Dear all,
I wish to offer my thanks to all who have participated in the North 67 class in Chang Hong, including the instructors, assistants, mentors, classmates and individual members on my team. My apologies that I prefer to write this letter in English, since I was raised and lived outside Taiwan for the past 24 years, and my Chinese may seem awkward to some. However, given the intelligent professionals in our class and the fact that we share a common passion to achieve PMP status, language is not a problem—although it used to be for me, at once.
There had been some hardships for me for the past two months; the largest challenge being language. Although I can read Chinese fine, thanks to comic books and heroic novels I have read when I was young, listening was particularly difficult for me since it is easier for me to process lectures in English into logical thinking. I would have to match each key terminology with its English translation in order to get a better full picture, or as Roger said, “seeing the forest”. Props to the instructors for inventing the “Chang Hong Methodology”, which I have used along with the English version of the PmBok, and it truly helped me understand and integrate the materials better. In addition, few events have happened to my private life including my company’s structure reorganization, life became difficult especially during the times when it was three weeks before the testing date. I sincerely appreciate the communication attempts and cheers made by my teammates, mentor, and Chang Hong assistants; reminding me that I still have the goal of achieving PMP ahead of me.
Now that I have taken the test, I would say that it was really not as hard as Roger said it was, as long you have done most of the homework and performed “Chang Hong Methodology”. My advice for those who are still awaiting to take the test would be focus more on understanding the entire reasoning before each principle, before committing them to memory. Time the breaks well, because most likely the full four hours will be needed, and it helped to take a five minute break after the first 100 questions to refresh the mind. Lastly, I hope to see everyone again at the PMP association. Achieving certification is only the first step, so let’s make the most out of it.
With kind regards and best wishes for all
Ethan (魏正)