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I passed the PMP exam last week after taking a 4 day/40 hour in-person class from a different trainer (paid for by my employer) and then studying this book for a few hours a day over 10 days. The book covered virtually all of the material on the exam. The chapter tests were a good approximation of the questions on the actual exam. For those areas of Project Management where I had less real-world experience, the book was very informative. Comparing the low cost of the book to the high cost my employer paid for the training, I spent my own money very wisely!
The author uses a folksy writing style, as if she is "speaking" to you directly. While helpful for picking up pointers, it was annoying to repeatedly read that I might not have enough training and experience to even consider taking the exam. If condescension makes you see red, then consider a different book.
An example from page 82, "As I've stated before, if you do not work on large projects, you are in danger of not passing the exam. Take a moment to go back and look again at the previous table..." You can pass this exam if you learn the topics, even if you haven't managed a large project.
And this gem of an example from page 373 where Rita admonishes a project manager, "I said "I am surprised your boss did not fire you." He seemed taken aback as I continued...He should have been fired." Certainly not the supportive statement that would help the poor guy to open his mind to new project management methods!
And finally from page 391, "Stop right here and think about this for a moment. In order to pass this exam you will need to be able to envision a world that you may not be currently involved in..." At this point, I was envisioning a world that did not involve Rita and her book! But I persevered, and the book was, on the whole, worth overlooking this quirk.
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This serves as the current best PMP Exam Prep reference available. With Rita's passing last 15MAY10, I'll will watch closely to see if her husband, Tim and the team at RMC, keep up with the latest evolutions of the PMBOK in future revisions. Reading the: 1) "PMBOK" (twice), the 2) "PMP Certification Mathematics" book, along with 3)"PMP Exam Prep," will provide you with all of the resources you need to pass the PMP exam on your first attempt. I have found no need to attend any of the expensive courses which basically are only overviews of the PMBOK in lieu of a needed PMI PMP Exam development and strategy course. PMI does use a very specific question development strategy which they don't share with PMP Exam Prep course developers, so you'll get just as much prep out of these three text books and save a lot of money as well. The internet has plenty of free practice exams available, so if you put in your study time, about 2 hours a day for 90 days, you should be scoring 80%, or better, on the practice exams then your more than ready to pass the exam. Good luck! It is one of the few recognized professional certifications worth the effort!
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This is a fantastic resource for those wishing to study, learn and prepare for the Program Management Professional exam. Even if you are not preparing for the exam but just want to review the PMP guidelines or broaden your learning this is a great book. I would recommend this book to anyone thinking about or actually preparing to take the exam,or just wanting to learn a new skill.
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This is what you need, I bought it studied for a month passed the PMP. Dont get the Crowe book, its sucks. The RITA is all you need
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This book was recommended by a friend who has passed the PMP exam. I had access to other books and put off ordering the book while I was reading the other books -- big mistake. I should have ordered this one first.
The other books basically mirrored the content of the PMBOK guide with a few explanations about the terminology and summaries of the intent of the content.
This book takes a totally different approach - that being a view from the Project Managers side and how the work that a PM does is reflected in the PMP exam. Instead of telling you what the PMBOK guide contains, Rita explains what you, as a PM, should already be doing and how what you are doing relates to the exam and to the PMBOK guide. The exercises are not exercises in memorization (although I'm finding that memorization of Rita's Process Chart is helping) but rather exercises in how, as a PM, you should be doing things. In the first 100 pages I've read several times that if a topic is unfamiliar to the reader then the reader should re-examine his readiness to even be thinking about taking the exam. Each topic leads the reader into the next topic, explaining what the purpose of the topic is and how it relates to the next topic. The next topic then relates the previous topic and expands.
I am finding the questions at chapter end to be "real-world" in nature with PMI guidelines emphasized.
Although I am using the book in preparation for the exam, I can see this book being on my bookshelf as a reference for years to come.
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