Does "PMP Head first" take the help of questions to clarify key concepts?

[Balbhadra Singh]

Have you included scenarios and questions to explain key PM areas properly? I have seen that Scope, Time and Cost areas are quite confusing if person is not managing these areas already.

[Hema Menon]

I have used Head First PMP for my PMP preparation. I have been recommending the book to everyone. The beauty of the book is the way it explains the concepts. For every concept, the book describes a scenario to make us help understand the concept. Just like any other book in Head First series, there is always the fun part in learning. There are questions, crossword puzzles, etc to test your understanding.

[Andrew Stellman]

Thanks, Hema!

Yes, we did our best to make sure that each of the concepts -- especially Time Management, Cost Management and Scope Management concepts -- are explained very thoroughly. A big part of the Head First approach is to take a difficult concept and explain it in several ways. It turns out that sort of redundancy makes the concept sink into several parts of your brain (there's some more advanced cognitive theory behind that), and it makes it much easier to remember. We have many Q&A sections in each chapter, where we try to answer many of the most common questions people ask. We also use lots of scenarios to show how each concept applies in real life. We have many exercises and puzzles to give you practice. And we used a lot of graphics and visual design to keep the book from being boring and giving you that "eyes glazed over" feeling.

Based on the feedback we've gotten from our readers, the approach really worked.