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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 658.404 EAN: 9780596102340 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596102348 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 692 Publication Date: March 17, 2007 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Editorial Review: Product Description: Media Reviews
About the Book A PMP certification is more than just passing a test. It means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems, and proves that you know your stuff. Once you're certified, your projects are more likely to succeed because you have the skills and knowledge to make them successful. Not only that, it can mean a better job, more money, and greater respect from your peers. But studying for a difficult four-hour exam on project management isn't easy, even for experienced project managers. You want to remember everything that you're learning about project management, but your brain is working against you! Your brain craves novelty, and most PMP certification prep books are anything but novel. When you keep putting down a boring book instead of studying, it's because your brain doesn't think the information in it is worth learning. Your brain has more important stuff to think about, like how to keep you alive and out of danger-and it doesn't think that failing the PMP exam qualifies as life-threatening! So how do you trick your brain into thinking that your life does depend on learning everything you need to know to pass the PMP Exam? Head First PMP is the answer! Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science and learning theory, Head First PMP has a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works-a multi-sensory experience that helps the material stick, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Head First PMP offers 100% coverage of The PMBOK® Guide principles and certification objectives in a way that's engaging, not tedious. This book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam with a unique method that goes beyond answers to specific questions and makes you think about the big picture of project management. By putting project management concepts into context, you will be able to understand, remember, and apply them-not just on the exam, but also on the job. With Head First PMP, you get the best of both worlds: a thorough and effective preparation guide for the PMP certification exam with hundreds of practice questions and exam strategies, along with puzzles, games, problems, exercises and the unique Head First approach that makes learning easy and entertaining. When you're done with Head First PMP, you'll know your stuff, you'll pass the exam, and you'll be able to bring everything you've learned to your job. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - You could pass with just this book and stay awake doing itI pretty much passed the test by just working through the 600 pages of this book. It uses pictures, quizzes, crosswords and games to help you get the basic concepts and necessary formulas down. You'll go comatose if you try to tread the PMBOK itself and go blind while reading the Mulcahy prep book. I would use this book, do extra sample questions and look up answers that you get wrong know. About 20 hours of studying Rating:  - Helped me pass the examGiven the 35% pass rate for those who self-study, I took a 4-day exam prep "boot camp." I then had to wait nearly a month to take the exam, so I invested in additional study materials - in particular this book and the Rita Mulcahy book. Because both books take different approaches, I felt together they gave me a broader base of user-friendly information to work with. This book is VERY visual compared to others, and while all of it was useful, I found it most helpful for comprehending ... Read More Rating: - A valuable guide for PMP Exam preparation.As noted in several other reviews, this guide presents necessary PMP exam prep information in an easy to read format. The methodology in which the material is presented is excellent. I would strongly recommend this book as part of an overall strategy in preparation for the PMP. However, since the PMP covers much more than just the PMBOK Guide, you will need to round out your business management knowledge/skills. Rating:  - Great as a supplimental readThis book does an excellent job of putting a lively spin on a dry curriculum, but is definitely not in-depth enough in many areas to serve as a primary source of study. The publisher's description "a learner's companion" about sums it up. Be aware that there is a smattering of errors throughout. For example, the author's description of referent power as "you're standing in for someone who has more position or power" bears no resemblance to how this is defined by the source, Bertram Raven's 1959 ... Read More Rating: - Good exam prep supplementThe Head First PMP is a good exam prep supplement. I would not recommend this as your only source of exam prep material - Andy Crowe's is a little more in-depth and contains less errors in the material (although it too, has errors.) If you get this, know that it's not *the* comprehensive study guide, but it will give you a more hands-on, interactive practice of the concepts than some other guides. Be warned that you will need to download the errata sheets from the publisher, and it's no substitute ... Read More |
