The PMP Exam Study Guide, 5th Edition!

I’ve heard a ton of positive comments from many of you who have already read the PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, 5th Edition. Thank you for letting me know you’re finding the book helpful in your studies.

Writing a book is not an easy process–especially when you hold a full time job. I’m disappointed to say a reader has discovered an error. In Chapter 10, I incorrectly stated in the text that status meetings are a type of “push” communication when in fact, they are an interactive method. The answer to question 7 in Chapter 10 correctly identifies status meetings as interactive, but unfortunately the explanation to the question uses “push” instead of “interactive.” The question will score correctly if you choose option A, but the explanation doesn’t match up. I freely admit, it’s an error and I’m sorry that any errors ever make it to print. This book goes through three sets of eyes (mine and two editors) who review it carefully. Alas I must report, we are all human and this one escaped each one of us. We’ll correct it in the upcoming reprint and I apologize for the confusion.

Now I’d like to ask you all a question. Are you the type of project manager who fires a team member for making a relatively minor error on a project? The strict disciplinarian out there who thinks people should be flogged for making minor errors should reconsider whether they are in the right field. In my experience, team members don’t generally respond positively to criticism or punishment that is not in keeping with the crime, so to speak. That’s a great way to lose team members and to put your project at risk. I’d love to hear from you if you’re a project manager who has never once made an error on a project. Give your team members (and authors!) some benefit of the doubt. If they repeatedly make the same errors over and over or make a blatant boo-boo that’s cause for immediate dismissal, that’s one thing. But hard working team members who consistently hit it out of the park for you day in and day out will one day make an error. It’s not my leadership style to come down on them for minor errors, and I hope it’s not yours either. We all make mistakes.

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