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Phillips, Joseph.
     PMP : project management professional study guide / Joseph Phillips.
—3rd ed.
         p.  cm.
     ISBN 978-0-07-162673-6 (alk. paper)
     1. Project management—Examinations—Study guides. I. Title. II.
Title:
Project management professional study guide. III. Title: PMP.
     HD69.P75P4946       2009
     658.4’04—dc22                         2009028828

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PMP^® Project Management Professional Study Guide, Third Edition

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