PMP Study Prep by Eric Marking, PMP

Week	Class Topic	Pre- Reading	Post Reading	Tests
Week 1	AM Code of Ethics PM Culture, Project Framework		PMBOK Chapters 1, 2, 3 OuterCore 13, 3 Sybex Chapter 1, 12	Sybex Assessment Sybex Chapter 1 Sybex Chapter 12
Week 2	AM Scope PM Time OuterCore 5, 6	PMBOK Chapters 5, 6 Sybex 120 - 155	PMBOK Glossary Sybex 2 Sybex 3	Sybex Chapter 2 Sybex Chapter 3
Week 3	AM HR PM Cost & EV OuterCore 7, 9	PMBOK Glossary PMBOK Chapters 7, 9 Sybex 264 - 265	Sybex 4 Sybex 5 Earned Value	Sybex Chapter 4 Sybex Chapter 5 Sybex Initiation
Week 4	AM Communications PM Quality OuterCore 8, 10	PMBOK Glossary PMBOK Chapters 8, 10	Sybex 6 Sybex 7	Sybex Chapter 6 Sybex Chapter 7
Week 5	AM Risk PM Procurement OuterCore 11, 12	PMBOK Glossary PMBOK Chapters 11, 12	Sybex 8 Sybex 9	Sybex Chapter 8 Sybex Chapter 9
Week 6	AM Integration PM Review OuterCore 4, 1	PMBOK Glossary PMBOK Chapters 4	Sybex 10 Sybex 11	Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Sybex Planning
Week 7	PMBOK Chapters 1 – 12 PMBOK Glossary Mulcahy 1-6		OuterCore Chapter 2 – Assessment Test OuterCore Chapter 14 – Final Exam Sybex Executing Sybex Controlling
Week 8	PMBOK Chapters 1 – 12 PMBOK Glossary Mulcahy 7-12		Sybex Closing Sybex Prof. Responsibility Sybex Practice Test Sybex Bonus Test
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Notes from Eric Marking: I cant' say that there is any deep strategy behind this study guide, but it did work for me. If I was to do it again, I would put the reading of the Outercore chapters in the "pre" rather than the "post" column. Also, my strategy had been to use Rita as a refresher at the end, but I found it only moderately useful to me.