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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Project Management Institute
Publisher: Project Management Institute
Category: Book
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Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 140
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 380
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Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 193069945X
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.404
EAN: 9781930699458
Publication Date: November 2004
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Product Description
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) 2000 Edition is now available in eight additional languages to help project managers around the world. Each of PMI s official translations includes a bilingual glossary of newly translated and standardized project management terminology. This allows candidates to study the guide in the same language in which they plan to take the Project Management Professional (PMP ) certification exam. PMI undertook a rigorous, year-long process to ensure the maximum effectiveness of each official translation. Each translation team included qualified bilingual PMPs as well as professional translators and editors. Official translations: Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Korean, German and Italian.
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 The beginning and end to all things July 19, 2005
B. Chandler (Arlington, Texas)
106 out of 138 found this review helpful
For those new to this book it is pretty much the project manager's bible in the same sense that "The C Programming Language" by Brian W Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie is to programming. That is to say this is the one to get off the ground with. It is also the basis of the PMP (Project Management Professional) test given by the PMI (Project Management Institute.)
It comes in both paper, and CD-ROM using Adobe Reader. I have seen the paper book but bought the CD version it includes a tutorial on how to use the CD-ROM media. The media is a mater of preference. There are 425 pages and a good index and references.
Be aware that there are earlier versions. At the time of this review this is the latest version; however as The Body of Knowledge advances so will the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide .) There for it is advisable for people that have read the earlier version to now read this version as a few terms have changed and some emphases have shifted.
As with any institutional book this is a good starting place or a solid foundation. However it may not cover concentrating on the waterfall concept of project management many instances such as the Unified method among others. They also do not take in many external influences as FDA requirements. And it is up to the reader to reconcile the two institutions.
Some changes to the Third Edition:
* Differences in project life cycle and product life cycle are better explained.
* The number of process changed from 39 to 44.
* A greater emphasis is placed on the importance of Process Groups.
* Chapter three "Project Management Process for a Project" is moved and renamed "The Standard for Project Management of a Project."
* The project management processes now show process integration.
John Blakely PMP on the PMBOK September 9, 2006
John Blakely (Harrison, Ohio)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have been a project manager most of my life but generally under different names than project manager. The facts that I learned and more are captured in the PMBOK. In fact, this book dissects the knowledge of project management in several ways so that it can be fitted to all companies and industries.
The guide to the body of knowledge is a wonderful road map to project management. It doesn't contain all of the details that are needed but it does show the elements that are usually necessary for projects to survive and flourish.
THE Project Management Book May 22, 2007
Stephen T. Young (Nashville)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I understand everyone's frustration with the PMBOK. The challenge with the PMBOK is that one has to understand that this is NOT a teaching book, rather it is a catalogue of the parts of Project Management. Because PMI is THE authority on Project Management, one simply must accept it for what it is: PMBOK's usefullness is primarily for passing the Project Management Professional (PMP) exam, and again, it doesn't matter what the truth is so much, what matters on the exam is the "PMI'isms" mostly found in the PMBOK for the exam.
To learn and tie the components of PMBOK together there are very good TEACHING books are out there, my favorite come from RMC, Rita Mulcathy, et al.
I have helped many through the PMP and the PMBOK *must* be the starting place to pass the exam. I encourage all my 'students' to read it TWICE, (both are painful!!) the first time through simply gain the overall perspective of this CATALOGUE of PM Parts, the second time through see how the parts fit together, the PROCESS GROUPS and the KNOWLEDGE AREAS, how they fit together in THE MATRIX and then the second dimension of how they SEQUENCE.
Most of the successful candidates on the PMP can recreate this matrix, PROCESS GROUPS / KNOWLEDGE AREAS from rote memory immediately before the exam (on the blank sheets they give you) and the 150+ inputs/tools techniques/outputs and their order of sequence --no small task, but the PMP is worth it.
Again, the PMBOK is the essence of PMI and PMP. No real value in being critical of it, but take it for what it is, a tool, and make yourself a PMP from this material. (Actually, once you see what the PMI has done here one can take a prespective to appreciate the succinct, no nonsense way they assembled the info. . .
Structured project management December 9, 2007
Thomas P. Caruso (Blacksburg, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the definitive text on project management showing a metaview of how it all works with details left to other books you might purchase on specific areas like scope, schedule, cost or resource management. You get a free CD version of it if you become a member of the Project Management Institute with the intent of getting your Project Management Professional certification. Start here to get insights into your projects.
Of course this is a book written by committee which represented the diverse members of the Project Management Institute, from construction, semiconductor, software and pharmaceutical industries, and many more. Every context has its own methods for project management, and this book brings them all together showing the overall logic of a project, the inputs, tools, and outputs. Quite a resource for any project manager.
What I like most about this book is that it uses a structured methodology to break down the entire project management process into components that encompass all the important issues, from scope, to activities and their duration estimates, to resource, to cost, and finally to change control management. You can easily find what you need here, with descriptions of the inputs you need to do a process, and the outputs you would produce. It also provides a general description of the state-of-the-art technology used for a process.
You'll be able to better plan, monitor and control any project with this book, so I highly recommend you purchase it. However, be aware that as a member of the Project Management Institute back in the early 90's I offered the approach that is used in the book to define the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
Fits the bill October 24, 2005
T. Weber
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is necessary for studying for the PMP exam. All the information is important. However, I found that reading it straight through was tedious. I recommend finding a book of practice tests to complement and focus your studies.
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