Reddit reviews Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam

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EDIT: Added links to Amazon just in case anyone wants to see reviews.


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Is the material/terminology similar?

Also, I took the PMP exam a couple years ago. Only used the Head First PMP prep book. Spent 4 days in a room in the library to cram for it and passed it easily. In case you’re interested, I linked it for you.

Head First PMP Prep

If you’re averaging in your high 50s consistently without progress, you might want to start working on your fundamentals and give yourself time for it before giving the exam. I’d suggest the following approach:

1. With less than 3 weeks for your exam, if you are simply not able to improve, you might want to reconsider rescheduling the exam. You can do this for $70 till two days before the exam date. Do think about this at length and make a decision. I’d suggest rescheduling with +35 days (that should be more than enough if you follow a disciplined approach). You refer this link for exam scheduling information from the PMI website.
   
   
2. Get Joseph Philips’ Udemy course for the PMP – you’ll get this for $10 after discounts and worth every cent you pay on this. Use this to refresh through the topics again. You have about 30 hours of video to cover here.
   
   
3. Get the Head First PMP guide 4th Edition – this is probably the best book to get the fundamentals right for the PMP exam – reason being the book teaches using analogies and illustrations and games – it’s very engaging, stress-free and effective. Use the Andy Crowe book as a secondary reference source (or if you can borrow a copy of Rita Mulcahy’s guide, nothing like it). It’s currently available for $38.
   
   
4. Create a study planner for 30 days starting from the time you are done with Joseph Philips’ videos. Keep a target of what knowledge area you’ll cover each day and also spread out 7 fresh new full-length tests to help you evaluate where you stand. If you need help with creating a plan, get this really useful book - it’s basically a companion guide for the PMP and gives you a day-by-day plan for preparing for the PMP exam in a month and a lot of extra info – you’ll get the ebook version for just $5 or about $11 for the paperback.
   
   Give yourself a week to decide if you should reschedule or not. If you decide to reschedule and follow this plan, you should definitely be back on track to take the PMP on your revised date. All the best.