PMP Exam Prep Books
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the gold standard for project managers. It opens up more lucrative job opportunities and helps you stand out from uncertified applicants. But becoming a PMP isn’t easy. You must pass a challenging exam covering all of the key skills and concepts that a project manager needs to know. It isn’t uncommon for test takers to fail on their first try, but your chances of success are much higher if you study with a PMP prep book.
BooksAwesome has evaluated the top books and picked our favorites with input from certified PMPs who used them. Keep reading to learn more about the PMP exam and how to choose a good prep book.
A PMP book is an essential study material for passing the PMP credential test and you should buy a good one.
Let us now look at which is the best PMP reference book for you.
1.Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam prep
Author: Sohel Akhter
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 6th Updated edition (October 24, 2015)
Aligned with PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition and the PMP® Exam Content Outline dated March 2018 For exams after March 28, 2018.
These days, job competition is fierce; you need an extra edge in everything you do. The Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is critical to remaining current, marketable, and at the top of the list in the project management business.
Sohel Akhter's easy-to-follow Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Prep covers everything you need to know to pass your exam.
Sohel's book will get you those credentials in short order. His study guide is informative, covering exactly what you need to know, and organized in the perfect format for certification exam prep. His writing is clear and free of unnecessary bloviations that only clutter the studying process.
After fifteen years in the field, including six years teaching a PMP exam boot camp, the author now offers his simple, clear approach to successfully passing your PMP and CAPM certification exams.
The ultimate in exam prep is finally here. You cannot lose with Sohel's Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Prep.
2.The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try, Sixth Edition 6th ed. Edition
Author: Andy Crowe
Publisher: Velociteach; 6th ed. edition (April 1, 2018)
This book is based on the 6th edition PMBOK Guide® and has been fully updated for the March 2018 exam. A complete guide for the PMP certification exam, The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try provides all the information project managers need to thoroughly prepare for and pass the test. This comprehensive study resource includes:
- All the processes, inputs, tools, and outputs to be tested
- Insider secrets, test tricks and tips
- Links to 60 videos with Andy explaining concepts
- Over 400 practice exam questions including end of chapter quizzes and a simulated final exam
- Exercises designed to strengthen mastery of key concepts
- Dedicated margin space study notes
- One week subscription to InSite, Velociteach’s e-learning portal, with additional content including an extra 100 simulated practice exam questions
- Glossary of terms and definitions in back of book for reference
The most complete, concise, and up-to-date study resource, Andy’s book cuts down on the difficulty factors in obtaining the PMP certification and helps candidates pass the exam on the first try.
3.PMP Exam Prep Simplified: Based on PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition 6th Edition Edition
Author: Andrew Ramdayal
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 6th Edition edition (February 19, 2018)
Passing the PMP Exam is no easy task, but this book can make it a lot simpler. This book contains over 500 exam like questions, full-length mock exam, and exam tips. The hot topics sections of Critical Path and Earned Value Management is well explained and will get you passing the exam on your first try. This study guide is for the PMP exam based on the PMBOK Guide 6th edition.This study guide also includes free access to our e-learning courses in Earned Value Management, Critical Path Method, and how to fill out the PMP application. Over 3 hours of videos to help students learn some of the most difficult topics on the PMP exam. Students will also receive a bonus online 200 question mock exam.
4.PMP Exam Prep, Eighth Edition - Updated: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam Eighth Edition
Author: Rita Mulcahy
Publisher: RMC Publications, Inc; Eighth edition (August 1, 2015)
This book has been FULLY updated to reflect PMI's changes to the PMP Exam Content Outline dated June 2015, and is intended for all PMP exams taken AFTER November 1st, 2015. If you are taking the PMP exam on or before November 1st of 2015, please contact the Publisher.
Can you imagine valuing a book so much that you send the author a Thank You letter?
Hundreds of thousands of project managers understand why PMP Exam Prep is a worldwide best-seller. Years of PMP exam preparation experience, endless hours of ongoing research, interviews with project managers who failed the exam to identify gaps in their knowledge, and a razor-sharp focus on making sure project managers don't waste a single minute of their time studying are THE reasons this book is the best-selling PMP exam preparation guide in the world.
PMP Exam Prep, Eighth Edition contains hundreds of updates and improvements from previous editions--including new exercises and sample questions never before in print. Offering hundreds of sample questions, critical time-saving tips plus games and activities available nowhere else, this book will help you pass the PMP exam on your FIRST try.
5.PMP® Exam Simplified: Updated for 2016 Exam (PMP® Exam Prep Series) (Volume 4) 5.1 Edition
Author: Aileen Ellis PMP
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 5.1 edition (January 4, 2016)
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
6.How to get every Network Diagram question right on the PMP® Exam
Author: Aileen Ellis
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (August 21, 2015)
This book is the third book in our series of mini- books - PMP® Exam Preparation Simplified Series Over the last 16 years Aileen has helped over 10,000 project managers in her workshops obtain their PMP® credential. Often the participants in Aileen's workshops are successful project managers who may lack experience is specific topics on the PMP® Exam. The topics that participants seem to struggle with the most are:
- Earned value Management (EVM)
- Contract types and calculations(FPIF, CPIF, PTA, etc.)
- Network diagrams including float, free float, project float, leads and lags
- Financial based questions including IRR, ROI, etc.
- Statistical based questions
There is one thing all of these areas have in common and it is math.
Aileen has decided to create mini-books in each of these areas so that students can gain both the knowledge and the confidence to get these questions right.
Many project managers want to study just enough to pass the PMP® Exam and not one second more. Aileen's view is to practice on enough sample questions in each area so that the project manager is confident he/she will never get a question in that area wrong.
While the primary goal of this book and Aileen's workshops is to help you pass the PMP® Exam, Aileen hopes that you will also walk away as a more knowledgeable and successful project manager.
7.How to get every Earned Value question right on the PMP® Exam
Author: Aileen Ellis PMP
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (September 24, 2014)
This book is the first book in our series of mini- books - PMP® Exam Preparation Simplified Series Over the last 16 years Aileen has helped over 10,000 project managers in her workshops obtain their PMP® credential. Often the participants in Aileen's workshops are successful project managers who may lack experience is specific topics on the PMP® Exam. The topics that participants seem to struggle with the most are:
- Earned value Management (EVM)
- Contract types and calculations(FPIF, CPIF, PTA, etc.)
- Network diagrams including float, free float, project float, leads and lags
- Financial based questions including IRR, ROI, etc.
- Statistical based questions
There is one thing all of these areas have in common and it is math.
Aileen has decided to create mini-books in each of these areas so that students can gain both the knowledge and the confidence to get these questions right.
Many project managers want to study just enough to pass the PMP® Exam and not one second more.Aileen's view is to practice on enough sample questions in each area so that the project manager is confident he/she will never get a question in that area wrong.
While the primary goal of this book and Aileen's workshops is to help you pass the PMP® Exam, Aileen hopes that you will also walk away as a more knowledgeable and successful project manager.
8.Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam prep 6th Updated Edition
Author: Sohel Akhter
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 6th Updated edition (October 24, 2015)
Aligned with PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition and the PMP® Exam Content Outline dated March 2018 For exams after March 28, 2018.
These days, job competition is fierce; you need an extra edge in everything you do. The Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is critical to remaining current, marketable, and at the top of the list in the project management business.
Sohel Akhter's easy-to-follow Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Prep covers everything you need to know to pass your exam.
Sohel's book will get you those credentials in short order. His study guide is informative, covering exactly what you need to know, and organized in the perfect format for certification exam prep. His writing is clear and free of unnecessary bloviations that only clutter the studying process.
After fifteen years in the field, including six years teaching a PMP exam boot camp, the author now offers his simple, clear approach to successfully passing your PMP and CAPM certification exams.
The ultimate in exam prep is finally here. You cannot lose with Sohel's Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam Prep.
9.PMI-ACP Exam Prep, Updated Second Edition
Author: Mike Griffiths PMI-ACP PMP CSM
Publisher:RMC Publications, Inc.; Updated Second Edition edition (March 30, 2018)
Written by Mike Griffiths, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner and original member of the PMI-ACP Steering Committee, PMI-ACP Exam Prep, Second Edition is specifically written for people who plan to sit for the PMI-ACP examination. Features of this worldwide best-selling resource include the following:
- Practice exam questions, over 100 throughout the book.
- Dozens of visuals and graphics for concept explanation.
- Identification of exam significance for each Agile topic.
- A focus on real-world Agile project issues.
- Exclusive exercises and Tricks of the Trade.
If you are looking to pass the PMI-ACP exam on your first attempt, this book is a required part of your study plan.
10.PMBOK Guide and PMP Exam Prep Book 2018-2019
Author: Robert P Nathan
Publisher: Peter Nathan (July 25, 2018)
As any project manager will tell you, time is the most valuable commodity in a project. Updated in line with the PMBOK Sixth Edition, my PMBOK Guide and PMP Exam Prep Book 2018-2019 is designed to make the most of the time you spend preparing for the exam. Rather than being hundreds of pages too long, the following chapters have gone through multiple stages of revision to include only those things that you need to know. The chapters have been designed to be readable, as well as to be easy to scan if you are flipping through.
The structure of my book is based on project management’s five major process groups:
Chapter One: Initiation
Chapter Two: Planning
Chapter Three: Executing
Chapter Four: Monitoring and Controlling
Chapter Five: Closing
Every chapter covers vital information on project management’s ten knowledge areas: communication management, cost management, human resources management, integration management, procurement management, quality management, risk management, scope management, stakeholder management, and time management. Inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs (ITTOs) are organically written into the main text to show how they all fit together. The exam will test your understanding of best practices not memorization of lists.
11.PMP Exam Prep Guide - Outwitting The PMP Exam
Author: Asif Chorwadwala PMP
Publisher:
The book was very good. It's short and easy to read, clearly laid out and well formatted. It offers various strategies, tips, tricks, and templates. It's the only thing you need to read to pad your PMP. This guide will help you set your plan, check your work, and take action. Definitely worth the read... again and again and again.
12.PMP Exam Master Prep: Learn Faster, Retain More, Pass the PMP Exam, Sixth Edition Paperback – 2018
Author: Scott Payne
Publisher: Lean Sigma Corporation; 1st edition (2018)
This book is great! I completed a PMP bootcamp and unfortunately, it was a waste of time and money. This book and Scott's tools were much more effective an efficient in teaching me what I needed to know for the exam. I highly recommend this book to increase your understanding of all the concepts from the PMBOK.
13.CAPM Exam Prep, 3rd Edition
Author: Rita Mulcahy
Publisher: RMC Publications, Inc.; Third edition (September 6, 2013)
This book has been FULLY updated to reflect PMI's changes to the CAPM exam, and should be used to prepare for all PMP exams delivered on or after July of 2013.
Can you imagine valuing a book so much that you send the author a Thank You letter?
Hundreds of thousands of project managers know and understand why CAPM Exam Prep is a worldwide best-seller. Years of exam preparation experience, endless hours of ongoing research, interviews with project managers who failed the exam to identify gaps in their knowledge, and a razor-sharp focus on making sure project managers don't waste a single minute of their time studying are THE reasons this book is the best-selling CAPM exam preparation guide in the world.
CAPM Exam Prep, Third Edition contains numerous updates and improvements from previous editions--including new exercises and sample questions. Offering hundreds of sample questions, critical time-saving tips plus games and activities available nowhere else, this book will help you pass the CAPM exam on your FIRST try.
14.Head First PMP: A Learner's Companion to Passing the Project Management Professional Exam
Author: Jennifer Greene (Author), Andrew Stellman (Author)
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 4 edition (September 25, 2018)
Head First PMP teaches you the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK® Guide in a unique and inspiring way. This updated fourth edition takes you beyond specific questions and answers with a unique visual format that helps you grasp the big picture of project management. By putting PMP concepts into context, you’ll be able to understand, remember, and apply them—not just on the exam, but on the job. No wonder so many people have used Head First PMP as their sole source for passing the PMP exam.
This book will help you:
- Learn PMP’s underlying concepts to help you understand the PMBOK principles and pass the certification exam with flying colors
- Get 100% coverage of the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition
- Make use of a thorough and effective preparation guide with hundreds of practice questions and exam strategies
- Explore the material through puzzles, games, problems, and exercises that make learning easy and entertaining
Why does this book look so different?
Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory, Head First PMP uses a visually rich format to engage your mind, rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multi-sensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.
15.Your Pmp Exam Prep: 1000+ Q&A's - 15+ Hours of Videos
Author: Juan C Martinez
Publisher: Custom Interactive Publishing LLC (October 1, 2016)
Studying for your PMP(R) exam can be scary, especially if you are self studying. This books allows you to focus your studies by following my study plan that includes over 15 hours of embedded QR videos that walk you through the chapters of the PMBOK(R) Guide - Fifth Edition. Each video highlights what I believe is important for you to know in each chapter, then we follow that up with 1000+ test questions that use laser like focus on each individual chapter, and ends in 10 separate tests that cover all the chapters allowing you to understand your strong and weak areas.
16.PMP EXAM Simplified-5th Edition
Author: Aileen Ellis
Publisher: AME Group inc.; 5th edition (August 17, 2013)
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 section of the PMBOK® Guide.
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
17.Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep
Author: Rita Mulcahy
Publisher: RMC Publications; Seventh edition (July 11, 2011)
Hundreds of thousands of project managers know and understand why PMP Exam Prep is a worldwide best-seller. Years of PMP exam preparation experience, endless hours of ongoing research, interviews with project managers who failed the exam to identify gaps in their knowledge, and a razor-sharp focus on making sure project managers don't waste a single minute of their time studying are THE reasons this books is the best-selling PMP exam preparation guide in the world.
PMP Exam Prep, Seventh Edition contains hundreds of updates and improvements from previous editions--including new exercises and sample questions never before in print. Offering hundreds of sample questions, critical time-saving tips plus games and activities available nowhere else, this book will help you pass the PMP exam on your FIRST try.
18.PMP Exam Prep Over 600 Practice Questions
Author: Andrew Ramdayal
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 6 edition (May 14, 2018)
Passing the exam is no easy task, no matter how many books or videos you study. You will need to take exam like questions in order to be prepared for the real test. This book will give you the exam like experience you need in order to pass the actual exam on your first try. Almost all PMP exam questions are scenarios, which will test your ability to choose the best answer. The questions in this book are mostly scenarios and are formatted just like the actual exam. They will test your skills and knowledge of selecting the best answer. All questions comes with a detail explanation of why a choice was correct and why the others were wrong.
19.PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition
Author: Rita Mulcahy
Publisher: RMC Publications, Inc.; Sixth edition (April 10, 2009)
Hundreds of thousands of project managers understand why PMP Exam Prep by Rita Mulcahy, PMP, is a worldwide best-seller. Is it Rita's years of PMP exam preparation experience? The endless hours of ongoing research? The interviews with project managers who failed the exam, to identify gaps in their knowledge? Or is it the razor-sharp focus on making sure project managers don't waste a single minute of their time studying any more than they absolutely have to? Actually, it's all of the above.
PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition by Rita Mulcahy contains hundreds of updates and improvements from previous editions--including new exercises and sample questions never before in print. Offering hundreds of sample questions, critical time-saving tips plus games and activities available nowhere else, this book will help you pass the PMP exam on your first try.
20.PMP®. Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide 9th Edition
Author: Kim Heldman
Publisher: Sybex; 9 edition (February 28, 2018)
The PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, Ninth Edition, provides comprehensive review for the Project Management Institute's (PMI) PMP certification exam. This new ninth edition has been completely revised to align with the latest version of the exam, which includes new tasks that reflect changes to best practices, the role of the project manager, and the growing importance of agile and other adaptive and iterative practices. Detailed discussion draws from the latest A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), 6th edition, to provide the most up-to-date information on critical topics, while hands-on exercises provide insight on real-world implementation. Receive one year of free access to the Sybex online interactive learning environment, to help you prepare with superior study tools, rigorous chapter tests, and two practice exams that allows you to gauge your readiness and avoid surprises on exam day.
The PMP certification is arguably the most desired skill in the IT marketplace, but its reach extends into a variety of other industries. Candidates must have extensive project management experience to qualify, but comprehensive study materials, aligned with the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition, are essential to success on the exam. This study guide provides everything you need to ensure thorough preparation and full exam-day confidence.
- Study 100% of the objectives for the latest PMP exam
- Practice applying PMP concepts to real-world scenarios
- Test your understanding with comprehensive review questions
- Access online chapter tests, practice exams, electronic flashcards, and more
Companies are demanding more of project managers than ever before: skills in technical management, leadership, strategic management, and business management make you more competitive, and the PMP exam reflects their increasing relevance in a rapidly-evolving field. When you're ready to take the next step for your career, the PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, Ninth Edition, is your ideal companion for ultimate PMP preparation.
