Head First PMP
by Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene

The unconfirmed error reports are from readers.  They have not yet been 
approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the
opinion of the reader.

Here's a key to the markup:
        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification

This page was updated May 13, 2008.


UNCONFIRMED errors and comments from readers: 


(55) 1st paragraph;
"ares" should be "areas" on last line of first paragraph on page 55, which reads:
"... cookie process are the PMBOK(R) Guide Knowledge ares."

This is the March 2007 printing


[114] 3rd paragraph;
This is how is there:

"In both corrective and preventive action, you always need to submit your proposed change and put it 
through the Monitor and Control Project Work process - ..."

I think the correct would be:

"In both corrective and preventive action, you always need to submit your proposed change and put it 
through the Integrated Change Control process - ..."

Because is this way that is in the other places and the Monitor and Control Project Work process no have 
input change request, only Rejected Change Requests.


[116,117] graphic;
The outputs should include Administration closure Procedure, contact closure procedure and Final 
product,service and OPA.

balance shown in the graphic are not as per PMBOK(r).

also under p-117 there is no mention of contact closure procedure as output.


[260] the last diagram;
---> mark from Start to Activity D is wrong....
---> mark should be from Activity A to Activity D


[264] Network diagram;
Several values for Late Start and Late Finish are incorrect because each backward pass did not begin 
with the Finish milestone. Each backward pass began instead with the last activity in a sequence.

Plug the durations and predecessors into a project scheduling tool, and the software will use the Finish 
milestone as the backward pass anchor as it should.


{275} First input on left input drawing;
"Scope management plan" should be "schedule management plan".


(388) pareto chart q3;
This doesn't make sense to me. There is no "cumulative percentage of Design Defects." There is a 
cumulative percentage of Machine, Materials, and Design Defects; or perhaps a cumulative percentage of 
defects, ordered by frequency, including Design Defects.


{396} Inputs;
The arrow points to "Implemented Corrective Actions" and says that "The inputs are ALL of the outputs 
from all of the other quality processes." But that's incorrect, or at least misleading. Implemented 
Corrective Actions, and the other implemented changes, aren't quality process outputs - they are outputs 
of the Direct and Manage Process Execution process.


(396) Tools;
At the end of Quality Control Tools and Techniques, perhaps a "doing" would be nice.


(398) Just In Time;
altogether, not all together.
have production lines, not had production lines.


(426) Top of staffing management plan;
The resource histogram looks suspiciously like a QC histogram. It makes it difficult to answer Question 
1 on the next page.


(502) Question 13;
A confusingly worded question. It asks how many lines of communication are on your team. Your team is 12 
people, 13 counting yourself. "Your team," as I understand the phrase, does not include major 
stakeholders.


{523} bottom, upper right cell of the probability/impact table;
At the bottom of page 523, there's a probability/impact table. In the upper-right cell representing .9 
x .9, you've got .89. The answer should be .81.