Product Description

Project managers who need the latest and most complete test-preparation materials will find the new edition of Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP(r)) Certification Exam a lifesaver. Completely updated to reflect the most recent version of the test, the book covers each competency area tested on the exam, and reveals how best to answer exam questions on defining, budgeting, assigning, and executing projects of all types and scopes. The book includes sample questions, numerous case studies, and other valuable practice tools.

In addition, the book features new material on:

* program management
* portfolio management
* project environment
* organizational environment
* project management offices
* process groups

A superior test preparation tool, Preparing for the Project Management Professional (PMP(r)) Certification Exam is still the ultimate go-to guide for project managers studying for the exam.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #654358 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 379 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780814408599
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Michael W. Newell, PMP, ENP (Slidell, LA) is vice president of PSM Consulting and has 30 years of experience as a project manager. He teaches project management at colleges and corporations all over the world.

Customer Reviews

Full of wrong information, and no credit to source materials
I bought this book specifically as a tertiary resource of practice questions for my PMP exam preparation. What a waste. First of all, the questions are taken, in some cases verbatim, in other cases rewritten inaccurately, from another source: "PMBOK Q&A. A Pocket Guide of Questions and Answers to Learn More About the Project Management Body of Knowledge" published by PMI. Nowhere in this book does it credit the PMI source material. Secondly, in at least 7 questions(pg 215 - #7, pg 217 - #19, pg 219 - #2, pg 233 - #12, pg 233 - #13, pg 235 - #20, pg 300 - #13) that I was able to document, the answers given are just plain wrong as verified by cross-checking both the PMBOK itself, and the "Pocket Guide" listed above. Thirdly, unlike the "Pocket Guide", this book doesn't give references to the sources of correct answers (which prabably explains why the answers are wrong) so that you can look up and study missed questions. Although I didn't read any of the preparatory materials in the front of this book, I would be very leery of them, based on the inaccuracies I found in the test questions. I would suggest to anyone who wants accurate and useful preparation materials, to use PMI published sources, take practice tests with the ESI materials, and take a good review course from your local PMI chapter.

Better insight than the PMBOK
Thank you, Mike Newell, for getting me through the PMP exam! I passed on the first try, scoring more than 80%.

I used this book plus the '96 PMBOK to study for the exam. Neither book is adequate preparation alone. Newell seems to have taken a strategy of complementing the PMBOK rather than replacing it. After some experimenting, my study approach was:
1. Read a chapter of Newell to understand the topic
2. Read the corresponding chapter in the PMBOK for the data in sparse form
3. Do Newell's practice questions for the chapter

I bought the book for the practice questions (he provides two sets), and that turned out to be an important part of my study. To me, it was a bonus that I could understand Newell's discussions better than the overly terse PMBOK. Make no mistake, the PMBOK is about laying out a systematic organization in 37 "knowledge areas," 5 "process groups," etc. It is neat and highly structured, but not intuitive. I needed the insights I got from this book.

There are better study guides
The sample questions in this book are very badly written and not representative of what is actually on the exam. Rita Mulcahy's book is much, much better. Rita's sample questions are closer to the actual exam questions and her book is easier to read. Buy Rita Mulcahy's book and skip this one!