Introduction

Preparing for and passing the PMP® exam is no small feat. Even though the number of certified PMP®s continues to grow at a phenomenal rate, the failure rate also remains high. PMP® Exam Challenge! has been designed to help you pass the exam in an easy-to-use, highly portable publication, containing the key relevant topics you may encounter on the exam. And, in this Sixth Edition, we have updated the content of the ten knowledge areas to refect the PMBOK® Guide, Fifth Edition.

Featuring an entirely new section on Program Stakeholder Management, PMP® Exam Challenge! uses a fash-card format to help you drill through the essential points of the PMBOK® Guide. The pages are tabbed so you can directly go to the knowledge area you need to study. Each page has plenty of white space that you may use to write notes.

Carry, and, of course, use PMP® Exam Challenge! everywhere you go during the days leading up to the exam. Start with any section. Proceed to a new section only after you have mastered the one you are currently studying. Use this book again and again. Work with your spouse, a friend, or colleague. Prior to the exam, do not allow a day pass without studying the questions and answers.

Note that answers list the five project management process groups— Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. These references help you to answer questions that test your knowledge of when certain events or actions take place during the project management life cycle.

We hope this book makes drilling questions and answers fun. It is hard work, but earning the PMP® is a prestigous achievement— one that contributes to your professional growth in many ways. Whether you have been in project management for 30 years or 30 days, you will learn a lot by studying PMP® Exam Challenge!