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This PMP Exam Guide covers 250+ essential concepts, including 77 color diagrams, based on the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition and aligned with the PMP exam format after July 30, 2013.

This study guide is designed to provide you with the most concise exam preparation material possible and to help you learn the critical concepts required to pass the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification examination PMI-001 the first time using the essential concept method. Every topic in this study guide begins with a quick focused summary that explains the essential concept and provides helpful hints and examples. Using this method can help you decrease study time if you do not need every detail of every topic and if a summary of each concept is enough. The objective is to provide you (the project manager) with only what you really need to know to pass the PMP examination. This study guide is not meant to be a comprehensive course in project management, but it will serve as an in-depth review for you project managers who already have a strong foundation.

To facilitate cross reference, this study guide is organized by Knowledge Area in the same order as the PMBOK® Guide 5th Edition, with a linked Table of Contents and a linked Table of Figures for easy navigation.

Invest the time and effort to learn the concepts.
When you know the concepts, you can answer the questions.

About the author: Ann Austin, PMP, has more than 20 years of successful information technology and project management experience, specializing in cyber security projects and proposal management. Ann holds 12 current IT certifications (PMP, Project+, ITIL® v3 Foundation, CISSP, Security+, A+, Network+, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP, MCDBA), 4 legacy Microsoft certifications, and has passed 38 certification exams in the last 17 years using this concept method.