A Project Manager's Storybook (With Cases)

Now with 15 exam review questions per knowledge area chapter, “A Project Manager’s Storybook (With Cases)” was born of a need for a different type of companion book to the “Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Edition Five”. It focuses on experiential stories that make the PMBOK® Guide come alive; delivers cases that are easy to read, relevant to today’s classroom audiences and focused on producing key project artifacts; the fifteen PMP Exam review questions per chapter focus on those key artifacts as well as PMBOK® Guide Edition Five changes. For the reader wanting to learn what the business of project management is about or gain another perspective on its application and its meaning, there is a host of benefits that can be derived from the book and its experience-based vs. ivory tower focus. Real world case studies in areas such as planning for a wedding or completing a procurement plan and risk register when starting a new business leave the reader with useful tools after setting the book aside. For the reader wanting to pass the CaPM or PMP Exam®, it is an easy companion read to PMBOK® Guide Edition Five that supports and helps explain the utility of that guide, with some sample exam questions as an additional learning tool. For students engaged in Certificate or Associate/Bachelors Degree Programs in Project Management or a related discipline, the book should help in completing that foundation. For professional educators and their institutions, it should serve as a competitively-priced companion guide to the PMBOK® Guide and other management program textbooks, including the author's own Sample CAPM® and PMP® exam books.