Hello, Potential PMPer's!

When I saw that yet another edition of this book had been published, I felt it my duty to add a brief comment to the reviews.

Preparing for the PMP is an expensive task, so we must spend our pennies wisely in choosing review materials.

So, potential PMP'ers would do well to read my Amazon review of the previous edition of this same book (ISBN: 1932159371; by Margaret Y. Chu; edition published January 27, 2005).

And Best of Luck to You in Your PMP Pursuit!!

This book is designed to be used side by side with the PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) Guide. The Guide is, of course, the official and formal word. Reading/studying it is another matter. Having the two next to each other allows an understandable 'plain English' description of what the official language says to present two versions, two wordings of the critical points to come across and perhaps to stick.

This is the third edition of this book, and it matches the PMBOK third edition, commonly called PMBOK Guide 2004. The changes in the PMBOK Guide became integrated into the PMP Exam in September of 2005.

Along with the book comes a CD-ROM with over 800 practice exam questions which simulate the full PMP test. The post-assessment tests and answers help evaluate your progress and readiness for the exam. Finally the publisher makes available a specialized web site to provide further exam preparation materials.

The approach used in this book is better than that I've seen in any other prep manual.