A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK Guides)
by Project Management Institute
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This is the standard text of the Project Management Institute that is a professional society of project managers and who certifies project management educational programs. It is not a text book. It is more of a reference. It is very comprehensive to the point of being unwieldy for the novice project manager. It is more a text that needs to be mastered for certification. It is furthermore light on actual techniques and tools you may actually use for project management, since they need to be ...more
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Read in July, 2008
A very typical book. This book contains standard or best practice although it's not as dry as I thought. But for people who wants to know about project management, don't start with this book. STart with something easier like For Dummies book. But you need this book once you get the hang of it. Warning though, don't use the book and comparing the process explained in the book to implement it in your company without any process mapping to your company's current practice. You have to make sure that...more
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A thrilling read, incredible plot, original characters... wait nevermind, it sucks. Unless you are potential employer seeking to hire me as a PM, then this is the only book I live, die, and sleep with under my pillow.
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I've tried to get through this so many times and it just puts me to sleep...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I have an electronic copy of it (on CD -- but not an audiobook).
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Read in October, 2007
It's a must for taking the PMP exam, but extremely dry and textbook-like. I suggest also choosing other reference books.
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recommends it for:
go-getters
bleckh! do you like reading flowcharts? then read this poop.
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Read in November, 2007
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Project Managers
Burying my nose to get PMP.
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