The PMP Exam: How to Pass On Your First Try (Test Prep series)

This is an awesome study guide. It does a great job explaining the PMBOK in layman's terms, and the exercises and practice questions were very valuable when I studied for the exam. I especially appreciated the special section on Earned Value. I recently passed the PMP exam, and this book by Andy Crowe really helped.

o livro foi muito bem recomendado, por isso escolhi ele e não o famoso da Rita.
Ainda não completei a leitura, mas até onde foi estou gostando da linguagem e da diagramação.
Só demorou bastante para chegar... foram mais de 20 dias.

This is the only book I used to study for the PMP exam and I passed on the first try. Albeit, it doesn't tell you *everything* you need to know exactly for the exam (such as books for the GMAT and GRE exams). It will give you a very good foundation on what to look for in the exam and not be completely shocked by the questions. Andy provides good guidelines and semi-exact formulas that will help you think fast during the exam. This book also helped me to focus on the foundation of the PMBOK and not get so bogged down by all the details/minutia.

After analyzing all the reviews out there, I used the 2 following resources for exam prep & study -

1)The PMP Exam:How to Pass On Your First Try (Test Prep series) - Andy Crowe
2)PM FASTrack: PMP Exam Simulation Software, Version 5 (CD-ROM) - Rita Mulcahy

If you are short on study time, I would strongly recommend Andy's book. It sets a comfortable pace and does an excellent job of reviewing the vast material indicated in the PMBOK guide.Andy's book is easy to understand and explains complex topics with a profound simplicity that enables the subject matter to be permanently etched in the brain :)

I also used Rita's exam simulation CD to fine tune what I had learnt from Andy's book and to improvise on my test timing.I also found that the questions on Rita's CD were very very close to the ones on the actual exam.

I passed the PMP exam on the first try few days ago!

In preparation for the PMP, I selected all three of the books with the best reviews (R. Mulcahy's. Crosswind, A. Crowe). I started with Rita's because of the content and thoroughness (a little too much) but, I found that is was not as readable as Crosswind or Andy Crowe's books. I also found Rita's index weak. I really liked the page layouts on Crosswinds books but for the bottom line when it got down to actual study, I found Crowe's book the most readable (clarity & succinct)and direct. All books follow the PMBOK outline very close and all three could be improved with a summary at the end of the chapters. You can successfully pass with any of these three but, my advice: start with Andy Crowe's PMP review.