What is the most efficient way to read the PMBOK 6th Edition Guide?
Andre CassuleFEED and Detailed Engineering, Project management| DEALLuanda, Luanda, Angola
The book has six hundred pages and 13 chapters, 10 area of knowledge and 49 processes. It really is a lot of information to study!
I am currently trying to study the PMBOK Guide 6th Edition. Saving Changes...
You should take PMBok study activities like a project with a plan. Find your motivation. Set compelling goals and plan your activities. Saving Changes...
the best way to read the PMBOK is to set up a schedule, for me was 1 week for each subject, there is a lot of information but if you descompond in little pieces you´ll find it easy to go though the entire book. After finish each chaprter make a resumed with all the mind maps you´d need.
After read it all, then comes the most important part, focus on the ITTO (Imput, tools, thecnics and outputs) and the proccesss and see how they connect, like example what comes after one risk is found, or a new stakeholder appears.
It doesn´t mean you have to memorized all, but you really need to see the logic and what tools are involved in each proccess, for this there a lot of help online, games, books, or you can make your onw method.
Hopes this helps!
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1 reply by Andre Cassule
Feb 19, 2019 6:58 AM
Andre Cassule
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Thank you Beatriz,I think this method can be useful to me.
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Mohamed ZiedanTechnical Project Manager| ETISALATAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
in my opinion PMBOK is just a reference, to be used to clarify any ambiguity. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hello Andre -
you facing the same prob as many PMP aspirants do. PMBoK Guide is not an easy read, right?
You might read the chapters 1 to 3 straight through like a novel, but you can't read all the KAs and processes like that (well, in fact you can ... but it won't be effecitve and benefitial to your learning).
My personal reading/learning strategy regarding the PMBoK looks like the following (feel free to adpot):
Step 1: Just read the chapter in PMBoK Guide
Step 2: Now STUDY the corresponding chapter in your prep book(s)
Step 3: NOW STUDY the same chapter in PMBoK Guide AND try to understand the content and how the processes work for instance.
Step 4: After all of that just do the provided sample questions in your prep book(s) to see if you have understood the stuff. If you have less than 70% right, do the steps 2 - 4 again or try to figure out where your weak areas are and do those chapters again.
This is how my strategy works in a rough and it is good for me. Another people here rude for the strategy to read the PMBoK Guide at least 3 times straight through.
From my point of view, this doesn't work really well.
But everyone have to find his own strategy i guess ...
Well, since we are not allowed to post external links here at the discussion board, I will send you some additional information via private message.
Regards,
Markus Saving Changes...
Andre CassuleFEED and Detailed Engineering, Project management| DEALLuanda, Luanda, Angola
Feb 19, 2019 6:20 AM
Replying to Victoria Beatriz Pinto López
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Hi André,
the best way to read the PMBOK is to set up a schedule, for me was 1 week for each subject, there is a lot of information but if you descompond in little pieces you´ll find it easy to go though the entire book. After finish each chaprter make a resumed with all the mind maps you´d need.
After read it all, then comes the most important part, focus on the ITTO (Imput, tools, thecnics and outputs) and the proccesss and see how they connect, like example what comes after one risk is found, or a new stakeholder appears.
It doesn´t mean you have to memorized all, but you really need to see the logic and what tools are involved in each proccess, for this there a lot of help online, games, books, or you can make your onw method.
Hopes this helps!
Thank you Beatriz,I think this method can be useful to me. Saving Changes...
Start from the beginning of the PMBOK. Make it a habit. based on your experience, abilities and so on, define a target, like 10 pages/day or 1 chapter/day or ... . Create your plan and then JUST DO IT. Saving Changes...
Remember the PMBOK Guide is NOT written or structured to facilitate PMP preparation. As such, you may find it easier to treat it as a reference as Mohamed has indicated. Also, remember that the Guide is only one of many references which are used by question item writers for the PMP exam pool.
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Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
If you are studying for the PMP exam then remember that questions are situational questions. The best guide to learn from the PMBOK is the Content Outline document that you can find between the related documenation for each credential. Saving Changes...
What are you studying for, CAPM or PMP?
It could help to supplement the reading with an online course.
If you are studying for CAPM then need to know PMBOK definitions etc, but PMP is different as Sergio advised.
I've actually been trying to read 6th edition since last year and because I already studied 5th edition (for CAPM), it's difficult and I mainly use it for reference purposes. I may take an online course later on to help go through 6th edition. Saving Changes...
I think it would help if you read a summary(not actually a summary, but bullet point material for PMBoK guide) and get a picture of it several times and then read the PMBoK. Saving Changes...
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