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Summary: Best PMP prep book on the market
Review: RMC's exam prep book was essential in helping me pass the PMP exam. Topics are covered in depth. The questions closely mirror the actual questions on the test. Examples are good and easy to understand. References to the PMBOK help to enforce the information. No fluff. Just the things you need to know to do well on the test. Buy it!
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Summary: Great book...with the cd!
Review: You will see a lot of posts telling you that this book alone will not guarantee you pass the test. That is true. Purchase the book with the PMFastrack CD and you will pass. Focus on key inputs and outputs from the PMBOK. Also, the Hot Topics flash cards are good, but not necessary. I passed the test (164). I read the book a couple of times, took a RMC class, and took numerous practice tests on the CD to identify gaps. I would not recommend the class unless your company will pay for it. The class basically covers the book with a few other tips. Good luck on your test.
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Summary: Excellent explanations but do not take the practice exams
Review: I passed the PMP exam mostly due to studying from Kim Heldman's book. This book has some excellent explanations of material that is not covered in Kim's book. However, the practice exams in this book are so out of the ordinary that even after just passing the official PMP test, I was still not able to make a passing score doing the practice exams in this book. It seems that the purpose of this book is to make you think your knowledge is so poor that you absolutely must take the author's training course.
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Summary: Hard to get passed the arrogance
Review: I bought this book because it looked like the most read and used book for PMP Certification. To be sure, the book covers plenty of topics and did get me ready for the exam. But, it was harder to get the content out of the book than was necessary. Rita is clearly an expert PMP - and she never let's you forget it. She "teaches" by constantly making you feel stupid, and saying things like "... and you should have no problem with this because I told you to memorize xxx back in chapter yyy". It would have been nice if she had backed off of the sarcasm a bit and realized that her audience IS stupid as far as PM goes - that's why we bought the book! If I were to do it again, I would have purchased a different book.
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Summary: Surprisingly effective!
Review: First things first, I passed the PMP certification exam! I did not take any classes or workshops, I relied exclusively on the PMBOK, the 'PMP Exam Prep' by Rita Mulcahy, her practice CD, and the thick and not-so-effective 'Project management - a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling' by Harold Kernzer. I have to admit that when I first received the pricey 'Exam Prep' I was disappointed by its format (amateurish) and what seems to be, at the time, shallow content. I also felt that the sample questions were scarce and essentially designed to lure you into buying the practice CD. However as I started to study for the PMP exam I felt that the book was very effective and a much needed complement to the PMBOK. It went straight to the point, told you what was important to memorize and what was not, and gave you tricks. It rapidly became my 'cliff notes' for the PMBOK and was instrumental in helping me pass the exam. Bottom line it found that the book was surprisingly effective and despite its high price tag, it ended up being worth every penny. I would stronly recommend it to anyone who is preparing for the PMP exam.
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Summary: Thank You Rita!
Review: Write down the formulas as soon as you sit down--paid off big. This way you do not have to keep recalling them (and there are some tricky questions that require you to know the formulas pat). Follow this type of advice from Rita's book and you will pass. Everything she said was true and really focused my study. I spent 1 day reading her book and working through the exercises (plus 15 years experience). I passed! Her questions were very similar to the actual exam. If you know this book, you should have no problem passing the exam.
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Summary: PMP Exam Prep reference book
Review: Hello Rita, just wanted to drop you a line and inform you that I PASSED the PMP exam on Saturday! Without the assistance of your reference material, PMP Exam Prep, Hot Topics and Situational Questions, I don't think that I would have passed. You see, I'm currently unemployed and I plan on using the PMP designation to give me an edge over other individuals when looking for employment. I could not afford to go to any of your classes, and I did not have anyone else to study with but I did obtain your reference materials. I purchased other reference material, for example, another PMP EXAM Practice Test and Study Guide, but found your reference material to be the best. Reading the other books was time consuming and frankly, quite boring...Your materials were very easy to follow and nicely summarized.
I especially liked the variation that you used. Summary formats, memory games, chapter exercises and practice tests. It was a very good way to highlight the main topics in PMBOK. Thank you once again!
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Summary: Read the book, took the test, and here's my review
Review: PMP Exam Prep is an invaluable study aid for passing the PMP. Highly recommended. I've been an IS project manager for over 10 years. I've studied Kerzner's book (good, but tedious) in preparation and the PMBOK, but took no courses or workshops. I studied PMP Exam Prep for 10 days immediately preceeding my exam. Read the book about 3 times. I took the test in 4 hours and got 168 of the 200 question correct. I think that the "study tips" in the book helped me get about 15-20 questions right that I might have otherwise missed. (your milage may vary) However, the book said to expect about 6 "math" questions and I had about 15. (All of which I got right) About half of the questions I missed were due to the test's wording which is tricky. The book made me a bit more confident than I should have been, but is the best such book that I've come across. Expensive, but worth it especially if you haven't taken a review course. Good focus on PMI-isms (things important to PMI and passing the test that your experience as a PM may not help you) Also recommended: Principles of Project Management. With PMBOK, Principles, PMP Exam Prep, and the requisite 7,500 hours of PM experience you should be able to pass the PMP. Kerzner's book will also help if you have the time to read through it. Good luck!
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Summary: overhyped
Review: This is a good list but far overpriced considering the alternatives. Try Phillips!
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Summary: Great Prep book
Review: I noticed some disapointing statements in some of the reviews of the pmp prep and they are some negative statements. I'm just writing to state that no one project prep book is gonna get you fully prepared for the pmp exam. You'll need multiple different books. The first one I would start with is the pmp sybex book by Kim Heldman because of it's ease to read along with using the PMBOK as a guide (some people can read the PMBOK straight, frankly I can't. It's like reading a dictionary) Then after reading that use Rita's book. Take lots of prep exams. Look on the net and download any and all free exams out there. If you can definitely buy Rita's CD of questions. Yea it's redicoulusly over price but it serves its purpose well. The main point I want to get across though is no one book will do it.
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