The exam that the head first folks have put out is quite nice. The questions are a nicely put though a little on the easy side I thought. Maybe because I am used to Rita Mulcahy's hard questions.
There were a couple of questions that were wrong. By wrong I mean, they clashed with what the PMBOK says. For example, the scope management process, according the PMBOK, its scope management planning, scope definition, create WBS, scope verification and scope control. That is the way that it is laid out in the PMBOK. But according to the head first guys it should be scope management planning, scope definition, create WBS, scope control and scope verification. Well, I assume that PMBOK is right. There was another question that was of the same nature. Overall, I think 4-5 questions were either wrong or they did not make sense. But, I am not a PMP so my opinion could be wrong.
Overall, I would recommend taking the exam, one, coz its free and two, coz its very good. I would rate this exam over the Whizlabs exam. Also, do grab the Head First PMP book, it would not be a waste of your time. It make learning the PMP fun. Keep this as a second book that you should read in the tail end of your preparation.
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Thanks so much for pointing this out! We really appreciate this kind of feedback. You're absolutely right, the question in our practice exam is incorrect. But it's not exactly as simple as it looks when you first go through the PMBOK(r) Guide.
Take a look at page 60 of the PMBOK. Notice how both Scope Verification and Scope Control are on parallel paths? That actually makes a lot of sense when you look at what those two processes do, and how they interact with each other. You obviously have to do Scope Verification at the end of your project, because you need to verify that the last deliverable produced includes all of the work laid out for it in the Scope Statement. And you'll almost certainly have gone through Scope Control before then. But sometimes Scope Verification fails, and it turns out that your team didn't do all of the work necessary -- that's why Requested Changes are an output of Scope Verification. And if those changes include scope changes, then your project will end up going through Scope Control again.
So there is no order for those two processes -- which is why our question's wrong. Jenny and I thought you deserved a more complete answer, since you were kind enough to point this out.
We'll definitely update the test, and should have a new one up early next week. We really appreciate your time in pointing this out, and if you know of any other errors in our exam, please let us know! You can contact us on the forum at Head First Labs (http://www.headfirstlabs.com) or our own website (http://www.stellman-greene.com).
Thanks again. And anything you do to help us make our exam and materials better will definitely help others pass the PMP exam and learn more.
(Also, we'd love to send you an O'Reilly t-shirt, or some other swag -- and a copy of our first book, "Applied Software Project Management", as a token for helping us out like this. Just get in touch with us via e-mail -- info@stellman-greene.com -- and send us your mailing address.)
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