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Kim Heldman (Author)
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0782143237 978-0782143232 April 15, 2004 2nd
Whether you're a current project manager seeking to validate the skills and knowledge acquired through years of practical experience or a newcomer to the PM field looking to strengthen your resume, the PMP certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) provides you with the means to do so.

This updated edition of the best-selling PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide was developed to help you prepare for this challenging exam, and includes additional study tools designed to reinforce understanding of critical subject areas.

Key Topics Include:

  • Project Initiation. Determining project goals, identifying constraints and assumptions, defining strategies, producing documentation.
  • Project Planning. Refining a project, creating a WBS, developing a resource management plan, establishing controls, obtaining approval.
  • Project Execution. Committing and implementing resources, managing and communicating progress, implementing quality assurance procedures.
  • Project Control. Measuring Performance, taking corrective action, ensuring compliance, reassessing control plans, responding to risk event triggers.
  • Project Closing. Documenting lessons learned, facilitating closure, preserving records and tools, releasing resources.
  • Professional Responsibility. Ensuring integrity, contributing to knowledge base, balancing stakeholder interests, respecting differences.

Note:CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.



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Whether you're a current project manager seeking to validate the skills andknowledge acquired through years of practical experience or a newcomer to the PMfield looking to strengthen your resume, the PMP certification from the ProjectManagement Institute (PMI) provides you with the means to do so. This updatededition of the best-selling PMP: Project Management Professional StudyGuide was developed to help you prepare for this challenging exam, andincludes additional study tools designed to reinforce understanding of criticalsubject areas.

Key Topics Include:
  • Project Initiation. Determining project goals,identifying constraints and assumptions, defining strategies, producingdocumentation.
  • Project Planning. Refining a project, creating a WBS,developing a resource management plan, establishing controls, obtainingapproval.
  • Project Execution. Committing and implementing resources,managing and communicating progress, implementing quality assuranceprocedures.
  • Project Control. Measuring Performance, taking correctiveaction, ensuring compliance, reassessing control plans, responding to risk eventtriggers.
  • Project Closing. Documenting lessons learned, facilitatingclosure, preserving records and tools, releasing resources.
  • ProfessionalResponsibility. Ensuring integrity, contributing to knowledge base, balancing stakeholder interests, respecting differences.
  • About the Author

    Kim Heldman, PMP, MBA, has over 12 years experience in project management. She is the Director of the IT Project Management Office for the Colorado Department of Revenue and is a member of the Denver chapter of PMI.

    Product Details

    • Paperback: 502 pages
    • Publisher: Sybex; 2nd edition (April 15, 2004)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 0782143237
    • ISBN-13: 978-0782143232
    • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
    • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
    • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
    • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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    58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars Can use as a companion to the PMBOK Guide for the PMP., April 6, 2003
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    Harinath Thummalapalli (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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    The PMBOK Guide (by PMI) is essential in preparing for the PMP, but follows the 9 Knowledge Areas approach. The approach necessary to pass the test is the 5 Process Groups (plus Professional Responsibility) approach. This Study Guide takes the 5 Process Groups approach and hence clears the confusion one may experience in reading the PMBOK Guide. They also go into more depth than the PMBOK Guide as can be seen by the fact that the book has more than twice as many pages.

    This Study Guide also has a CD-ROM with hundreds of practice questions (you can take 2 practice exams). The entire book is on the CD-ROM too. I have not tried their electronic flashcards for PCs and Palm Handhelds.

    Considering everything that the book offers, it is a great buy at [this price]. Other CD-ROM software programs that offer practice tests are over $300. The only other book that will prove very useful on top of this book is Rita Mulcahy's 'PMP Exam Prep'. It is a bit more expensive but is of much higher quality in preparing for the PMP exam. This Study Guide is wonderful as a secondary preparation material to Rita's book. Read my reviews of her book to get more info on preparing for the PMP. I always use multiple study guides to get multiple perspectives when preparing for an exam. So, if you can afford it, I would recommend both books for your PMP preparation. But if you want to invest in only one study guide, I would say get Rita's PMP Exam Prep.

    Good luck on the PMP!

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    35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars good book but not great, May 22, 2002
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    Mark A. Parrish (Oakdale, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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    This is a good resource for studying for the PMP. I have taken a few courses to prepare for the PMP as well as read PMBOK and Rita Mulchahey's book (her's is the best one available)./ The reason why I picked this book is that it is written in stages of the lifecycle: planning, executing, closure, etc.. while the PMBOK is based on function: HR, Quality etc...

    This book is another way to reinforce that you can apply the knowledge in the lifecycle and not just memorize PMBOK. The palm flashcards are cool and help a lot as well as the computer test. The test is the most important since that is what you will go through on the PMP. Also the practice tests give you the answer and the rationale for the answer, a great help.

    The only reason it is not five stars is that the book says on the back cover that there is a complete project plan enclosed and it is not there, the publisher said that it was an error. Also the flashcards do not tell you what questions you missed.

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    23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars I passed my exam with this book., November 20, 2003
    I used Kim Heldman's book, the Yahoo group and PMBOK as my prep material. This book is not perfect, but it is more than enough to pass the exam. The author covers about 90% of PMBOK and covers other material (that are not in the PMBOK, but we are tested for) as well. For example, Pert/CPM calculations, Code of Conduct Scenarios, Motivation theories etc..

    I studied this book, then the PMBOK once, this book again, PMBOK again. I took some free tests on the Internet, took the tests in this book and in the actual PMP exam. I averaged about 83% in those preparation tests and I got 164/200 (82%) in the actual PMP exam. I spent about 130-140 hours on the subject in total.

    The test questions in this book after every chapter and at the end of the book (and cd), are really good. The test exam(s) in the cd almost resembled the real exam. I wished there were more questions in the cd, like 200 questions per test or so. (There are 50 questions per exam now). This is particularly true because PMP exam is a 4 hour long 200 question exam. By about the 160th question, even simple sentences like 'Assume you are a project manager' became a little difficult for me to grasp. I guess I lacked the mental stamina to take the gruelling 4 hour one in one shot. May be this book could have prepared me for that.

    Otherwise, this book is great. There were areas this book that went above and beyond the PMBOK. And test questions from these areas were a little difficult for me during practice. And none of the free tests online had any questions on these subjects. To my surprise, I found PMP exam questions from these areas as well.

    I originally bought this book over Rita's book because the other one was about 200 dollars. I thought if I am persistent enough to finish this book, I will buy Rita's. However, when I finished this one, I realized that this book covered most of the subject. In essence, this book delivers it's promise. (I have heard from everybody that Rita's book is also 5 star material and is excellent)

    Finally, even if the certification is not immediately useful in your career, the PM knowledge you gain through preparing for this exam will be useful. So, if you are thinking of taking the exam, I would like to say, go for it! I wish you all aspiring PMPs good luck.

    Karthik

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    Inside This Book (learn more)
    First Sentence:
    Congratulations on your decision to study for and take the Project Management Institute (PMI)'s Project Management Professional (PMP) certification exam. Read the first page
    Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
    project team directory, performance measurement documentation, project overview document, contract administration process, future project decisions, information distribution tools, benefit measurement methods, contract change control system, project selection methods, cost change control system, resource pool description, management plan details, procurement planning process, project management knowledge areas, scope management plan, project management process groups, applying professional knowledge, activity list updates, risk response plan, staffing pool description, cash flow analysis techniques, earned value analysis technique, work package level, qualified seller list, activity duration estimates
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    Exam Spotlight, Administrative Closure, Review Questions, Source Selection, Scope Verification, Team Development, Qualitative Risk Analysis, Cost Control, Kitchen Heaven, Project Case Study, Key Terms, Exam Essentials, Schedule Control, Communications Planning, Project Human Resource Management, Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Hygiene Theory, Project Cost Management, Project Procurement Management, Establishing Project Planning Controls, Project Communications Management, Project Management Knowledge Areas, Project Time Management, Creating the Project Plan
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