Learn the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, in a unique and inspiring way with "Head First PMP" . The second edition of this book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam using a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. You'll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book. More than just proof of passing a test, a PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems. But studying for a difficult four-hour exam on project management isn't easy, even for experienced project managers. Drawing on the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, "Head First PMP" offers you a multi-sensory experience that helps the material stick, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. 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, Fourth Edition, including two new processes: Collect Requirements and Identify Stakeholders 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 "Head First PMP" puts project management principles into context to help you understand, remember, and apply them -- not just on the exam, but also on the job.
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Jennifer Greene
Jennifer Greene, has spent the past 15 years or so building software for many different kinds of companies. She's worked for small start-ups and some huge companies along the way. She's built software test teams and helped lots of companies diagnose and deal with habitual process problems so that they could build better software. Since her start in software test and process definition, she's branched out into development management and project management. She's currently managing a big development team for a global media company and she's managed just about every aspect of software development through her career.
Jennifer founded Stellman & Greene Consulting with Andrew Stellman in 2003, initially to serve the scientific and academic community. They have worked in a wide range of industries including finance, telecommunications, media, non-profit, entertainment, natural language processing, science and academia. They do speaking engagements, provide training on development practices, manage teams, and build software. Together, they've written two highly acclaimed books on project management (Head First PMP and Applied Software Project Management), Head First C#, and most recently just finished up Beautiful Teams.
For more information about Jennifer, Andrew Stellman, and their books, visit http://www.stellman-greene.com.
Andrew Stellman
Andrew Stellman, despite being raised a New Yorker, has lived in Pittsburgh twice. The first time was when he graduated from Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science, and then again when he and Jenny were starting their consulting business and writing their first project management book for O'Reilly. When he moved back to his hometown, his first job after college was as a programmer at EMI-Capitol Records--which actually made sense, since he went to LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the Performing Arts to study cello and jazz bass guitar. He and Jenny first worked together at that same financial software company, where he was managing a team of programmers. He's since managed various teams of software engineers, requirements analysts, and led process improvement efforts. Andrew keeps himself busy eating an enormous amount of string cheese and Middle Eastern desserts, playing music (but video games even more), studying taiji and aikido, having a girlfriend named Lisa, and owing a pomeranian. For more information about Andrew, Jennifer Greene, and their books, visit http://www.stellman-greene.com.
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我必须强调一下这本书在模拟实战场景方面的能力,这绝对是它超越其他教材的关键所在。很多教材读完之后,你可能知道每个知识领域的定义,但一到实际工作中,面对突发的干系人冲突或者范围蔓延的压力,就完全抓瞎了。《Head First PMP》的高明之处在于,它设计的每一个练习题和案例分析,都充满了真实项目管理中的“灰色地带”。它不会给你一个标准答案,而是引导你去思考在特定情境下,哪一种响应策略是最优解,并且告诉你背后的逻辑是什么。书中经常出现的“思考题”和“情景模拟”,会让你不得不调动之前学到的所有工具和技术,去综合判断。举个例子,在处理风险应对时,它不会只是简单地介绍规避、转移、减轻这几种策略,而是会通过一个项目经理必须在资源有限的情况下,权衡一个高概率低影响风险和一个低概率高影响风险时的决策过程。这种强调决策过程而非仅仅是知识点记忆的侧重点,对于培养真正的项目管理思维至关重要。它教会我的不仅仅是通过考试的技巧,更是如何在复杂的商业环境中保持清醒的头脑,做出前瞻性的判断。
评分这本书的语言风格,简直就是一股清流,让人读起来毫无压力,甚至可以说是赏心悦目。如果你受够了那种干巴巴的、充满缩写和专业术语的“官方腔调”,那么这本书绝对能让你眼前一亮。作者们显然非常理解学习者的心理,他们用非常口语化、幽默风趣的语言来解释那些原本晦涩难懂的PMBOK术语。比如,他们可能会把“工作绩效数据”(Work Performance Data)比喻成项目现场的原始照片和录音,而“工作绩效信息”(Work Performance Information)则是经过整理和分析后的报告,这种形象的比喻能瞬间帮你区分开两个极易混淆的概念。更棒的是,书中采用了大量的对话和角色扮演的形式,让知识点的传递仿佛是一场发生在朋友间的讨论,而不是单向的灌输。这种交互性极强的叙事方式,极大地提高了阅读的参与感。我发现自己甚至会因为好奇接下来的剧情或笑话而主动翻页,而不是被动地完成阅读任务。对于我这种容易分心的人来说,维持阅读的动力是最大的挑战,而这本书通过这种轻松愉快的语调,成功地做到了这一点,让学习过程变成了一种享受,而不是一项必须完成的苦差事。
评分这套书的编排简直是为那些跟我一样,对传统教科书望而生畏的“实战派”量身定制的!我记得我刚开始接触项目管理的时候,那些厚厚的官方指南简直像天书一样,密密麻麻的术语和流程图让我昏昏欲睡。但是《Head First》系列一直以来都有那种魔力,能把最枯燥的概念用最生动、最“接地气”的方式呈现出来。这本书里大量的视觉辅助,比如漫画、插画、甚至是一些看起来有点无厘头的比喻,它们的作用不是为了搞笑,而是真正帮你把那些抽象的知识点“锚定”在大脑里。我特别喜欢它处理复杂概念时的那种循序渐进,它不会一上来就给你抛出一个庞大的知识体系,而是像一个经验丰富的老PM带着你一步步走过一个又一个的挑战。比如,当你学习挣值管理(EVM)时,它不会直接给你公式,而是通过一个生动的项目案例,让你亲身体验预算超支和进度落后的痛苦,这样当你看到PV、EV、AC这些字母时,你的脑海里已经有了画面和感觉,而不是冷冰冰的符号。这种“体验式学习”的方式,极大地降低了学习曲线,让PMP考试准备不再是一场折磨人的“死记硬背”,而更像是一次有趣的探索之旅。对于我这种需要通过理解而不是死记硬背来掌握知识的人来说,这种风格简直是救星,让我对项目管理的理解深入到了骨子里,而不是停留在表面。
评分从结构和内容的广度来看,这本书展现了对PMP考试知识体系的深刻理解,并进行了非常巧妙的重构。它没有完全抛弃PMBOK指南的知识领域结构,但它明显地将重点放在了那些在实际项目管理中最常被提及、最常出问题的部分。比如,在敏捷(Agile)和混合项目管理方法论的介绍上,它的深度和实操性比我之前看过的任何一本纯理论书籍都要强。书中对敏捷原则的阐述,不是简单地罗列Scrum或Kanban的步骤,而是深入讲解了为什么敏捷宣言中的价值观在今天依然如此重要,以及如何在传统的瀑布式环境中尝试引入敏捷思维。此外,它在组织环境对项目的影响(比如组织文化、企业环境因素)方面的讨论也相当到位,这通常是很多入门级教材容易忽略的宏观视角。这本书成功地将“硬技能”(如进度网络分析)和“软技能”(如领导力、冲突管理)完美地融合在一起,并通过清晰的图表和流程图来展示它们之间的相互关系,确保读者能够建立起一个完整、立体的项目管理知识框架,而不是零散的知识点堆砌。
评分这本书带给我的最大价值在于,它成功地“去魅”了项目管理专业人士(PMP)这个身份的神秘感。在准备考试之前,我总觉得PMP认证代表着一种非常高高在上、不近人情的“专家”标准。然而,通过阅读这套教材,我发现项目管理的核心其实是沟通、风险规避和解决现实世界中的问题,它并不需要你成为一个数学天才或者一个永远板着脸的官僚。书中那些鲜活的例子,常常以一个项目经理犯错开始,然后展示如何通过应用正确的流程和工具来“补救”,这给了我巨大的信心。它传达的信息是:“犯错是正常的,关键是你如何利用知识体系来纠正错误并向前推进。”这种务实、宽容的学习氛围,让我能够更积极地面对学习过程中的挫折。它让我明白,项目管理不是一套僵化的教条,而是一套帮助我们更好地与人合作、达成目标的实用工具箱。这种心态上的转变,比记住任何一个公式都更加宝贵,它真正培养了我成为一个能够有效领导团队、成功交付成果的未来项目经理的潜力。
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