PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide
Author: Kim Heldman
List Price: $59.99
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ISBN: 0782141064
Publisher: Sybex (22 April, 2002)
Sales Rank: 1,197
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
YOU NEED TO BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!!
If you're studying for the PMP 2002 exam you will be so relieved that Sybex decided to do this book. I have my A+, N+, and MCSE and I used Sybex books to study for all of the exams. Over the last two and half years, my job role has shifted into a project management. My director suggested that I go after the PMP. I bought the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge from PMI and nearly fell asleep every time I tried to read it. I
tried to order other books from their site but they all looked just as dense (all the examples use construction methodology that I didn't follow at all!). By chance I did a search on Amazon for PMP and luckily found this one just published from Sybex. It's packed with IT related references that
I can relate to. There's even an IT-related sample project that spans the course of the book. The author does a great job of building context with real world stories. Plus the CD has hundreds of practice questions, some have flowcharts and graphs. If you're like me -- an IT admin who is suddenly project managing IT projects -- you need this book!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Can use as a companion to the PMBOK Guide for the PMP.
The PMBOK Guide (by PMI) is essential in preparing for the PMP, but follows the 9 Knowledge Areas approach. The approach necessary to pass the test is the 5 Process Groups (plus Professional Responsibility) approach. This Study Guide takes the 5 Process Groups approach and hence clears the confusion one may experience in reading the PMBOK Guide. They also go into more depth than the PMBOK Guide as can be seen by the fact that the book has more than twice as many pages.This Study Guide also has a CD-ROM with hundreds of practice questions (you can take 2 practice exams). The entire book is on the CD-ROM too. I have not tried their electronic flashcards for PCs and Palm Handhelds.
Considering everything that the book offers, it is a great buy at [this price]. Other CD-ROM software programs that offer practice tests are over $300. The only other book that will prove very useful on top of this book is Rita Mulcahy's 'PMP Exam Prep'. It is a bit more expensive but is of much higher quality in preparing for the PMP exam. This Study Guide is wonderful as a secondary preparation material to Rita's book. Read my reviews of her book to get more info on preparing for the PMP. I always use multiple study guides to get multiple perspectives when preparing for an exam. So, if you can afford it, I would recommend both books for your PMP preparation. But if you want to invest in only one study guide, I would say get Rita's PMP Exam Prep.
Good luck on the PMP!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellet study material when combined with the PMBOK
I just recently become a certified project manager (PMP certified 05/03) and work for a global IT integrator as a the national resource coordinator. When preparing for the PMI's PMP exam, I put 75% of my study time towards this book and about 25% towards studying the PMI's PMBOK (Project Management Institute's Project Management Book of Knowledge). The book is excellently laid out and the practice exam questions are 100% on par with those on the actual exam itself. I passed the PMP with a 86% score (highest in my company), my average score from the practice exams in Sybex's PMP Study Guide where 85%. That coorelation in scores speaks for itself, in terms of the value this book has to offer. Similar Products
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