Head First PMP 2e: A Brain-Friendly Guide to Passing the Project Managment Prof Exam 2/E Paperback – 4 Aug. 2009

I loved this book and read it 3 times in 4 months. This book is the opposite of Rita Mulcahy's (and significantly cheaper!) - Unlike Rita's, Head First makes you feel like anyone could pass the PMP if they read this book. I don't memorize or test well (particularly in multiple choice exams), so I really credit my success on the PMP exam to Head First because it uses lots of strategies to help you learn things without rote memorization. That being said, it is a BIG book and not ideal for review. Once I had read the book a few times, I needed other tools for review. I scored 84% on the PMP sample exam at the back of the Head First book and felt the questions were good preparation for the real exam. Having used both Head First and Rita Mulcahy's book, I would definitely recommend Head First above all else!See my full PMP Lessons Learned here:[...]

Yes, it's a great way to learn the subject. I'll advise any starter to read the book twice. Good worth for the money spent. Just few typos in the second part, so look for the following edition (I've got the 2009 one)

I loved that book because it is fun and teaches concepts very easily with great examples. I studied with book 2 hours for 10 days and it was enough! Thank u!

I passed my PMP exam today. I could not go on reading Endless lists from Rita Mulcahy book and then switched to Headfirst. This book does not promote rote memorizing, but more practicing in real scenarios. It is not a concise book. There are some chapters that probably need more information, such as Procurement management.The only con is they have not updated the book for recent exam changes.To be fair, I did practice Rita's exam questions.

If you have the money and the time, then fine, it's ancillary to the PMBOK book that you need to focus on... this book would do someone with littel project experience.

This was a fantastic book to accompany the PMBOK guide. I have just passed the PMP exam first time - and prior to syllabus change in Aug and this book was extremely useful. The hints, reminders, questions and of course the sample questions in the back (which are also available for free on the web !) were very apt for the actual exam. The actual exam questions were more like those in this book. The best way I'd found was to understand each of the 42 process, what were they trying to achieve and their objectives from the PMBOK guide, learn the inputs, tools & techniques and outputs, then supplement with this book.Yes, there are a couple of errors in the book, but they are easy to find. Also, this version was printed in grey scale. If they had printed some parts of it in colour then it will be easier for the brain to remember some of the images !A great book for passing the exam.

Well structured with a good mix of reading, example exam questions and other tasks. Good practical language and examples, all in all an excellent foundation builder towards the PMP exam. Use the PMBOK guide in addition and your own experience and do more difficult exams online in order to pass PMP.A couple of errors in exam answers in the book takes it down from 5 to 4 stars.

I wish I had purchased this far sooner. Let's face it, the official PMP text is so dry you could dehumidify a house with it.

I wanted to buy Head First PMP 3rd edition but bought 2nd edition by error- Can I get a 3rd edition in exchange of the 2nd edition

My experience on PM duties is about 4 years now so I was in need of formalizing it, the best way is earn a PMP certification. Actively working and with family duties (two kids) present a real challenge to find spare time in order to attend any bootcamp or even paying for it. So self pace learning was my choice. Of course, everyone recommends Rita's book  PMP Exam Prep, Seventh Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam  so I bought it, also, looking at reviews I decided to buy the Flash Cards from Andy Crowe's book  The PMP Exam: Flash Cards (Test Prep series) . Then as I have the Kindle I went for these:  PMP Certification, A Beginner's Guide (Certification Press) , Q&A's for the PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition  and this one (Second Edition!)...With that material at hand, I went to PMI web page, formalized my application to earn PMP certificate and settled the CBT exam date for 2 1/2 months later, just to put me a "reasonable" deadline (3 months would have been better). Then I started studying in preparation for the exam. The amount of information covered by the PMBOK® is huge and the right order of processes, concepts, input, tools and techniques, outputs of each are important to pass and they need to be learned. The fun part of my plan was is that I started with Flash Cards, I reviewed all of them just once, then I started to read the Beginner's Guide (A really good book), I confess I put the Kindle to read for me several times in order to finish the Beginner's Guide, then I started with Q&A's book just to find out what my performance was (lower than required). Then I started with Rita's book, I advanced about 15% of the book and then almost by accident, thanks God!, started to read in parallel Head First PMP - Second Edition, boy I loved the book - it hooked me up, it has an strange style but really effective, not boring, full of examples, images and tests for progressive self-assessment. I finished it two days before the exam date and then I reviewed the PMI's PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition focusing on the Ethics part (No time for any other thing).I passed, thanks to God!.My advise is that 4 hours on exam are very very exhausting so don't forget to sleep well the night before and be relaxed when actually get seated to take it! (And put all the EVM formulas on the sheet you are given first before reading the first question on the exam). If I could change something to my plan would be read the Head First PMP - Second Edition book in FIRST PLACE. PMP Exam Prep, Seventh Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP ExamThe PMP Exam: Flash Cards (Test Prep series)PMP Certification, A Beginner's Guide (Certification Press)Q&A's for the PMBOK® Guide Fourth Edition

Ottimo libro per la preparazione all'esame PMP. Consigliatissimo. Anche le domande di prova sono molto simili a quelle reali.Studiando su questo libro, e sul PMBOK ho superato l'esame al primo tentativo. Anzi, tutto sommato la lettura del PMBOK non è poi così essenziale (anche se utile)

Ich hab den PMP gerade bestanden und möchte meine Erfahrungen beim Lernen gern weitergeben.Da ich nicht wusste, wie ich an das Thema herangehen soll, habe ich gleich 3 Bücher bestellt:1. PMBOK Guide2. PMP Exam Prep (Rita's Buch)3. Head First PMPDer PMBOK Guide ist ein Nachschlagewerk, mit dem ich erst gearbeitet hab, als ich den Stoff mehr oder weniger beherrscht habe.Ritas Buch ist sehr ermüdend. Außerdem lässt Sie meiner Meinung nach zu sehr heraushängen, dass sie sich als "Göttin des Projektmanagements" versteht. Dafür sind die Übungsfragen gut.Ich hab den Stoff dann mit dem "Head First PMP gelernt. Hier wird das Thema in einfacher Form aufbereitet und durch verschiedenste Aufgaben wie Kreuzworträtsel und andere Übungen neben den Examensfragen eingeübt. Die Übungsthemen wie "Wedding Planner" oder ein Film namens "Cows gone wild" verbunden mit Comic-artigen Bildern haben einige meiner Kollegen als unseriös für ein Fachbuch empfunden. Aus meiner Sicht lässt sich jedoch ein trockenes Thema durch eine lockere Darstellung leichter lernen.Für mich war es der richtige Kauf. Allerdings: Es gibt ein paar wenige ev. prüfungsrelevante Spezialthemen, die in diesem Buch nicht vorkommen, wohl aber in Ritas Buch. Daher gibt's von mir nur 4 Sterne.Meine Lernempfehlung: Dieses Buch mit Übungen durcharbeiten und danach nur noch Examensfragen lösen. Examensfragen gibt es sehr viele kostenlose im Internet! Die erwähnten, (ganz wenigen) Lücken, lassen sich beim Bearbeiten von Examensfragen durch Nachschlagen im PMBOK-Guide oder Ritas Buch schließen.Ich wünsch Euch viel Glück beim Bestehen des PMPs !PS: Das Niveau der Examensfragen lag ungefähr auf dem der Fragen aus "Head First PMP". Manche der im Internet vorliegenden Fragen sind superschwer. Man hat den Eindruck, dass hier Leute zeigen wollen, wie gut sie die Materie beherrschen.