How I have passed CISA exam in a stress-free, cost-sensitive, slow way (1.1 kUSD, 22 months)
by Arkadiusz Prudnik
1. Suggestion how to go over this diagram: 1. Review Color Legend (see below) 2. Locate Beginning (Rocket) and Finish (Flag) 3. Review Sections titles (see top) 4. Review all Items without going into details 5. Go deeper into details in every Item (click on Notes icon - white circle with lines on the right)
2. --- I. REVIEW HOW TO USE THIS DIAGRAM --->
3. START here
4. Plan optimal purchasing timeline
5. Is this guide right for you?
6. Is CISA exam right for you?
7. Timespan orientation – 3 months to 2 years
8. Color Legend
8.1. Start / Finish
8.2. Payments
8.3. Time constraints
8.4. Other activities
8.5. Learning
8.6. Sections
9. Cost orientation – $ 1 103
10. Decision
11. Testing readiness for exam
12. --- II. ORIENTATE AND DECIDE --->
13. --- VI. PAY, ORGANIZE AND TAKE EXAM --->
14. --- V. LEARN FROM PURCHASED MATERIALS --->
15. --- IV. PURCHASE MEMBERSHIP AND MATERIALS --->
16. --- III. START STUDYING WITH NO COST --->
17. Reschedule Exam
18. Prepare for exam day
19. Organize for Exam
20. Schedule Exam
21. Decide about your readyness
22. B. Improve approach to CISA Questions
23. Setup and start using SuperMemo8 (SM8) or any other Learning Tool
24. Ensure funding from employee
25. D. Learn from SM8 (no time limit)
26. A. Learn from online QAE (do it within time limit: 12 months since QAE Purchase)
27. 3. Learn from DocCRM (no time limit)
28. 1. Learn from CRM (do it within time limit: 12 months since CRM Purchase)
29. Register and Pay for Exam (do it within time limit for discount: end of calendar year of ISACA paid membership)
29.1. $535
30. Purchase online CISA Review Questions, Answers & Explanations Database (QAE) (do it within time limit for discount: end of calendar year of ISACA paid membership)
30.1. $299
31. Exam Day (take the exam within time limit: 12 months after purchase and registration for it) (time limit for re-schedule: 48hrs before scheduled exam date)
32. After Exam
33. Learn from free materials – based on Glossary, expanded on Internet texts and YouTube videos
34. Purchase CISA Review Manual (CRM) (do it within time limit for discount: end of calendar year of ISACA paid membership)
34.1. $109
35. I had 12 months after CRM Purchase to use it
35.1. 12 months
36. I had 12 months after QAE Purchase to use it
36.1. 12 months
37. I had 12 months after registering for Exam to take the exam
37.1. 12 months
38. I could re-schedule Exam 48hrs before scheduled exam time
38.1. 48hrs
39. Pay for ISACA membership (most safe for time restrictions is to do it at beginning of a calendar year)
39.1. $170
40. I had time till the end of calendar year after paying ISACA membership to use discounts for all next payments
40.1. end of year
41. 2. Make no-time limited copy of CRM into DocCRM (do it within time limit: 12 months since CRM Purchase)
42. C. Make a copy of QAE into SM8 (do it within time limit: 12 months since QAE Purchase)
43. FINISH
