beads wrote: » I did the SANS version for the education requirement of the PMP. It was alot of what I learned in my MBA program overlayed with the PMBOK. Once you learn the Tools, Techniques and Procedures and where the inputs, outputs and tools all reside and where - easy. Oh and through in those formulae at the end when your ready to take the full PMP with experience. Much like the CISSP you can muscle your way through the full PMP but a lack of real project experience shines right through. - b/eads