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Below are corrections my students and I have found for the 4th edition. The next printing should have these included already. If you find other errors, please let me know.

  1. p. xvii, title for Appendix A should be Project 2003 not 2002
  2. p. 169, second para., line 2, insert the word "work" after what. Same for definition of project scope management on p. 198.
  3. p. 253, line 2, change “ratio of revenues to profits” to “ratio of profits to revenues”
  4. p. 270 in the paragraph that begins 1.  The Planned Value, there is a reference to Table 7-3 that should be Table 7-4.
  5. p. 271, Table 7-4, Change the last four values in the second column (Week 1) to -10,000, -5,000, 33%, and 50%.
  6. p. 271, middle of page with earned value calculations, change as follows

CV = 5,000 – 15,000 = -10,000

SV = 5,000 – 10,000 = -5,000

CPI = 5,000/15,000 = 33%

SPI = 5,000/10,000 = 50%

  1. p. 273, the term RV is used twice and it should be RP
  2. p. 273, in Figure 7-4, columns Q and R were cut off. Below are their contents, starting in row 2 and ending in row 7. Also, cell R 14 should contain 43,333.

    RP       EV

    100%   8,000

    100%   12,000

    100%   8,000

    100%   10,000

    67%      5,333

  3. p. 287, second last line, change definition of profit margin to “the ratio of profits to revenues”
  4. p. 402, second last paragraph, line 6. Replace the incomplete sentence with the following: “This section highlights a few areas that all project managers and project team members should consider in their quests to improve project communications.”
  5. First para. on the left side of the back of the book: Change the last sentence to read “A new appendix provides brief instructions on using the simulation software, and more detailed instructions are included on the companion Web site.”
  6. p. C.8, Project Risk Management, item 1, change Table 11-6 to 11-5. Item 2, change Figure 11-6 to 11-4.

 

 

 

 

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