PMP Lessons Learned - Shriram Puranik, PMP
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When I initially spoke with him, I was captivated by his thirst for learning and the ability to stay committed as long as it took to realize his objective. I immediately said yes to work with him towards his PMP goal.
It wasn’t a surprise that he managed to score a perfect Above Target score in all the 3 domains.
You will see why in a bit.
During our weekly conversations, he would talk about how his self-made PMP exam study notes are helping him along with the mind maps from the program.
Shriram Puranik is a Mechanical engineer and has over 38 years of rich and diverse experience in the construction field for the Power, Oil & Gas sectors. He began his career in 1981 (before many of us were even born) in mega power projects in India & Kuwait and worked up to 1991.
From 1991 to 2003 he worked with Larsen & Toubro in India, Russia, and Malaysia for their projects. Then from 2003 to 2018 worked with National Contracting Company in Saudi Arabia.
After returning to India, he decided to take up PMP exam and I had the privilege to work with him to help prepare for the exam.
Shriram sir (as I call him) passed PMP with ‘Above Target’ in all three domains – People, Process, & Business Environment.
What a perfect score!
Look no further than his exam experience here if you want motivation as well as guidance on how to go about your PMP preparation. And don’t miss his study tips in the last section of this interview.
Why PMP?
Passing PMP has been my dream objective since 2014.
During my tenure with NCC in Saudi Arabia as a Corporate Sr. Manager QA, I successfully implemented PMP culture with the help of top management, by conducting training, discussions, and also motivated managers and staff to take up the PMP exam.
During that period I passed my CAPM exam. Although I added more technical certifications after that, it wasn’t until 2016 that I chose to focus on PMP.
But due to unavoidable circumstances, it got prolonged and I appeared for PMP exam in 2018 but did not succeed.
Then after a long gap I began preparing in 2020, but could not take the exam before the new 2021 exam was introduced.
Then the wait happened due to Corona restrictions as I wanted to take up the exam at a test center.