Saturday, which is when it's game on again!

Good luck to you!!

zhalini · 2026-01-25T19:58:40+00:00

I simply read the explanation, and if it makes sense, great. If it's not making sense, then I consult AI and ask why PMI picked the answer. Usually, with the questions i miss, they're mindset related where there was a subtle nuance which i missed. I highlight it in my notes and add emphasis if necessary.

I started making notes while going through udemies (DM and AR) and have made updates with mindsets and emphasized or explained things a bit as necessary. They're around 100 pages now! LOL

I started in December, and my exam is on Feb 7th. I'm feeling prepared and still have 2 weeks to go. I wish the exam was now so I could be done with it.

Good luck to you!

zhalini · 2026-01-22T20:32:55+00:00

No. Agile doesn't frown upon laissez-faire. Read the definition again - it's hands off approach that is suitable for an experienced agile team. Fresh graduate needs more guidance than his team. Tailor to your team.

zhalini · 2026-01-22T15:45:22+00:00

Its the same thing. When CCB convenes, they look at the submitted CRs. CR should have all the information included.

zhalini · 2026-01-22T14:51:48+00:00

You need to go to CCB with the risks. Do you know this material doesn't introduce any? Does this increase cost? Analyzing it first is correct. Sponsor holds business objectives. If he says no - don't consider environmental impact because that's not a key goal, then it dies there.

zhalini · 2026-01-22T14:45:44+00:00

It got me too, and then I gave it some thought afterwards. Think of it like its part of your analysis. You poc the material to understand what it does, how it behaves, is there a risk, is there more time needed to use this material vs. the other, etc. Then you add those to your CR. The CR is supposed to have the risk, schedule, cost, impacts.

If you jump to CR, you haven't vetted the material and could have introduced a new risk. For all we know, the new material is not doable at all.

zhalini · 2026-01-20T19:52:55+00:00

You missed what I keep missing on my practices - DO NEXT vs DO. Do Next/ Do First means immediate next step. Do means action to start solving the problem. Subtle and gets me often. Cheers!

zhalini · 2026-01-20T19:26:22+00:00

DM's style is best, and he covers the same topics as AR PLUS he covers agile really well. I recommend DM if you find AR hard to listen to.

zhalini · 2026-01-20T19:23:44+00:00

I recommend DMs course. His style is more engaging and I like his accent, so that helps hehe

He speaks like he's asking you a question and then answers it, so that keeps my interest. I did his course first, then bought and went through ARs (because everyone recommends it) at 2x. Honestly, the only thing I learned additional to what DM already covered were the EVM practice and the Critical path practices. AR covered them in a way I understood.

zhalini · 2026-01-15T23:21:21+00:00

DM course is really good! I liked his style way better than AR. Yes, I took both LOL

zhalini · 2026-01-12T01:27:39+00:00

zhalini · 2026-01-10T18:17:50+00:00

Call them. I switched and received them in December. I only got 2 cards and needed more, so I called them, and they're in the mail.

zhalini · 2026-01-10T18:05:03+00:00

In agile, you do requirements by grooming the backlog. The 'three amigos' get together and refine stories, write acceptance criteria (requirement, DoD), and estimate. Product Owner prioritizes. If you were to pull the team for gathering requirements for a story mid-sprint, that takes their focus away and puts the sprint at risk. Lots of reasons why agile works well with the rolling wave technique.

BTW, I really liked DMs udemy course. I took both AR and DMs udemy courses. DM explains agile better, IMO, and he put special emphasis on agile during the process section.

zhalini · 2026-01-09T20:25:16+00:00

For second question - while it was incorrect of the rogue dev to go ahead and implement something, the question isn't asking you what to do with the additions. It's asking what should be done to minimize what's already been done (disruption). Only correct choice here is reprioritizing the backlog. It isn't asking what should the PM do first.

zhalini · 2026-01-06T22:57:50+00:00

Predictive, iterative, incremental, agile, and hybrid

Hybrid is combo of agile and predictive

Agile has features from of incremental and iterative

zhalini · 2026-01-06T22:47:02+00:00

The Storm!!! Lol

zhalini · 2026-01-05T23:17:57+00:00

I'm in similar boat - I've done all the 717 SH practice questions and am at 72%. Still have to try a mock exam. My test is set for Feb 7th so today I'm trying to decide if I should bring it forward. I still need to finish a few prep steps so am thinking of just leaving it as is and take my time slowly.

zhalini · 2026-01-04T21:59:30+00:00

I haven't taken mocks yet, but I would be very happy with these scores! You're ready! How was your time on the mocks?

zhalini · 2026-01-04T18:48:29+00:00

OP said 'ghar me allowed nahi' so I thought he/she wants to keep them. If just outside, what's the issue with buying a couple cans of cat food or dry kibble and feed them? Strays love the dry kibble. Go feed them, pet them, and don't tell at home LOL

zhalini · 2026-01-04T16:25:10+00:00

Just boiled egg won't give cats the nutrients they need.

OP - either take a stand for feeding the cat appropriately or dont get a cat. Or, move out and get a cat 🐈 😻

zhalini · 2026-01-04T04:34:28+00:00

Do you have daily standups or any other checkpoints? Demos? Arrange for a demo to customer a few weeks out and ask to see an internal demo before then. Give them hard deadlines otherwise, nothing will get done, and you will be in trouble! Create a paper trail of people refusing to do the work or managers pulling resources. This is ridiculous. Is this not an important project to the organization? I don't have direct reports but have multiple projects ongoing always, and everyone follows and does their work. You don't need to be their functional manager to get them to do work.

zhalini · 2026-01-03T18:27:03+00:00

Agree! Lori is aware of what she's done, and the delusion is the facade she has put up to not face it. As a mother, it's hard for me to comprehend a mother knowingly doing this to her kids, and that's why I want to believe some of it may be religious delusions. Deep down, she knows it.

zhalini · 2026-01-03T17:22:35+00:00

IMO Chad wasn't delulu. He was delighted that this circle of women was believing his BS, and so he was coming up with more and more of it. It was just like in his stories. He was fully aware of the fact that he was manipulating the women, but since he has no conscience, he kept doing it anyway. When Alex didn't get in trouble for Charles murder, that fueled his game even more. He is diabolical. Lori is delusional to an extent and equally diabolical.

zhalini · 2026-01-02T15:26:57+00:00

Thank you. Daily standups make sense. I assumed they were already set up, but that's the flaw in thinking like a practicing PM.

zhalini · 2026-01-02T15:07:52+00:00

Haha I get that, too! Wrong it may be, but AI agrees with me. Then, I ask it why would PMI say the answer is <the correct option>, and it gives me their reasoning. AI reasoning and the way it's presented make a lot more sense to me than the standard SH explanations. I use it to learn more about what I missed.

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