Features
Paperback: 379 pages
Publisher: AMACOM/American Management Association; 3rd Updtd edition May 30, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0814408591
ISBN-13: 978-0814408599
Product Dimensions:
9 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Book Description
Project managers who need the latest and most complete test-preparation materials will find the new edition of Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP(r)) Certification Exam a lifesaver. Completely updated to reflect the most recent version of the test, the book covers each competency area tested on the exam, and reveals how best to answer exam questions on defining, budgeting, assigning, and executing projects of all types and scopes. The book includes sample questions, numerous case studies, and other valuable practice tools. In addition, the book features new material on:
* program management
* portfolio management
* project environment
* organizational environment
* project management offices
* process groups
A superior test preparation tool, Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP(r)) Certification Exam is still the ultimate go-to guide for project managers studying for the exam.
Book Info
Covering each competency area tested on the exam, it also explains question structures and offers numerous case studies and other valuable practice tools. Definitive guide to properly defining, budgeting, assigning, and executing projects of all types and scopes--on paper or on the job. Softcover.
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Reader Reviews
This review is from: Preparing for the Project Management Professional (Pmp) Certification Exam (Paperback)
I bought this book specifically as a tertiary resource of practice questions for my PMP exam preparation. What a waste. First of all, the questions are taken, in some cases verbatim, in other cases rewritten inaccurately, from another source: "PMBOK Q&A. A Pocket Guide of Questions and Answers to Learn More About the Project Management Body of Knowledge" published by PMI. Nowhere in this book does it credit the PMI source material. Secondly, in at least 7 questions(pg 215 - #7, pg 217 - #19, pg 219 - #2, pg 233 - #12, pg 233 - #13, pg 235 - #20, pg 300 - #13) that I was able to document, the answers given are just plain wrong as verified by cross-checking both the PMBOK itself, and the "Pocket Guide" listed above. Thirdly, unlike the "Pocket Guide", this book doesn't give references to the sources of correct answers (which prabably explains why the answers are wrong) so that you can look up and study missed questions. Although I didn't read any of the preparatory materials in the front of this book, I would be very leery of them, based on the inaccuracies I found in the test questions. I would suggest to anyone who wants accurate and useful preparation materials, to use PMI published sources, take practice tests with the ESI materials, and take a good review course from your local PMI chapter.
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