The Project Management Professional certification exam is an important asset to software developers who want to move up to management, and for many projects, it’s a requirement. Given the depth of knowledge required to pass the exam, studying for it is a niche book market unto itself. O’Reilly’s Head First PMP is a typical member of the unique and whimsical Head First book series — full of interesting ways to learn a majority of the important material, but lacking the last 20% of the effort necessary to fully prepare a reader for the exam.