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Reading Plan for the PMP Preparation
Exam version: 01-2021
Reading Plan Version: 04-2025
After your preparatory training, you should spend some time doing mentored, self-directed learning. But what should you read? There are two options:
- You are my seminar participant:
You’ll receive the PMP Study Workbook which condenses the necessary literature to speed up self-directed learning. - You use PMI literature:
The Reading Plan specifies the text sections of the three most relevant books recommended for exam preparation study:
– PMBOK Guide 7th Ed.
– Agile Practice Guide
– Process Groups: A Practice Guide
In addition, the Reading Plan recommends further literature for your exam preparation.
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Accessing PMP Preparation Literature
Book stores
Use these ISBN numbers:
- PMBOK Guide 7th Ed.:
978-1628256642 - Agile Practice Guide:
978-1628256642 - Process Groups: A Practice Guide:
978-1628257830
Free PDF download
You have to join PMI as a member and must be logged in for this free download from PMI’s website. The pdf editions are only accessible to members.
PMIstandards+
PMIstandards+ is a knowledge base which includes the contents from the PMBOK Guides, and the Agile Practice Guide.
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Signal Words for the PMP exam
The PMP exam questions refer to contents related to
- Traditional methods, including
– long-term predictive (= “Waterfall”)
– iterative-incremental (= “Rolling Wave”). - Adaptive/agile methods.
- Hybrid (= mixed methods)
Particularly in situational questions, it may at times be difficult to understand in which of the method environments an exam item (question and answer options) is located if it is not explicitly stated in the question. This may make it difficult to select the right answer.
The use of certain keywords in the question may signal to you in which method world a question is located:
Black term: Strong signal – Grey term: Weak signal
If you find words from different method worlds mixed, assume the question is meant for a hybrid approach.
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“Agile” |
“Rolling wave” |
“Waterfall” |
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