PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, 6ed

This book was the only book I used to study for the PMP exam. I used free full length exams to prepare after reading this book slowly, cover to cover. The exam questions in the book and on the CD are of medium difficulty; harder than the head first online exam, but easier than PMStudy's. The audio summaries for each chapter were very helpful in cementing the book content into my brain, and are convenient to use on a commute.The book is structured well enough to keep your interest. I found no reason to read the real-world scenarios or "applying this to your project" sections that take up 6-7 pages per chapter, and once you take those pages out, the book is quite condensed and to the point about what you need to know for the exam. The exam highlight blocks throughout each chapter were helpful. I did not open the PMBOK during my preparation because this book provided an explanation of the important pieces of the PMBOK. I tested Proficient in 4 of the 5 knowledge areas and Mostly Proficient in the 5th. I think that is strong evidence that this book is a worthwhile buy.

the book was as described, it arrived pretty fast. The laguage of the book is writtren is simple for everyone to understand. I think it reffers to those who are intersted in giving exams for PMP and have some experience on the field.

The CD included with book is told to contain the complete pdf version.The page xxvii of the book itself : states : "... you can take this entire book with you just by taking the CD. This book is available in PDF '"But it is not included and Sybex's website publishes an erratum saying the page xxvii is false.The book is enormous and it is a shame one cannot bring it everywhere in pdf version.

So today was my big day, and I'm now a PMP.Heldman's book was good. It cracked the ice for me - but I still had tough going until I signed up for an instructor-led course (through the local PMI chapter). Then Heldman's book made more sense - a LOT more sense - but her question style was still 'harder' for me to grok.I slogged through Crosswinds, and got scolded by Rita a few times. I did Heldman's CD chapter quizzes (and Assessment and PMP exams) basically daily. Crosswind's CD of ITTO's helped a ton, too (probably as much as the instructor-led class, actually, because I could 'guess' or 'deduce from the answers' the right answer. That forced me to really think about what I was looking at.) Rita's 'gotcha!' BS got old, but I *did* start looking at how to eliminate wrong answers and interpret the seemingly-nonsensical 'right' answer, which helped on the exam.BTW, I only used the PMBoK as a reference. From day one until I passed, the PMBok remained a cure for insomnia - in bright daylight.So... I recommend Heldman as an adjunct to other books.

This book is a nice addition when preparing for the PMP because it gives you a different point of view. However, it doesn't clearly follow or explain the PMBOK Guide, and I wouldn't use it as my only help for the exam. For the exam, I would only buy this book if I already had studied the PMBOK Guide, PMP Head First and some other book (like Rita's PMP Preparation).However, if you already have the PMP certification or want to have a different perspective on the same information (it's always helpful) this book can be interesting.