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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK Guides)
by Project Management Institute
from Project Management Institute
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 
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Basic swiss-knife for project management 
This PMBOK guide is very well structured and the content is exposed neat and organized to cover all tasks and actions to be performed for project management in any field, ranging from Aerospace to civil engineering, and it is helpful as an entrance knowledge to be utilize to delve in other resources for expertness in the matter.
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Unreadably dry and poorly organized 
You'd think that a guide to project management would have a better organized structure than this. Project management in itself is not rocket science - it's about planning, structuring, timing, adjusting, controlling, which are all synonyms for the same thing: being organized. Yet I've read rocket science texts that are infinitely more readable and understandable than this book. Tax codes are easier to read than this. My phone bill is easier to read than this.
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PMBoK 
This book is really good and although it is a slightly different structure to other project management material, like Dennis Lock's book, it is an amazing resource.
Filled with documentation, definitions and best practice - definitely more suited for people studying Project Management rather than for those who simply want to know how to manage a project or who are starting to learn the basics of the profession.
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Required Reading - you'll need lots of caffeine to keep awake 
I am studying project management - this book would never be my choice. It is required reading for the course, not only is it extremely dry, boring but repetitive. I understand the necessity for using this book, since it is the PMBOK, but readers beware... a large pot of coffee is required!
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