The book is fully updated for the post Jan11, 2016 PMP® Exam.
Gain knowledge and confidence to pass the exam by utilizing over 1,000 sample questions with detailed solutions explaining why the best answer is best and the wrong answers are wrong.
To learn to ride a bike, a person must ride a bike. To learn to pass the PMP® Exam, a person must practice with hundreds and hundreds of sample questions. PMP® Exam Simplified provides hundreds of sample questions with detailed solutions explaining why the best answer is best and the wrong answers are wrong.
The book is organized by process group and not by knowledge area. Many people find the practice of thinking in terms of process groups and not knowledge areas much more useful in understanding project management as well as passing the exam.
Features of each section include:
-Tells you what section of the PMBOK® Guide to read,
-Contains a summary of the most important ideas from the PMBOK® Guide
-Lists exam tips in generic and specific terms( several hundred exam tips in total)
Includes a group of sample questions that pertain to that particular section of the PMBOK® Guide.
Provides detailed solutions for each sample question, including a reference, a description of why the best answer is best and descriptions of why each of the wrong answers are wrong.
Other Sections of the book include:
-Summary tests are dispersed throughout the book.
One complete sample exam, with details explanations of the right and wrong answers
list of key names to recognize for the exam
-exam question strategy with focus on tool and technique type questions
Aileen Ellis, PgMP®, PMP®, is The PMP® Expert. She is the owner and proudly the only instructor for AME Group Inc., a Registered Education Provider (REP®) through the Project Management Institute (PMI®). She personally instructs project managers to gain the confidence and knowledge to pass the PMP® Exam and the CAPM® Exam. She has helped more than 10,000 professionals obtain their PMP® and over 1,000 professionals obtain those coveted letters: CAPM®. Working with thousands of students from dozens of countries, Ms. Ellis has gained a thorough understanding of the ins and outs of the PMBOK® Guide, the exam content, and proven test-taking strategies.
Ms. Ellis began teaching Exam Preparation Courses in 1998. Over the years she has mastered how students learn best and has incorporated those lessons and methods into her books. Her approach is focused on understanding the Project Management Processes and their interactions, with limited memorization. Ms. Ellis not only leads workshops to help students study for and pass the CAPM® ,PMP® , and PgMP® exams through review of content and hundreds of sample questions, she provides materials (books, sample questions) to other REP®s and PMI® Chapters to support their educational efforts.
Ms. Ellis lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Terry, and their two children, Nick and Alex. When not teaching, coaching or writing, Ms. Ellis spends her days hiking the Colorado mountains.
