Learn the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, in a unique and inspiring way with Head First PMP . The second edition of this book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam using a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. You'll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book. More than just proof of passing a test, a PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems. But studying for a difficult four-hour exam on project management isn't easy, even for experienced project managers. Drawing on the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, Head First PMP offers you a multi-sensory experience that helps the material stick, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. This book will help you:

• Learn PMP's underlying concepts to help you understand the PMBOK principles and pass the certification exam with flying colors

• Get 100% coverage of the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, including two new processes: Collect Requirements and Identify Stakeholders

• Make use of a thorough and effective preparation guide with hundreds of practice questions and exam strategies

• Explore the material through puzzles, games, problems, and exercises that make learning easy and entertaining

Head First PMP puts project management principles into context to help you understand, remember, and apply them -- not just on the exam, but also on the job.

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passed my pmp - 2010-01-11
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This book helped me passed the PMP.
though there are some typo, this was the main book I used to pass my PMP.
It clarify the concept and expecially on the Risk management chapter.
I guess, one thing the book can do better is, a bit recap of the input output and the process name on each chapter end. As the exam asked lots of pmp name, knowing the stuff cannot help pass the exam. we also need to associate the "know" to PMI terminology.
Anyway, highly recommended!

PMP Study Guide for the Time Challenged - 2010-01-03
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It's no secret that the Project Management Professional (PMPr) is a credential offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The theory being, if you practice project management following the methodology outlined in PMI's Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (aka the PMBOK Guide), you will become an excellent project manager. Project management is rapidly becoming the choice methodology of management for companies. The PMP test is difficult, in fact, less than 5% of all Project Managers have it. Preparing for the PMP Certification Exam requires long hours of study and commitment. How can busy professionals maximize their concentration and achieve quality study with minimal time? You have to find material that is geared towards rapid retention like the "Head First" book. The book allows fast exploration and retention of the PMBOK in a clear picture or 'map' of all the key points. By using colors, shapes, and dimensions as visual stimulants, the "Head First" approach makes the learning interesting.

Head first PMP - 2009-12-21
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I picked this book because of all the visual references. The book covers everything that you need to know to pass the PMP, and it was fairly easy and quick to read through the information. The pictures and visual references helped me remember the important information for the test. The sample questions at the end of each section helped me study and the full length sample gave me confidence that I was prepared. I now use this book to teach a 3-day PMP certification class to prepare participants to take the test through Accelerate-U.

Poor Editing, Misleading and Test Problems Incorrect - 2010-01-23
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I have worked as a Project Manager for years. I recently completed course work in Project Management, taught by a well respected leader in PMI. Then, I bought this book and another book to review prior to taking the PMP exam.

Poor Editing and Poor Grammer throughout the book: Example on page 145, question #19, your selections to a multiple choice question is A or B or A or A. What happened to C & D? Page #223 goes from question #22 to question #24. Where did #23 disappear to? Page #225, the answer to question #7 grammer has poor grammer. You must read some of this several times to get past the grammer.

Misleading: There were things on the test not covered in the book. I can not tell you what it was. There were things in the book, that had gone into much detail, that never once came up on the test in any form.

Test problems Incorrect: This was the most frustrating. Page 691, the answer to question #12 is B, not A. The book is wrong. Page #772, the answer to #142 says nothing of the 7 subcontractors and how they fit into the equation. Page 783, the answer to #200 is WRONG. When you look it up in the PMBOK, you'll find it to be in the Executing Process group, NOT the Monitoring & Controlling, as told by the book.

These were but a few specfic examples that I sited. Although I did pass the exam, I've got to wonder if the errors in the book that I did not catch, hurt me on the test.

Buy a book that is accurate & well written.

Good for general knowledge not for exam specifics - 2009-12-19
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I like the visual nature of the book where all the diagrams are helpful in laying out the material but the disadvantages with this approach is that you loose the contextual significance of a certain fact. I am like the persons who want to know exactly what is the nature of the beast if you know what I mean. I like to see the exact material which is in question and this book is not that. I'd like to see the PMBOK in front of me and try to code that rather than this. This book falls in the category of understanding aids and not the exam cram kind of stuff.

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