Product Description

The PMP® Exam Success Series: Certification Exam Manual is the foundation of the PMP Exam Success Series (currently used in 22 countries). This is a must have for anyone preparing to take the PMP Exam. This book is complete with valuable exam preparation information, including "Crosswind Must Knows" for each exam topic, terms and definitions, formulas, exercises (matching, Earned Value and Network Diagram Analysis) and situational questions translation. It has a complete integrated test of 200 questions, like the real exam in the attached EXAM SIMULATION CD-ROM. As well as 30 questions with full explanation of the correct and incorrect answers for each topic area. It includes matching and Input/Tools & Techniques/Outputs (ITTO's) matching exercises to help reinforce PMI terminology and processes used on the exam. Included also are mind maps for every exam knowledge area.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #575912 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-05
• Released on: 2005-07-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 534 pages

Review
I am convinced that this is the most thorough book that I have seen for PMP Exam review. -- Angie Gamez, PMP (PMI Education Committee Member)

I am convinced that this is the most thorough book that I have seen for PMP Exam review. --Angie Gamez, PMP (PMI Education Committee Member)

Of all the material that I have reviewed this is the most complete, thorough review -- knowledge area by knowledge area. --PMP Candidate, 2005

The book has tools, tables, exercises, and an exam simulation CD, that helped me memorize needed things for exam preparation. -- Oscar in Dallas, TX

The book has tools, tables, exercises, and an exam simulation CD, that helped me memorize needed things for exam preparation. --Oscar in Dallas, TX

About the Author
Tony Johnson, MBA, PMP, PgMP is the founder of Crosswind Project Management and has over 18 years of experience as a project manager in industries such as retail, defense, telecommunication, financial, consulting, hardware and software development, education, government and manufacturing, He has been a trainer and curriculum developer in areas such as technology manufacturing, electronic commerce and project management. Tony has created over 20 products to prepare for the PMP Exam as well as delivered thousands of hours of training aligned with PMI standards. An award winning member of the Dallas, Texas PMI chapter, as well as a past member of the chapter's education committee, Tony Johnson has also been a key presenter at the Dallas chapter's "PMP® Forum" With a bachelor degree in Business Administration and Finance from Dallas Baptist University, and an MBA in Operations and Strategic Management from Dallas Baptist University, Tony Johnson has taught at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Dallas County Community College District, both located in Dallas, Texas. Some of his prior students come from prominent companies such as Anderson Consulting, Accenture, Genuity, Verizon, Carreker, Exe, Perot Systems, Decision Consultants Inc., Electronic Data System (EDS), CompUSA, JCPenney, American Airlines, MCI, KPMG, Excel Communications, Auto One, Citi, Oracle, Ciber, Motorola, IBM, Bank of America, Department of Defense, Sabre, Travelocity, Texas Instruments, match.com, Cingular and Nortel. The PMP® Exam Success Series Products he authored are used in 22 countries and various industries worldwide.

Customer Reviews

Very clean & easy to read +++
Besides the PMBOK, this was the only other book that I purchased. I started reading the PMBOK first but I had a hard time memorizing concepts, tables, formulas, processes, etc. Don't get me wrong, the PMBOK is a great resource, but in my opinion is a little tedious to read, so I decided to change my studying strategy. I started reading the PMP Success Series first and using the PMBOK as a complimentary resource. This combination worked great for me! The advantage of this book is that it has a bunch of tools, tables, exercises, and of course the CD, that helped me to memorize needed things for the test. I strongly would recommend this book to anyone trying to prepare for the PMP certification.

I passed the first try!

I just passed my PMP exam on my first try. I studied for the exam with Tony's book "Crosswind PMP Success Series: Certification Exam Manual", CD simulation exams, placemats and audio CDs. I had purchased the Rita book first. However I think Tony's book was much better at providing explanations and examples. It complimented the PMBOK, made reading and understanding the PMBOK easier.

The exam simulation CDs really helped me prepare for the exam, and it provides a great study aid; it provides feedback on what sections of the exam you should review. It also helped with the timing, how fast you need to be able to proceed through the test questions. I was able to answer all the questions on the exam in a little over 2 hours, used 1 hour for review of the questions I marked and finished 30 minutes ahead of time.

I was able to beta test the new exam simulations with 5 process group tests, 9 knowledge area tests, framework and PR, and 4 complete PMP tests, 20 tests total. I reviewed Rita's test questions and Crowe's test questions as a backup. I believe that Tony's material provided me with the knowledge I needed to pass the exam.
I would not recommend the Sybex exam simulation CD; I found it frustrating, confusing and too wordy.

Very Good Book for the PMP Exam
I received a copy of this book when I took Tony's prep class. This book and the related material enabled me to pass the PMP on my first try. The PMP simulation test CD was a great tool to test your knowledge and provide you the chance to experience going through 200 questions within four hours. This book provides details that are not in the PMBOK. I.E detailed Earned Value exercises, backward/forward exercises and PTA just to mention a few. This book combined with the other material associated with the prep class was all I needed to successfully pass the exam. Plus, the study and test taking methodology was very helpful. The PMP exam is a difficult test and when I encountered the situational questions I used the methodology stated in the book to evaluate the question and select what I considered to be the correct answer. Guess it worked because I passed. I recommend Tony's book but suggest you purchase his complete package if you do not attend the prep class.