IBM Cognos Tm1 Developers Certification Guide

I bought this book, read it over the weekend, and passed the certification exam on Monday.It is extraordinarily helpful to have the content boiled down to the most salient points in such a concise manner.If you are super strapped for time, just read the two-minute drill and the sample questions (answers are provided).If you have time and want a more thorough understanding, read the whole thing through. More examples can always be added,but doing so would take away from the "cut-to-the-chase" approach that makes this book so useful.

I was given a copy of this book to review by the publisherThe aim of this book is to give the reader the "fast track to pass the COG-310 Exam" ([...]) I think this book does this well. I personally scraped through the exam early this year by simply reading IBM documentation but reading this would have probably bummed my mark into a more comfortable pass. James Miller ([...] ) himself passed with 100% he suggests to pass you also ideally need hands on working experience of TM1 is useful.The Pros:* The 2 minute drills are a good recap of the chapter you have just read* Simple layout good focus chapters appropriate to weightings in the exam e.g. attributes and time attributes get a good write up including lots of questions* Some useful additional tips/summary sections in this book for completeness rather than the in exam (e.g. Editing Control Dimensions p 34)* Good section of persistent feeders with some useful tips from James' experienceThe Cons:* Felt the recap and questions were just regurgitating the chapter, often not even reworded so perhaps 50 of the 220 pages aren't new info at all.* Would have been useful to have the answers to the questions at the back of the book so the questions could be used for revision before the exam.* Would be nice to reference new IBM naming conventions for TI/variable creation list here ( IBM Cognos TM1 The Official Guide ) and Bedrock best practise [...].* Would have like to have seen more tips/cookbook like suggestions from James' experience but accept that is not the purpose of the book.Would I buy the book? Yes is if was studying for COG 310 i.e it does what is says on the tin. This books rates for me well above the Packt  IBM Cognos TM1 Cookbook  but not as usefull as the official TM1 guide  IBM Cognos TM1 The Official Guide  so if I was buying a book purely for reference I would save myself $10 USD and by the IBM one instead.