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Summary: Don't waste your money!!
Review: This is the worst thing I have ever used!!! I cannot believe I paid money for a book which has a practice test where the 1st question has 4 answers, and the answer key shows the correct response as being the answer of 50 which is answer c - the key shows "B - 50"...so is it B or C ??the CD has countless places where it has words repeated and then it also says bBudgeted cCost....if someone were correcting the capitalization, they did a poor job. This book was touted as prepping me fully for the test, but between the book and the CD, I feel more confused that prepped. I am very disappointed that I spent money on this in light of its quality.
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Summary: New 2nd Edition is the cure to passing
Review: This new 2nd edition is the cure to passing the PMP exam. They really listened to the feedback here and made the changes we asked for. So the inconsistencies were corrected and new material expands the benefits. This is the easiest book to understand. I have them all. Rita's and Kims have plenty of errors and omissions as well as being much more exspensive. They are really harder to understand and follow than PMP Cert For Dummies.
Simply, this is the best self study guide for passing the exam. Don't rely on any one book to pass the exam, but use this one and the others. Remember tha the exam is only 70% based on the PMBOK. This helps fill in the other 30% of the score! Anybody without this book is at a competitive disadvantage.
This For Dummies book helped me to overcome my fear of passing the exam. I already know the material, but it's from hw my company uses the terms. This book was really helpful in getting into the PMI mindset and exposing what I needed to study and the PMI standards that I had to re-learn.
Great 2nd edition. Thanks guys. This is what I needed to pass.
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Summary: Not a good reference
Review: Unfortunately I purchased the book when it was released and never had an opportunity to review references. The book has many many mistakes and is not very engaging - I like the structure of the chapters but compared to other references it fall far short - it was a boring read.
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Summary: This book got me a job!
Review: While having many years of experience in the Information Technology field, I found that experience, training and personality skills were no longer enough to secure high-level consulting positions with Fortune 100 clients.
I purchased the book as an overview of the certification process. Whiel I was reading it, I accepted a position with a government contractor. And my first project manager was Peter Nathan! I not only had the benefit of reading his material, I had the opportunity to question him when I didn't understand a particular section.
After a year of working with Peter, a client called me, on a Friday, and asked if I would be interested in accepting a position as an architect, but that I had to have project management experience. When I mentioned that I begun the certification process and had worked directly for the author of this book. After finishing speaking with the client, I was called back with an offer in 15 minutes to start the following Monday! My new director had used the book to ceritfy himself...so this book got me a six figure position in Florida!
This book rawks!
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Summary: The simplest guide to passing the exam!
Review: With my study group, we have all the PMP study books. PMP Certification For Dummies is the easy way to study for the exam. It has the clearest style - the other books are dry and boring. Rita's re-cycled class workbook was such a bore that it put us to sleep, so she must be a great class lecturer. Kim's prep book was a snore. (Even her husband's book on the competitive test was a better read.) The tricks about the exam were great. It gave many helpful hints in each chapter to look inside the PMI mindset, so you get to know the pattern of what they are seeking to test. PMP CERT teams you how to answer the exam questions. For that alone, it's worth the price and the time. This was also the best on showing the inter-relationships between processes. Nobody else gets this point; that the PMI methodology has this big feedback loop built in. The book is an overview of PM topics and goes into some real depth in several areas like formulas for the exam. As others have mentioned, the formula chapter is the best of all PMP prep books. Get this book. Don't let anyone tell you that this book won't help you pass the exam. It's worth all the time you'll spend on it.
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