Introduction to Project Management

Corrections for the Revised third edition are below:

p. 26, line 7, change stand-along to stand-alone

p. 67, third last line, change managing to management

p. 123, delete the bullet at the bottom of the page

p. 141, last line in Figure 4-13, change August 8 to August 3

p. 320, question 7, delete the extra spaces between project and teams

p. 377, End Note 2, change just to June

p. 440, 2. a., line 2, change A-27 to A-31

Below are additional corrections for the original third edition published in November 2009. The revised edition includes these corrections. If you find other errors, please email the author at schwalbe@augsburg.edu. Thanks!

1.     p Detailed table of contents, Chapter 8: Delete item called Lessons learned purpose and objectives

2.     p. 71, Exercise 1, line 5, change to "1, 2, 3, and 4." instead of "1, 2, 3, 4, and 5."

3.     p. 74, End note 7, move the period after 2009 to the right of the parenthesis

4.     p. 79. Second line, delete the word seven

5.     p. 80, 4th last line, add the ® symbol after PMBOK.

6.     p. 89, last bulleted item under Scope Goals in Figure 3-3, fix spelling of implementation

7.     p. 90-91. Move the Potential Risks bullet at the bottom of p. 90 to the top of p. 91 so there is not just one bullet on p. 91

8.     p. 108, Second line, indent so it is lined up properly

9.     p. 122, last paragraph, delete the first sentence (it is repeated on the following page)

10.   p. 123. Delete the extra blank line after the first paragraph

11.   p. 137, Figure 4-11, delete the comma after August 1

12.   p. 182, Change last two sections of table as follows:

Project risk management

Plan risk management

Identify risks

Perform qualitative risk analysis

Perform quantitative risk analysis

Plan risk responses

Risk management plan

Risk register

Risk register updates

Risk register updates

Risk register updates

Project management plan updates

Risk-related contract decisions

Project document updates

Project procurement management

Plan procurements

Procurement management plan

Procurement statement of work

Make-or-buy decisions

Procurement documents

Source selection criteria

Change requests

13.  p. 241, second full para, line 3, change documents to document

14.  p. 246, para 3, line 1, change to read, "Frederick Herzberg, a psychologist and professor, is ..."

15.  p. 287, third last line, insert "except project human resource management" after the word area

16.  p. 318, second para., line 1, insert "except project human resource management" after the word area

17.  p. 319, change 1. D. to" all nine knowledge areas except project human resource management"

18.  p. 321, delete Discussion Question 6 and renumber 7 and 8 as 6 and 7

19.  p. 458, third last line, change to read "click All Projects."

20.  p. 467, item 7, and "and then click OK" after the word screen.

21.  p. 486, 4th last line, delete $100,000

22.  p. 487, change pessimistic fixed monthly salaries to $10,000.

23.  p. 493, first full para, change to larger font